

Universities often position their efforts around inclusion and closing awarding gaps as neutral and well-intentioned. Yet, despite years of reform, inequitable outcomes persist – especially for students who are racialised, disabled, or both. Why? Because universities usually address race and disability separately through distinct policies, overlooking the way these identities…

Over more than 40 years of combined teaching, we have observed with fascination students maturing and developing into confident, skilled scientists. Surprisingly, we can better…

The Biosciences Scholarship Away Day brought together NTU colleagues from across the biosciences community to share ideas, develop scholarship projects, and explore approaches to pedagogic…

In April 2026, the Society for Experimental Biology hosted Practical and Inclusive Approaches to using Gen-AI in Higher Education at Nottingham Trent University. The two-day…

Can GenAI be a force for good for an inclusive student experience, or is it yet another tool that can drive inequality and increase attainment…

I’m Laurel, a teaching and scholarship academic at Nottingham Trent University, and I manage the Bioscience Scholarship blog for the Bioscience Scholarship Research Centre.