Found in translation: How translanguaging deepened my students’ academic English
byAustralia’s universities have never been more internationally diverse – and nowhere is that clearer than at the University of Sydney. Yet sit in on…
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Designing and planning group work for first-year gender studies students
byAs an educator in Gender Studies, I am constantly guided by feminist values in recognising diversity and power hierarchies in the classroom. Out of…
The second year slump – ideas for motivating second year students
byI, Ruth, lived in a student hall of residence during my first year at university and generally attended most lectures and seminars, excited by…
Bringing Cutting-Edge Research Technology into the Undergraduate Classroom
bySome of the most engaging learning experiences happen when students stop analysing data someone else collected, and start generating it themselves. Recent advances in…
What Should Education Look Like in the Age of AI?
byAccelerating a University-wide conversation about learning, graduate capability and the student experience Universities often talk about preparing students for the future. The challenge with…
Rediscovering the teaching-research nexus
byBack in 2023, in the article Unravelling the teaching-research nexus, I explored one of higher education’s most enduring assumptions: that teaching and research naturally…
2026 Sydney Teaching Symposium – Resources
byThank you to all of you who have taken the time to share your experience and reflections as part of the 2026 Sydney Teaching…
Designing assessment as a learning journey in language studies
byIn 2018, I found myself reflecting on a question that many language teachers have probably asked at some point: How do we create opportunities…
Why we’re retiring the Feedback for Teachers survey – and what replaces it
byFrom Semester 2 2026, the Feedback for Teachers (FFT) survey will no longer be available to teachers. It’s being retired as part of a…
Transitioning our students well into the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine curriculum
byEach year roughly 140 students will enrol into the postgraduate Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM). Coming into this program from diverse undergraduate backgrounds, the…