

What really matters in higher education? Is it state-of-the-art facilities? Is it the curriculum or the timetable? It’s the people! What stayed with me from this conference was a message that kept coming up in many talks: the human factor, the fact that authentic engagement needs human attention and grows…

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.