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Developing micromodules and flipped class activities to support self-directed learning and promote classroom engagement

Dosage form science courses cover intricate pharmaceutical concepts concerning formulation design and drug delivery systems. This discipline requires students to integrate knowledge from...

Is the pen mightier than the keyboard? Handwritten and typed exams compared

With the increased adoption of technologies, the use of electronic examination scripts is gradually becoming the norm and is likely to replace the traditional handwritten ones in universities...

Embracing opportunities during your PhD: Reflections on planning and running a public engagement activity

As doctoral students, we are encouraged to keep an eye out for opportunities to widen our experiences and develop our skill sets, particularly if we wish to forge a career in academia. This blog...

The Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2029: Threat or opportunity for early career researchers?

The Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2029

For early career researchers (ECRs), REF 2029 represents a challenge but also an opportunity to position and shape their scholarly activity in the short and medium term. In this blog post, we...

Research Intelligence Special Issue: BERA at 50

A special issue celebrating BERA's 50th anniversary

A digital learning model integrating Bronfenbrenner’s Human Ecology Model with the Chinese He and Xie Principles that support diverse learners

The rise of online learning has led to new digitally connected teaching models. With the growth of learning platforms and AI tools like ChatGPT, the higher education sector faces the challenge of...

Higher Education SIG Convenor 2025-2028

The Higher Education SIG has an opening for a convenor. Research interests  Teaching and learning approaches and issues AI in higher education Assessment and Feedback in higher...

A century of educating Britain’s political elite: Privilege masquerading as meritocracy?

In this blog post, we examine the UK secondary schools and universities that educated Cabinet ministers between 1922 and 2022. The UK seems widely relevant, as every country possesses elite...

Spring 2025

Research Intelligence issue 162: International comparative education

Challenging the narrative: Auto-captioning and diversity in higher education speech recognition

In this blog post, I outline key findings from my autoethnographic study examining the ways auto-generated captioning technologies (such as Panopto) in higher education (HE) transcribe my...

Becoming a mature postgraduate researcher: Using autoethnography to stargaze

Do you believe that the stars can align to ensure you are in the right place at the right time? In spring 2023, I read a paper by Professor Pat Tissington on using autoethnography (Ellis et al.,...

Moving the AI in education conversation forward: Dialogue to practice

Artificial Intelligence in educational research and practice

Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming education. Effective integration of AI into higher education (HE) can scaffold students and academics with attributes to thrive within the competitive...