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University of Exeter Business School
11 September 2025
4 minutes to readMoving beyond superficial reflection: A process model for meaningful and inclusive reflective practice
Reflection is an essential skill, yet shallow or uncritical engagement can compromise its purpose and usefulness. This blog explores a clearer, process-focused model of reflective practice to support meaningful and inclusive learning. Reflection can be a challenging skill to master. While the concept may sound straightforward, the ability to take a step…
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14 August 2025
2 minutes to readFrom Convenor to Conductor: Leading Teams for Large-Scale Modules
In the final instalment of this series on teaching at scale, we explore effective approaches to leading and coordinating a teaching team. Teaching 500+ students takes a team. Here’s how to lead one with clarity, collaboration and care. No one teaches a mega-module alone. When your student cohort reaches 500+, success hinges not…
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7 August 2025
2 minutes to readAlways On: Supporting Students in Extra-Large Modules
In part 7 of this series on teaching at scale the focus is on student support. When 500+ students are relying on you, student support needs to be proactive, streamlined, and scalable. In a module of 30 students, you might answer questions informally after class. In a module of 500+, even one…
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31 July 2025
2 minutes to readAssessment at Scale: Clarity, Relevance and Manageability
Part 6 of our series on teaching at scale explores the topic of assessment. With 500+ students, your assessment plan has to work for everyone, from students and staff to systems and schedules. In this post, colleagues Dr Cliff Li and colleagues teaching on very large modules in the University of Exeter Business…
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24 July 2025
2 minutes to readTeaching Everyone: Inclusion and Challenge in Large Multidisciplinary Cohorts
In part 5 of this series of posts, Dr Cliff Li and the Team from the University of Exeter Business School have some tips to help us to address issues of diversity and challenge. From seasoned business students to arts undergrads encountering entrepreneurship for the first time, how do you design a…
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17 July 2025
2 minutes to readCreating Belonging in Extra-Large Cohorts: Pro-Social Pedagogy in Action
We know that student belonging doesn’t scale automatically, especially in a module of 500+. In this post, the fourth in a series from colleagues at the University of Exeter Business School on teaching large modules, we discuss how using pro-social learning approaches can create belonging and collaboration for learners, even in modules…
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3 July 2025
2 minutes to readBeyond the Video Lecture: Flipping the Classroom for Massive Modules
In part three of our guidance around teaching large cohorts, the team from the University of Exeter Business School are discussing flipped learning. Flipped learning works – but only if students engage. Here’s how to design active, inclusive, and AI-resilient experiences at scale. Flipped classrooms offer a compelling approach to teaching large…
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26 June 2025
2 minutes to readFairness at Scale: How to Calibrate and Coordinate Large-Scale Marking
In the second of our blog series on leading extra large modules, the team from the University of Exeter Business School are concentrating on consistency in assessment. Consistency in assessment is a cornerstone of quality. Here’s how to make marking fair and efficient when your module enrols hundreds. Fair and consistent marking…
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20 June 2025
2 minutes to readDesigning for Thousands: Planning Extra-Large Modules with Purpose
When your module enrols 500+ students, clarity, consistency and creativity in design are essential. Here’s how to plan with confidence. What happens when your module enrols a thousand students? At this scale, planning isn’t just a best practice – it’s survival. In this post, we share collective insights from educators who have…
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13 June 2025
4 minutes to readLet’s make some CAOS! The use of drama-based pedagogies in Higher Education.
How can we ensure that different standpoints, particularly those often silenced and neglected, are included and that students play an active role in making their experience of learning truly memorable and transformative? CAOS – CAmpus On Stage builds on these questions and recent calls to develop appropriate pedagogical tools to teach complex…
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15 May 2025
3 minutes to readAssessed Workshops : AI Integrated learning
As concerns about student use of AI in assessments grow, a knee-jerk reaction to increase in person exams may lead to unsustainable practices. In addition, we know that exams are not an inclusive or accessible way to assess knowledge in one single assessment. In this blog, we report on an alternative approach…
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7 May 2025
3 minutes to readHow is AI Changing the Higher Education Experience?
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming education at an unprecedented pace, yet its role in higher education remains a subject of debate. How do educators make sense of AI’s impact on teaching, learning, and assessment? To explore this, we conducted a study with educators and students, uncovering insights into how they are using…
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24 April 2024
4 minutes to readPlaying learning and ‘crime’
Why playful learning? Industry values graduates with a collaborative mindset who can deliver impactful work. This employability skill can be challenging to harness especially when working with people from different regions, cultures, backgrounds, and workspace ethics. Playful learning can enhance student engagement, creativity, and innovation (Whitton, 2018; Hirsh-Pasek et al., 2020; Ferguson…
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14 February 2024
4 minutes to readIn pursuit of pukka assessment: bringing together Generation Z and Generative AI
Generative AI promises to transform the world of work. Graduates with skills in ethical and proactive use of such tools are in great demand. Digital Technologies and the Future of Work is an online module for undergraduate students from across the university. It was developed in 2018 as an Education Incubator Project,…
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14 February 2024
3 minutes to readRethinking assessment in the face of AI – example of an in-year change
Since the launch of open-access Generative AI tools at the end of 2022, educators across the globe have had to stop and question their assessment methods, responding to the potential threat of academic misconduct from these tools. Whilst it is not realistic or advisable to simply return to in-person invigilated exams or…
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15 November 2023
3 minutes to readTailoring employability provision for international students
Moving to a new country for university can be tough. You’re far from home in an unfamiliar environment and you need to figure out your career too! International students face extra challenges with employability and job search. As universities, we need to step up and provide the right support. At the University…
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8 November 2023
2 minutes to readSteps for creating quality online modules
Online courses have gained a somewhat negative perception over the years. Some believe that they lack the quality and credibility of traditional in-person education. Students often see them as boring or isolating compared to in-person classes. But a small team at the university decided it was time to shake things up. Team…
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1 November 2023
2 minutes to readScaffolding reflective writing for undergraduate students
Reflective writing can be a powerful tool to improve student learning outcomes in university courses. However, many first-year students lack the skills to write reflectively. This post outlines an approach taken by Dr Rossana Guttilla to scaffold reflective writing for first-year management students. First-year management students often struggle with reflective writing assignments….
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4 October 2023
2 minutes to readTop tips for teaching a large cohort
Professor Beverley Hawkins, Associate Dean for Education in the University of Exeter Business Schools, shares her top tips for teach large cohorts of students – and keeping them engaged! Embrace diversity: Large cohorts bring together students from different backgrounds and experiences. Take advantage of this diversity by creating opportunities for students to…
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22 September 2021
2 minutes to readTransforming our education during the pandemic
At the start of a new academic year, now is a good time to pause and reflect for a moment on how the University responded to the unprecedented challenge of the COVID-19 pandemic, and what we can learn from that response.
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24 June 2021
4 minutes to readBringing learning back to campus through The Festival of Discovery
Over 400 events took place on campus in the University’s inaugural Festival of Discovery. Held over a 2-week period from late May, the event aimed to bring our whole university community closer together to enjoy a range of on-campus and online activities. “I loved the…
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9 June 2021
3 minutes to readHow enhancing the AV in teaching spaces can create a more seamless student experience
One of the many challenges faced by educators over the last year is delivering teaching concurrently to both students present in the room and also joining online through Teams or Zoom. Teaching rooms are rarely equipped to enable this concurrent teaching effectively, with limited camera and audio coverage
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12 May 2021
3 minutes to readIs it time to take a fresh look at MOOCs?
The COVID-19 pandemic has placed a sharp focus on online learning, so where do Massive Open Online Courses – MOOCs – fit into the picture? Lisa Harris and Steph Comley take a look… Now that an increasing number of educators and learners are discovering the benefits of inclusive and accessible online learning,…
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25 March 2021
4 minutes to readThe unexpected upsides of digital learning – and overcoming the downsides
For many students, the accelerated move to digital learning in 2020/21 has posed a number of challenges. But it’s also had its advantages. Here, Millie Britton, a final year Economics with Geography student and Digital Learning Assistant, reflects on a year of digital learning. From my own experiences as a third year, and the experiences of other students,…
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3 March 2021
3 minutes to readSerious Play: how LEGO® can help build learning communities and knowledge
Back-to-school supply lists commonly include items like notebooks and pens, but these days you might find an unexpected addition: LEGO® bricks. LEGO® is thought to be the world’s most popular building toy, and is a highly recognisable brand. Yet that wouldn’t usually recommend it for use in an educational setting. However, LEGO®…
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1 March 2021
3 minutes to readPartnering with current and recent students to create compelling blended learning programmes
In April 2020, the University of Exeter faced the same dilemma as most other universities: how to move most or all of its teaching online in just a few months?
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