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By Miranda Prynne , 14 February, 2023

How to support multilingual international students in the classroom

Multilingual students face unique challenges that affect their participation and communication in the classroom, but educators can take steps to make them feel welcome

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4minutes

By Eliza.Compton , 13 February, 2023

How university leaders can use an ‘innovation for’ mindset to drive enrolment

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For US colleges and universities, the key to turning around falling enrolment is to directly respond to concerns about affordability, accessibility and return on investment, writes Nivine Megahed

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By dene.mullen , 13 February, 2023

Five tips for helping international students settle in their new surroundings

The tastes of home can help international university students settle

Ganna Pola and Önay Aktunç offer advice based on their experience as advisers to international students in North Cyprus

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4minutes

By Eliza.Compton , 10 February, 2023

What you don’t know about IP protections – but should

Intellectual property tips for academics

From patents to trademarks and copyright, intellectual property is a vast field with financial and legal implications. So, get to know your university’s technology transfer office, says Itzel Saldivar

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5minutes

By dene.mullen , 10 February, 2023

What’s your scholarly ‘next big thing’, and how should you choose it?

For those who want to be setting the agenda in their field, a big project is one of the clearest ways of doing it. Lucas Lixinski ruminates on what that could look like

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By Miranda Prynne , 10 February, 2023

ChatGPT and learning design: what online content creation opportunities does it offer?

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A guide to how ChatGPT and other AI writers can be used to help learning designers and faculty create course content more efficiently

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5minutes

By Eliza.Compton , 9 February, 2023

We don’t teach students to use a slide rule in a world of calculators

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Accelerating AI capabilities give rise to ethical questions about use, for students and educators. With the technology here to stay, how can universities equip future decision-makers with the skills they will need for the workplace?

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By Eliza.Compton , 9 February, 2023

How faculty support and entrepreneurial programmes can boost research commercialisation

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Universities can support an invention as it moves from the lab to real-world impact through key focus areas such as protecting IP and networking, writes Audrey Calvird

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4minutes

By dene.mullen , 9 February, 2023

Tips from students on how to film videos that keep them engaged

Tips from university students on filming videos to keep them engaged

A discussion thread on making videos became Keith Pressey’s most successful post in 13 years of teaching – here he shares the key takeaways from the exercise

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4minutes

By Miranda Prynne , 9 February, 2023

A robust complaints process for students working in NHS placements

Students training as health and social care workers must be supported to speak up about complaints or concerns from practice settings. Helen Carr outlines a clear process

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