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  • Operations Management cogs

    Overcome challenges in teaching operations management

    Network with Operations Management authors Nigel Slack and Alistair Brandon-Jones and fellow decision science lecturers in London for ɫèAV’s free annual OM teaching workshop on 25 April 2018.

  • Jisc Digifest 2018

    A journey back to the future: Jisc Digifest 2018

    Jisc welcomed delegates to its annual Digifest conference at the ICC in Birmingham on the 6 and 7 March, bringing together education professionals from the higher education, further education and skills sectors across the UK.Ìý

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    Five podcasts celebrating the women transforming EdTech

    March 8 is International Women’s Day and this year’s theme is . To celebrate, we’re taking a look at some of the women who are using technology to transform teaching and learning, and to improve outcomes for students around the world.

  • Bored student sleeping in lecture

    How to bring life back to lectures

    A 1984 New York Times survey on social anxiety placed death third in the list of people's biggest fears. The top two responses were walking into a room full of strangers and speaking in public. Educators face those fears every day.

  • How to increase engagement in first year economics courses

    Principles of economics is often taught in large cohorts, with students of mixed ability, including non-specialists. John Sloman, Jon Guest and Dean Garratt explore how to maximise engagement and employability in challenging first year modules.

  • Learning through play in HE

    We have been learning through play from infancy. Discover how lecturers in business and law use simulations to increase understanding and employability.