Read our blog to explore ideas in teaching and learning. Students' first assignments often signal where skills and prior learning are wanting. But acknowledging the extent of these gaps and catering for the learning styles of all students can lead to more proactive approaches to addressing the problem.
Each year the Chartered Association of Business Schools showcases best practice at its Learning, Teaching and Student Experience event. Tom Hill reports back on the big themes at this year's conference.
A 1984 New York Times survey on social anxiety placed death third in the list of people's biggest fears. The top two responses were walking into a room full of strangers and speaking in public. Educators face those fears every day.
Principles of economics is often taught in large cohorts, with students of mixed ability, including non-specialists. John Sloman, Jon Guest and Dean Garratt explore how to maximise engagement and employability in challenging first year modules.
Student life is full of transitions and choices. Few are so focal as the move into employment after university, and the choice of career.
