Blog archive — Page 49

Teaching Practice

Staff-student partnerships to enhance assessment literacy

Exploring the weakest links in learning and teaching and most significant contributors to student dissatisfaction

By Anosh Butt Apr 08, 2026

Research Briefing

Using machine learning for automated language analysis

Zhong and colleagues combine a language-model proposer with a verifier to describe differences between text collections. Their benchmark compares the generated descriptions with human reference descriptions.

By David Griffin Nov 06, 2026

Teaching Practice

The disconnect on what makes good feedback

Examine the gap between students and educators on effective feedback in higher education, emphasizing quality, personalization, and actionable improvement.

By Andrew Carlin Mar 23, 2026

Teaching Practice

Rethinking models of feedback for learning - the challenge of design

Feedback is critical to education, yet the most heavily criticised aspect of courses in higher education.

By Andrew Carlin Mar 16, 2026

Teaching Practice

Impacts of peer tutoring on academic performance

Researchers at a US university have demonstrated significant improvements in student grades through the introduction of student-led tutoring.

By David Griffin Feb 28, 2026

Research Briefing

Definitions of fairness in machine learning explained through examples

Verma and Rubin use a credit-classification example to show why fairness measures answer different questions. This summary distinguishes error rates, predictive values and calibration.

By David Griffin Sep 07, 2026

Teaching Practice

The Academic Benefits of Adding Exercise to University Lectures

Preventing mind-wandering in students during long lectures can be challenging. Getting them up and moving may be the key, say researchers at McMaster University, Canada.

By David Griffin Apr 23, 2026

Research Briefing

Testing reliability and bias in natural language processing

Tan and colleagues propose context-specific reliability tests for NLP systems. Their DOCTOR framework is a testing proposal, not evidence that bias has been eliminated.

By David Griffin Sep 07, 2026

Announcement

University of Exeter selects Student Voice AI

The University of Exeter has selected Student Voice AI to classify and analyse open‑text comments across its internal and national surveys.

By Dr Stuart Grey Apr 06, 2026

Teaching Practice

Viewing Introductory Videos Prior to Lectures Aids Student Learning

A Malaysian university has found that introductory pre-lecture videos can lessen the demand on students’ visuospatial ability while increasing comprehension.

By David Griffin Sep 07, 2026

Teaching Practice

Reviewing teaching behaviour through classroom observations

Discover the importance of advanced teaching behaviors in higher education and how institutions can support lecturers to enhance student success.

By Georgie Crewdson Mar 15, 2026

Media

Podcast: AI Powered Text Analysis - Improving the Student Experience

In this episode of the Scotland's AI Strategy podcast, Stuart Grey, Founder of Student Voice talks about how AI powered text analysis can help universities.

By Student Voice AI Mar 15, 2026

Resource

The Best Text Analysis Software for Education

Choose an analysis workflow for university survey comments: compare manual coding, qualitative research software and a managed service using the same worked task.

By Student Voice AI Nov 06, 2026

Teaching Practice

The Benefits for Students of Problem-Based Learning

Implementations of the problem-based learning approach can have a positive impact on students' learning - boosting motivation as well as results.

By Daniel Johnston Mar 07, 2026

Teaching Practice

Feedback and Feedforward in UK Higher Education

The future of undergraduate assessment – The realities of audio feedback and novelties of feedforward for engagement undergraduate students

By Anosh Butt Sep 07, 2026

Research Briefing

Halo effects and useful detail in teaching evaluations

Cannon and Cipriani compared student ratings with independent classroom information at an Italian university, finding that room ratings retained useful information alongside halo effects.

By Student Voice AI Nov 06, 2026

Teaching Practice

Achieving transparency in dissertation supervision

Elements of doctoral supervision need to be implemented to undergraduate dissertation supervision in the UK

By Anosh Butt Mar 22, 2026

Research Briefing

Gender patterns in student nominations for teaching awards

Kwok and Potter analysed 418 award nominations at an English university, finding differences in who received nominations and which qualities students praised.

By Student Voice AI Nov 06, 2026

Teaching Practice

Ensuring Academic Integrity during COVID-19 pandemic

Innovative assessment practices in the University of Glasgow and the University of Greenwich for assessing students’ skills instead of exams

By Anosh Butt Sep 07, 2026

Teaching Practice

The Academic Reader as a Pedagogical Device

A recent study has shown that invoking the academic reader can help international students understand the needs of their audience

By Sheik Abdul Malik Apr 23, 2026

Teaching Practice

Disruption and Transformation via Lecture Recordings

Can teaching staff weather the disrupting effects of technology and incorporate lecture recordings into their existing pedagogies?

By Sheik Abdul Malik Apr 23, 2026

Teaching Practice

Digital Clinical Assessment – The New Normal?

Will assessing postgraduate medical and surgical students online lead to more problems than solutions?

By Sheik Abdul Malik Apr 06, 2026

Teaching Practice

Oral Examination as an Online Assessment Tool

Although face-to-face examination is unfeasible in online learning, conducting an online oral assessment can make interactions and discussions possible.

By Marisa Graser Mar 22, 2026

Teaching Practice

Flipping the Classroom for Small Group Settings

Flipped small-group tutorials work when students prepare with worked examples, then use contact time for new problems, discussion and guided support.

By Marisa Graser Sep 07, 2026