I spent a decade designing, delivering and managing placement programmes. I still believe they are the single most potent weapon in what has become an employability arms race, and when successful can have a huge impact on social mobility. But they have limitations. I now find myself spending significant time discussing why they are not the employability panacea. More...
Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a world designed for men: book review
International Women’s Day always leaves me feeling uplifted about the steps that have been made towards gender equality and the examples of women supporting women. More...
Why universities are spending millions on marketing
When the Guardian reported recently that “Universities are spending millions on marketing to attract students”, there was surprise, followed rapidly by a chorus of disapproval. At first sight, this may seem like a strange thing for institutions to spend their resources on – surely they are educational charities, with the teaching and research as their objectives. More...
Appel à candidatures pour l'attribution de contrats doctoraux fléchés sur «la radicalisation» - campagne 2019

Carnegie Mellon and Lumen Learning Announce EEP-Relevant Collaboration
By Michael Feldstein. Late last week, Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) and Lumen Learning jointly issued a press release announcing their collaboration on an effort to integrate the Lumen-developed RISE analytical framework for curricular materials improvement analysis into the toolkit that Carnegie Mellon announced it will be contributing via open licenses (and unveiling at the Empirical Educator Project (EEP) summit that they are hosting in May). More...
Mixed reality is preparing students for the collaborative workforce
At EDUCAUSE 2018, educators from Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) shared how the university is developing and implementing small- and large-scale immersive augmented reality and mixed reality learning resources with great success. More...
5 principles to guide online learning programs
The report, a joint effort of online program manager Learning House and the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU), follows up on previous research showing that almost 90 percent of surveyed AASCU schools with online programs experienced barriers around faculty acceptance of online learning, along with the increased effort faculty devoted to developing online courses. More...
The 4 main drivers behind higher-ed disruption
Higher education is at a critical space in between disruption and transformation. More...
University students who play calculus video game score higher on exams
A Texas A&M study shows that a video game developed by students and faculty in its visualization department helps improve outcomes for students studying calculus, a prerequisite for STEM degrees with a high failure rate. More...
College of Business unveils classroom of the future
Equipped with a wall of 27 high-definition video screens as well as five high-end cameras, the newest classroom in Colorado State University’s College of Business is designed to connect on-campus and online students in a whole new way. More...