Staff Notices

Are you interested in sharing your expert opinions with higher education colleagues across the globe? 

Get published in THE CAMPUS brought to you by Times Higher Education and Inside Higher Ed. 

Consider submitting a piece for one or more of these upcoming calls:   

Soft skills for hard times Practical advice from and for HE professionals on:

·         Teaching students skills for unknown jobs of the future

·         Making space in the curriculum for transferrable skills

·         Communication/interpersonal/teamwork skills for post-Covid cohorts

·         Critical thinking as an academic and life skill

·         Interdisciplinary opportunities for learning life skills

·         How to turn challenges into ways to foster resilience

·         Time management strategies for busy academics

·         Tips for mastering the art of negotiation

Deadline for content: Monday, 6 October

The practicalities of co-creation: tapping into the student voice Practical advice from and for HE professionals on:

·         Creating courses and teaching methods

·         Class activities 

·         Embedding student autonomy into learning 

·         Co-creation and assessment 

·         Roadblocks to co-creation and how to get past them 

·         The practicalities of co-creation in different contexts 

·         Ensuring full involvement from students (or what to do if they don’t engage)

·         Including a representative voice

·         Student committees and panels as part of institutional decision-making

·         Co-creation outside the classroom – in student support/sustainability/social events and the extracurricular life of a university

·         Acting on student input (avoiding tokenism)

Deadline for content: 20 October

Making the case for the arts and humanities Practical advice from and for HE professionals on:

·         Why arts, humanities and social sciences are needed

·         How to make them relevant to the workforce

·         Building interdisciplinary links

·         Applying arts-based methods to research

·         Creative approaches to research and teaching

·         Qualitative insights

·         Demonstrating value of these subjects

·         Partnering with employers

·         Fostering the skills central to these subjects 

Deadline for content: Monday, 3 November

Student support in the classroom Practical advice from and for HE professionals on:

·         Spotting the signs when students are struggling

·         Bringing pastoral care into teaching

·         Fostering a happy class environment

·         Building community among students

·         Signposting specialist support for students

·         Modelling good academic practices (such as work boundaries and keeping sensible hours)

·         Empathy in teaching

·         Delivering respectful feedback

·         Active listening for educators

Deadline for content: Monday, 17 November

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