Winter 2020/2021

Digital technology in education Keeping pace with innovation Research Intelligence issue 145 Just as practitioners are struggling to keep up with the onslaught of new technologies entering the...

Invisible disabilities: Ableism in education

Education and higher education have always been associated with specific ways of working and presenteeism. Teachers or lecturers needed to be in the room to teach or to attend meetings and...

BERA 2021 Undergraduate Award

This award is for recent graduates who have completed their undergraduate degree in a field related to educational research.

Meeting the needs of students with mental health challenges in online learning environments

Distance learning might seem to offer an ideal opportunity for students with mental health challenges to study for a degree, as it is flexible and can be done from home with the student...

The good, the bad and the ugly in higher education: Is there any hope for students?

It is an interesting time to be a student. Not a single day passes without newspaper and social media headlines echoing student concerns about the (mis)handling of the Covid-19 crisis on campuses,...

Editorial: Teaching and learning in higher education for times of uncertainty

Uncharted terrain: Teaching and learning in higher education for times of uncertainty

For higher education, Covid-19 has presented a particular challenge: having had to convert our classrooms to online platforms, higher education practitioners have faced the task of teaching and...

Urgent matters of insight: Upholding gaps in higher education research, teaching and learning for super-complexity

Uncharted terrain: Teaching and learning in higher education for times of uncertainty

To date, Covid-19 has not only highlighted the interconnectedness of societies and individuals, but also that educational endeavours privileging the cultivation of particular human qualities...

Respecting the role of the physical body in teaching and learning

Uncharted terrain: Teaching and learning in higher education for times of uncertainty

Covid-19 has shed light on the day-to-day life of teaching and learning. As parents began home-schooling and teachers adapted to innovative ways of connecting with students online, in our...

Uncharted terrain: Teaching and learning in higher education for times of uncertainty

This collection of blogs, guest-edited by Gabriella Buttarazzi, explores how we can adopt responsive and creative approaches to teaching, learning and research in higher education during times of...

Reflections on building rapport with university students in an online context

Uncharted terrain: Teaching and learning in higher education for times of uncertainty

As with other educators, the rapid shift to online delivery during lockdown has led to self-reflection on my teaching skills, how they transfer online, and my ability to use online tools...

Flipping the course curriculum: Digital engagement for active learning

Uncharted terrain: Teaching and learning in higher education for times of uncertainty

Digital engagement has steadily become an important part of an educator’s pedagogic repertoire since universities started offering courses online in the early 2000s. In light of the Covid-19...

Building on Covid-19 experiences for future organisational improvisations

Uncharted terrain: Teaching and learning in higher education for times of uncertainty

This recent period of responding to the Covid-19 pandemic has been particularly unexpected and required a very rapid response by everyone across university systems. The use of online delivery as...