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By Miranda Prynne , 18 May, 2022

Five ways to apply a creative mindset to education

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Students should be encouraged to create and innovate rather than just accrue knowledge. Alan Morgan shares five approaches to cultivating a creative mindset in class
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By Eliza.Compton , 17 May, 2022

Eight tips to boost active listening in university students

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Active mental engagement enhances students’ understanding and their ability to remember the ideas we teach. These simple tools and skills can help to move students from passive to active modes of listening and keep them there
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By dene.mullen , 16 May, 2022

We need to create a tutoring army to level up education

We should create an army of university student volunteers to help with levelling up and social mobility
Getting student volunteers to tutor less-privileged children would boost fundamental education for those who need it most and provide a national social mobility service, says Lee Elliot Major
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4minutes
By dene.mullen , 12 May, 2022

How I plan to get through REF results day

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If the results don’t deliver what we think we’ve earned, it will be a blow, but it won’t change the fact that what we do matters, says John McKendrick
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