Times Higher Education Campus+ partnership
The University of ºÚÁÏÉçÇø has entered into a partnership arrangement with THE Campus+ which provides a platform for academic and professional staff to disseminate insights and advice on key areas of higher education.Ìý
Ìýaims to provide actionable resources for practitioners who wish to make enhancements in key areas of higher education, such as teaching and learning; impact and sustainability; internationalisation; early career research support; research management; equity, diversity and inclusion. The website also provides the space for the sharing of views about current topics and challenges in higher education delivery and enables connections with peers across the globe.Ìý
University of ºÚÁÏÉçÇø academic and professional staff who wish to share their practice or engage in dialogue with peers on an international stage can submit resources (written or video) or opinion pieces. The Campus+ editorial team will provide guidance and support to prepare submissions for publishing.ÌýÌý
You can see pieces by the University of ºÚÁÏÉçÇø staff on our .
Contributing to this platform is a great way to share your practice and would be useful evidence for internal or externalÌýteaching awardÌýapplications. THE Campus content has attracted more than 800,000 page views and their newsletter is sent to more than 29,000 higher education professionals globally.
THE Campus have specific style requirements for the written and video resources and opinion pieces which are outlined inÌý. You will save yourself considerable time if you read these carefully before starting your submission.Ìý
You can pitch an idea or submit a draft piece on a wide range of higher education topics at any time. THE Campus will also make fortnightly calls for content on specific topics.
Please contact theÌýTeaching Excellence teamÌýto discuss your ideas for submission or if you have any questions.Ìý
It is recommended that you access the relating to contributions.
THE Campus spotlight topics and scheduleÌý
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Due Tuesday 26 August - A researchers’ guide to finding funding
A researchers’ guide to finding fundingÌý
Practical advice from and for HE professionals on:
- How to identify the right fundersÌý
- Tips for organising/writing winning grant applications/proposalsÌý
- Budgeting for research projectsÌý
- How to evidence impactÌý
- Team managementÌý
- How to frame a research topicÌý
- How to revise a proposal if the application is rejected
- Proving conceptÌý
- Planning your project timeline
Deadline for content: Tuesday, 26 August
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Due Monday 8 September - Tackling polarisation on and beyond campus
Tackling polarisation on and beyond campus
Practical advice from and for HE professionals on:
- What to do when the culture wars come to campus/your classroom
- How to encourage debate/mutual understanding/ respectful disagreement
- Advice for tackling misinformation
- The argument for intellectual pluralism
- Handling sensitive or emotive topics in class
- Building empathy and understanding to bridge differences
- Neutrality – is it the right approach?
- When to take a side
- Build resilience to/find enjoyment in disagreement
- How to protect student mental health in polarised environment
- How to foster debate in multicultural/international classrooms
Deadline for content: Monday, 8 September
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Due Monday 6 October - Soft skills for hard times
Soft skills for hard timesÌý
Practical advice from and for HE professionals on:
- Teaching skills for unknown jobs
- Making space in the curriculum for transferrable skills
- Communication/interpersonal/teamwork skills for post-Covid cohorts
- Critical thinking for the age of AI
- 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
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Due Monday 20 October - The practicalities of co-creation: tapping into the student voice
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
- assessment
- roadblocks and how to get past them
- the practicalities of co-creation in different contexts
- ensuring full involvement from students
- what to do when students don’t engage
- ensuring 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 upon student input (avoiding tokenism)
Deadline for content: Monday, 20 October
Previous submission topics
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Due Monday 11 August - How to motivate students and staff
How to motivate students and staff
Practical advice from and for HE professionals on:
- Pedagogical approaches that get students motivated
- Relationship between motivation and engagement
- Self-directed learning
- How to keep remote students motivated
- Student retention
- Getting students (back) to class
- Connecting with international students
- Diverse cohorts – how to ensure everyone is engaged
- Keeping part-time students engaged
- Autonomy – how much is the right amount?
Deadline for content: Monday, 11 August
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Due Monday 28 July - An academic's survival guide
ÌýAn academic’s survival guide Practical advice from and for HE professionals on:
- How to manage precarity in an academic career
- Advice for balancing workload and time management
- Navigating tricky managers or changing power dynamics
- Protecting your scholarship
- Building professional allies and supporters
- Resilience, persistence and coping with failure
- How to celebrate/share wins and successes/showcase your expertise
- The upsides and drawbacks of professional mobility
- Coping with public hostility against the university sector
- Directing your own career trajectory
- Building professional confidence
Deadline for content: Monday, 28 July
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Due Monday 14 July - A warm welcome for new students
ÌýA warm welcome for new students
Practical advice from and for HE professionals on:
- How to plan first week welcome/orientation programmes
- Welcome events for diverse cohorts
- What preparatory information incoming students need and how to provide it
- Designing and teaching bridging courses/foundation year courses
- Effective modes for communicating with new students
- Supporting and promoting student groups/encouraging participation
- Breaking down barriers or fear factors in freshman/new students
- How to signpost where to find help
- Setting course/attainment expectations
- Buddy systems and other peer support that sets students up for success
Deadline for content: Monday, 14 July
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Due Monday 30 June - Critical thinking in teaching and research
Critical thinking in teaching and research
Practical advice from and for HE professionals on:
- How to teach critical thinking skills
- What are the components of critical thinking?Ìý
- Critical thinking applied to your own work/peer review/student assignments
- Understanding, educating about and analysing misinformation
- Helping students tackle information overload/manage online content
- Critical thinking applied to AI
- Critical thinking in conducting research
- Critiquing research, data, sources or evidence
- Creative ways to approach critical thinking in class
- Breaking down barriers to critical thinking and analysis (such as unconscious bias)
Deadline for content: Monday, 30 June