Universities face obstacles in helping distance learners access practical work experience. Ewout van der Schaft and Alex Mackrell share insight from initiatives at their business school
Staffed by students, epiGenesys provides profits for the university and allows students to work in a lively, supportive and successful business environment
It’s not enough to focus solely on academic mission, but neither is it enough to think of universities as little more than training schools, says Sir Chris Husbands
Courses that incorporate real problems from real companies offer students a rare chance to acquire knowledge while also developing useful professional skills
There are huge risks involved if current and future healthcare professionals have to take up new forms of practice such as video consultations without sufficient training
Worapoom Saengkaew shares key lessons from using project-based learning to get students away from their screens and into the real world, boosting their enthusiasm for their studies
Trithos Kamsuwan explains how community-based research projects can be used to motivate students, creating opportunities to apply principles they have learned in class to solve real-world problems
Pamela Henderson sets out how to bring real world training into the online classroom by developing effective simulated case studies, based on her experience teaching law
