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. 

Times HE

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 

  • Due Monday 14 July - A warm welcome for new students

     A warm welcome for new students Practical advice from and for HE professionals on:

    • How to plan first week welcome/orientation programmes
    • Welcome events for diverse cohorts
    • What preparatory information incoming students need and how to provide it
    • Designing and teaching bridging courses/foundation year courses
    • Effective modes for communicating with new students
    • Supporting and promoting student groups/encouraging participation
    • Breaking down barriers or fear factors in freshman/new students
    • How to signpost where to find help
    • Setting course/attainment expectations
    • Buddy systems and other peer support that sets students up for success

    Deadline for content: Monday, 14 July

  • Due Monday 28 July - An academic's survival guide

     An academic’s survival guide Practical advice from and for HE professionals on:

    • How to manage precarity in an academic career
    • Advice for balancing workload and time management
    • Navigating tricky managers or changing power dynamics
    • Protecting your scholarship
    • Building professional allies and supporters
    • Resilience, persistence and coping with failure
    • How to celebrate/share wins and successes/showcase your expertise
    • The upsides and drawbacks of professional mobility
    • Coping with public hostility against the university sector
    • Directing your own career trajectory
    • Building professional confidence

    Deadline for content: Monday, 28 July

  • Due Monday 11 August - How to motivate students and staff

    How to motivate students and staff
    Practical advice from and for HE professionals on:

    • Pedagogical approaches that get students motivated
    • Relationship between motivation and engagement
    • Self-directed learning
    • How to keep remote students motivated
    • Student retention
    • Getting students (back) to class
    • Connecting with international students
    • Diverse cohorts – how to ensure everyone is engaged
    • Keeping part-time students engaged
    • Autonomy – how much is the right amount?

    Deadline for content: Monday, 11 August

    Previous submission topics

    • Due Monday 30 June - Critical thinking in teaching and research

      Critical thinking in teaching and research Practical advice from and for HE professionals on:

      • How to teach critical thinking skills
      • What are the components of critical thinking? 
      • Critical thinking applied to your own work/peer review/student assignments
      • Understanding, educating about and analysing misinformation
      • Helping students tackle information overload/manage online content
      • Critical thinking applied to AI
      • Critical thinking in conducting research
      • Critiquing research, data, sources or evidence
      • Creative ways to approach critical thinking in class
      • Breaking down barriers to critical thinking and analysis (such as unconscious bias)
        Deadline for content: Monday, 30 June

    • Due Monday 16 June - DEI strategies for a polarised world

      DEI strategies for a polarised world Practical advice from and for HE professionals on:

      • Too far? Not far enough? Finding the balance for DEI policies
      • Protecting students/faculty caught in the DEI crossfire
      • Making the case for DEI policies
      • Embedding DEI in teaching/research/student support
      • Dealing with divisions in the classroom
      • Protecting DEI-focused research in a hostile environment
      • Fostering allyship to support marginalised groups
      • How to adhere to policies while staying true to your values
      • What’s next for diversity statements?
      • Where diversity, equity and inclusion overlap
      • Navigating conflicting DEI needs for the benefit of all
      • Diversity, equity, inclusion and free speech
        Deadline for content: Monday, 16 June

    • Due Monday 2 June - What can higher education learn from social media?

      What can higher education learn from social media? Practical advice from and for HE professionals on:

      • TikTok generation: how social media affects the way students engage with content
      • What lessons can educators take from social media and how they present content?
      • Bringing gaming elements into course design
      • Engagement tricks from social platforms
      • Bite-sized-content dos and don’ts
      • Lessons in communicating information/research to wider audiences
      • How to use social media for student support
      • How to break through students’ digital bubbles/echo chambers
      • Lessons in spotting fake news/misinformation online
      • How to use social media networks for research
      • Building learning/shared interest communities online
      • Using social media for career progression/employability
        Deadline for content: Monday, 2 June

    • Due Monday 19 May - Redefining the university library for 2025 and beyond

      Redefining the university library for 2025 and beyond Practical advice from and for HE professionals on:

      • Essential library/research skills for an AI-enabled world
      • Understanding primary sources
      • How to redesign library spaces
      • Refining university libraries as places for gathering and belonging
      • Roles in higher education libraries explained
      • The library’s role in open access/open research
      • University libraries as vehicles for public engagement
      • How to better signpost library services
      • Libraries as aids to research and impact
      • How digital tools can enhance library services
      • Libraries’ role in student support
      • Managing the relationship with academic publishers
      • How to ensure access to relevant materials for academics and students

      Deadline for content: Monday, 19 May

    • Due Monday 5 May - How to work well with industry

      How to work well with industry Practical advice from and for HE professionals on:

      • Effective ways to include business input in course design
      • Co-designing courses with employers
      • Ways to understand changing skills demands (where to source information)
      • Create work experience/practice-based learning opportunities
      • Partnering with industry on research projects – IP, commercial agreements, funding, collaborative advice
      • Building effective knowledge exchange partnerships and looking to equivalent partnership models in other countries (such as the CSIRO in Australia)
      • How to form and maintain ongoing collaborative partnerships with businesses
      • How to select the right industry partners
      • Understanding different partnership models

      Deadline for content: Monday, 5 May

    • Due Monday 21 April - Higher education's bumpy road to net zero

      Higher education’s bumpy road to net zero Practical advice from and for HE professionals on:

      • Moving from education to action on climate change
      • Teaching practical strategies to respond to the climate emergency
      • How to encourage behaviour change across the whole campus community
      • Holding suppliers to account
      • Fostering small changes that could change the world
      • Reaching net zero within financial constraints
      • Carbon reduction versus carbon capture
      • What renewable energy is right for you?
      • Collaboration and/or interdisciplinarity to accelerate progress to net zero
      • Making net zero everybody’s business
      • How realistic is net zero in HE?
      • Turning students into climate champions
      • Addressing climate scepticism
      • Introducing sustainable, energy-efficient AI and IT systems
      • Misconceptions about what net zero looks like for HE

      Deadline for content: Monday, 21 April