Learning skills in higher education
Published in The Times Higher on May 13 2005, in association with Palgrave Macmillan
Leader
"How realistic is it to seek to instil in students skills that, in theory, should have been acquired at school?"
Supervising a postgraduate is like tending a garden. You need to nurture and support students to help then flower
Brain training
Clarify your students' thinking by showing them how to avoid confusing method with personality trait
Clause for thought
Grammar is a bit like using a condom - a good idea but not always remembered. Here's how to jog those distant memories
Its and misses
Don't let your audience snooze through your presentation - and know your its from your elbow
All alone in the crowd
By encouraging interaction in lectures and paired working, tutors can improve the social and academic lives of overseas students
Worldlywise
A new initiative aims to add an international dimension to a range of subjects