Times Higher Education Campus+ partnership
The University of Adelaide has entered into a partnership arrangement with THE Campus+ which provides a platform for academic and professional staff to disseminate insights and advice on key areas of higher education.
THE Campus aims to provide actionable resources for practitioners who wish to make enhancements in key areas of higher education, such as teaching and learning; impact and sustainability; internationalisation; early career research support; research management; equity, diversity and inclusion. The website also provides the space for the sharing of views about current topics and challenges in higher education delivery and enables connections with peers across the globe.
University of Adelaide academic and professional staff who wish to share their practice or engage in dialogue with peers on an international stage can submit resources (written or video) or opinion pieces. The Campus+ editorial team will provide guidance and support to prepare submissions for publishing.
You can see pieces by the University of Adelaide staff on our institutional page.
Contributing to this platform is a great way to share your practice and would be useful evidence for internal or external teaching award applications. THE Campus content has attracted more than 800,000 page views and their newsletter is sent to more than 29,000 higher education professionals globally.
THE Campus have specific style requirements for the written and video resources and opinion pieces which are outlined in these guides . You will save yourself considerable time if you read these carefully before starting your submission.
You can pitch an idea or submit a draft piece on a wide range of higher education topics at any time. THE Campus will also make fortnightly calls for content on specific topics.
Please contact the Teaching Excellence team to discuss your ideas for submission or if you have any questions.
It is recommended that you access the THE Campus contributor terms and conditions relating to contributions.
THE Campus spotlight topics and schedule
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Due Monday 17 November - Student support in the classroom
Student support in the classroom Practical advice from and for HE professionals on:
- Spotting the signs when students are struggling
- Bringing pastoral care into teaching
- Fostering a happy class environment
- Building community among students
- Signposting specialist support for students
- Modelling good academic practices (such as work boundaries and keeping sensible hours)
- Empathy in teaching
- Delivering respectful feedback
- Active listening for educators
Deadline for content: Monday, 17 November
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Due Monday 1 December - GenAI as a research assistant
GenAI as a research assistant Practical advice from and for HE professionals on:
- Using GenAI for writing academic papers or grant proposals/data analysis/idea generation
- The issue of hallucinations when using GenAI during literature review
- Using GenAI to handle admin
- How to safeguard IP when using GenAI
- Data literacy for researchers
- Does GenAI save researchers’ time?
- Researchers who don’t use AI and why
- Choosing the right AI tool for the task
- Understanding and mitigating bias in AI tools
Deadline for content: Monday, 1 December
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Due Monday 15 December - Value for international students
Value for international students Practical advice from and for HE professionals on:
- Tips for effective English/home language support
- Advice for using technology for student support/learning support/well-being
- Managing linguistically/culturally diverse cohorts
- Advice for quality transnational education
- How to keep branch campuses connected to the main university
- Career support/visa pathways for international students
- Using events/key dates/festivals to make international students feel more at home
- Welcome activities for international students
- Helping international students feel physically safe on campus
Deadline for content: Monday, 15 December
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Due Monday 29 December - Academic writing advice
Academic writing advice Practical advice from and for HE professionals on:
- Effective, ethical use of AI in academic writing (and when to avoid it)
- Mastering the structure of a journal article
- What makes an impactful abstract?
- Tips for writing a memorable conclusion
- Advice for protecting writing time
- Stages of writing a dissertation
- Understanding the styles and ethics of citations
- Using peer review/feedback to improve your writing
- How to evaluate and edit your own work
- Advice for turning your dissertation into a book
- Common mistakes when pitching an academic book
- So, you want to become a peer reviewer?
- Writing tips for researchers in STEM
Deadline for content: Monday, 29 December
Previous submission topics
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Due Monday 3 November - Making the case for the arts and humanities
Making the case for the arts and humanities Practical advice from and for HE professionals on:
- Why arts, humanities and social sciences are needed
- How to make them relevant to the workforce
- Building interdisciplinary links
- Applying arts-based methods to research
- Creative approaches to research and teaching
- Qualitative insights
- Demonstrating value of these subjects
- Partnering with employers
- Fostering the skills central to these subjects
Deadline for content: Monday, 3 November
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Due Monday 20 October - The practicalities of co-creation: tapping into the student voice
The practicalities of co-creation: tapping into the student voice
Practical advice from and for HE professionals on:
- creating courses and teaching methods
- class activities
- embedding student autonomy into learning
- assessment
- roadblocks and how to get past them
- the practicalities of co-creation in different contexts
- ensuring full involvement from students
- what to do when students don’t engage
- ensuring a representative voice
- student committees and panels as part of institutional decision-making
- co-creation outside the classroom – in student support/sustainability/social events and the extracurricular life of a university
- acting upon student input (avoiding tokenism)
Deadline for content: Monday, 20 October
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Due Monday 6 October - Soft skills for hard times
Soft skills for hard times
Practical advice from and for HE professionals on:
- Teaching skills for unknown jobs
- Making space in the curriculum for transferrable skills
- Communication/interpersonal/teamwork skills for post-Covid cohorts
- Critical thinking for the age of AI
- Interdisciplinary opportunities for learning life skills
- How to turn challenges into ways to foster resilience
- Time management strategies for busy academics
- Tips for mastering the art of negotiation
Deadline for content: Monday, 6 October
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Due Monday 8 September - Tackling polarisation on and beyond campus
Tackling polarisation on and beyond campus
Practical advice from and for HE professionals on:
- What to do when the culture wars come to campus/your classroom
- How to encourage debate/mutual understanding/ respectful disagreement
- Advice for tackling misinformation
- The argument for intellectual pluralism
- Handling sensitive or emotive topics in class
- Building empathy and understanding to bridge differences
- Neutrality – is it the right approach?
- When to take a side
- Build resilience to/find enjoyment in disagreement
- How to protect student mental health in polarised environment
- How to foster debate in multicultural/international classrooms
Deadline for content: Monday, 8 September