Student engagement

Teaching academics and university staff address what student engagement means to them and offer advice on capturing students’ attention in an age of digital distraction and keeping them motivated to learn. Find insights on teaching strategies that give students agency over their learning, boost class attendance and participation and help to build a campus community.

By Eliza.Compton , 12 September, 2025

What can the university sector learn from block teaching?

Blocks with heads and lightbulbs in an arc
Once seen as a pedagogical experiment, the block plan is ready for its researchers and practitioners to move beyond self-examination and share their innovations with the wider higher education community, writes John Weldon
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4minutes
By kiera.obrien , 8 September, 2025

Two heads are better than one: a practical guide to co-teaching

Two people write on a whiteboard
Co-teaching can benefit not only students and academics, but administrative staff as well. Here, Dinara Pisareva and Andrei Semenov explain how to find a compatible partner, plan and navigate when educators’ approaches diverge
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3minutes
By Eliza.Compton , 3 September, 2025

Greeting first-year university students with ‘structured serendipity’

Multiracial group of students
Students start university with a mix of excitement and uncertainty. Institutions should address that emotional landscape early – to help incoming cohorts adjust to newfound independence, discover what it takes to succeed academically and find their place to belong
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4minutes
Student engagement