Higher education blog

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.

  • Immersive online learning for everyone

    Immersive online learning for everyone

    So you’ve exhausted your TV subscription watch list and are looking for something that offers a more immersive real-life experience? Maybe you could try an immersive theatre experience that takes place in your bathroom or a virtual escape, or maybe some online role playing games?  

  • Managing large cohorts online: Girl sitting at laptop remote learning

    Managing large cohorts online

    If, like everyone else, you have been required to shift to online teaching this year, you will no doubt have researched the best approaches to doing so.

  • Bringing your live sessions to life: woman sitting at laptop remote learning

    Bringing your live sessions to life

    Add the word ‘live’ to TV, sport, or performance, and there’s an added sense of excitement at the element of the unexpected, where there’s, as performers know, a risk of things going wrong.

    So it is with live classes - to some, a struggle with unfamiliar technology and distracted multi-tasking students; but to others, a great way to interact with your students.

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    Reinvent how students engage with core marketing content

    Join us at the Academy of Marketing conference in Stirling on 2-5 July 2018 to hear the results of Swansea University’s pilot to increase engagement and improve performance on a marketing module using RevelTM

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    Engaging non-specialist students with maths

    Students often encounter maths when they least expect it - for example on business and psychology courses. Explore ways to engage non-specialist students with quantitative skills alongside author and educator Tony Croft, in conversation with Pearson's Richelle Zakrzewski.

  • Pearson Co-Lab event, Spring 2018

    Co-designing the curriculum

    The HE Co-Lab Network brings together teaching and learning leaders and professionals virtually on LinkedIn and in person at events. Our spring event focused on working with employers and students to design engaging courses. 

  • Pearson Co-Lab event, Spring 2018

    Co-designing the curriculum

    The HE Co-Lab Network brings together teaching and learning leaders and professionals virtually on LinkedIn and in person at events. Our spring event focused on working with employers and students to design engaging courses. 

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    Feedback on Sloman economics workshop

    John Sloman, Jon Guest and Dean Garratt led a workshop for economics lecturers wishing to maximise engagement and employability in first year modules. Catherine Connolly reports back on the event.