Battling student distraction is a real–if not new–thing. While it’s always been challenging to ensure students are engaged in learning, the increased use of laptops and smartphones offers more opportunities to veer off-task. More...
5 avril 2019
5 avril 2019
How power dynamics can undermine effective learning
By definition, there is a finite amount of power over any given set of human interactions. How those relationships are structured can have significant impacts on the ability of students to think for themselves. More...
5 avril 2019
Are you reaching the “new normal” student?
According to the National Center for Education Statistics, 62 percent of undergraduate students, described as the “new normal,” have at least one nontraditional characteristic such as being a first-generation student, having at least one dependent, or working either full or part time. More...
5 avril 2019
What do you get if you don't teach stats properly? Farage and Trump
The modern world runs on numbers. We need to give university students a framework for understanding them. More...
5 avril 2019
Paywalls block scientific progress. Research should be open to everyone
Academic and scientific research needs to be accessible to all. The world’s most pressing problems like clean water or food security deserve to have as many people as possible solving their complexities. Yet our current academic research system has no interest in harnessing our collective intelligence. Scientific progress is currently thwarted by one thing: paywalls. More...
5 avril 2019
What happens after rich kids bribe their way into college? I teach them
A professor at an elite US school says an influx of unskilled and entitled students is monopolizing faculty time: ‘They will eat you alive’. More...
5 avril 2019
Academics: it's time to get behind decolonising the curriculum
It’s been four years since the first Rhodes Must Fall protests, yet people misunderstand what decolonising reading lists means. More...
5 avril 2019
Essay mills prey on vulnerable students – let's stamp them out
Universities alone can’t stop the rise of essay mills. We need support from the government and tech firms to defeat them. More...
5 avril 2019
Not sure about university? Remember there's no rush
Chances are you don’t really know what you want to do with your life after school. I didn’t – but taking time out paid off for me. More...
5 avril 2019
My struggling students desperately need maintenance grants back
The abolition of the student maintenance grant in English universities is still having a knock-on effect for many of my students, some of whom are the most economically disadvantaged in the country. More...
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