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Kevin Curtis provides an introduction to simple user experience (UX) techniques that can help when considering how students and staff engage with higher education services and their campus surroundings

There is a need in academia for professors to match teaching and research with professional practice – and be fairly compensated for it

Rebecca Wang outlines a learning structure that supports students who are new to team-based research projects

Jenny Moffett explains how embracing design thinking may offer ways to combat academic perfectionism and develop vital skills for navigating uncertain paths

We must push XR research boundaries if we’re to understand and shape our future reality – here’s how, says Neil McDonnell

David A. G. Clarke reflects on his experience of teaching in outdoor spaces and provides valuable tips on how to take higher education outside the classroom

Sara Metz offers practical advice on adopting the ‘stress continuum’ – a shared language and system to help staff and students reflect upon and discuss their well-being

Advice on steps institutions can take to boost the productivity and impact of researchers, based on a study by Olga Ryazanova and Jolanta Jaskiene

Academics are agonising over the wrong elements of online education. They should be thinking about active versus passive learning, says Simon Chesterman

The scientific research apprenticeship model lacks training in core data science skills. Community-developed workshops delivered by academic peers can help to fill this gap, Alison Meynert and Edward Wallace explain