Teaching and learning

Teaching cases can help students apply their knowledge to a real-world situation and make learning interactive. Here’s how to use them

Practical steps to enhance student vocabulary learning through a systematic approach that assures repeated exposure to important terms

Critical thinking is an essential, human skill. This practical advice aims to help university educators nurture and enhance students’ ability to analyse and evaluate information at all stages of teaching

Some methods to enhance student learning of political science topics while maintaining academic integrity

How lecturers can ‘activate’ traditional lectures to relieve student boredom and stimulate learning

Student-centredness has become hugely popular in higher education over the past decade, but it has downsides as well as benefits. Can it truly be applicable across higher education, regardless of context?

Ask students to record presentations ahead of class, in order to free up time for in-depth questions, discussion and feedback when together in person, and enable fairer assessment

Learn from Gen Z’s social media use to engage their attention. Keep it bite-sized and high-impact – and leave them wanting more

Reasons for adopting video as an assessment feedback method plus how to implement it

A learning designer discusses tried and tested strategies to keep students engaged in online language courses