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By Eliza.Compton, 29 August, 2024
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When hybrid learning and immersive technology can connect and engage students working in any location, where does that leave all those lecture halls and libraries? We ask two US experts about how universities are adapting to the digital transformation
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43minutes
By Eliza.Compton, 27 August, 2024
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To train tomorrow’s workforce, higher education institutions must assess students’ technological familiarity, their readiness to engage with advanced tools and their purposes for using them. Here are two ways to gather data
By Laura.Duckett, 22 August, 2024
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Bloom’s Taxonomy is a pedagogical framework covering six levels: remembering, understanding, applying, analysing, evaluating and creating. Building a strong foundation to help students store and retrieve information is crucial
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5minutes
By kiera.obrien, 21 August, 2024
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Innovation hubs have sparked ideas, fostered partnerships and raised funding for the software industry. Let’s use the same model to create groundbreaking educational programmes
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4minutes
By Eliza.Compton, 15 August, 2024
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Music and dance give the post-Covid cohort low-stress opportunities to face each other in potentially antagonising – even agonising – set-ups. Here’s how a multisensory curriculum helps students combat feelings of isolation and impostor syndrome
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4minutes
By kiera.obrien, 13 August, 2024
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In their new book ‘The New College President: How a Generation of Diverse Leaders is Changing Higher Education’, Terrence J. MacTaggart and Eileen B. Wilson-Oyelaran offer their step-by-step guide to finding the strongest non-traditional presidential candidates
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5minutes
By Eliza.Compton, 10 August, 2024
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Why give up or reduce teaching responsibilities to enter an administrative role? Jim Bassett took on the position of director for simple but meaningful reasons: deepening the level of service to students and colleagues and extending creative practice
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3minutes