Navigating the digital and AI era in education: insights from UNESCO’s Digital Learning Week
By Sjoerd Stoffels Thinking of UNESCO, many might not realise that the organisation plays a significant role in the field of digital technology and education. It engages in a wide range of activities, including policy development and advocacy, establishment of…
Student Advising at FASoS
By Pia Harbers, Saskia van Bergen, Miranda van den Boorn & Raf Widdershoven As FASoS student advisers, we are involved in all stages of the student life cycle, from Open Days and Introduction to MA choice, and career planning. At…
Learning from similarities and differences: Reflections on a trip to Maastricht University
By Christopher Huggins In February 2023 I had the privilege of visiting FASoS at Maastricht University as part of an (Covid-19 delayed) Erasmus+ staff mobility. The University of Suffolk (my home institution) and Maastricht University are very different. Suffolk is…
Teaching research methods and the dilemmas of structuring student research papers
By Tullio Viola When I started my supervision activity at FASoS a couple of years ago, I noticed something I wasn’t anticipating. In comparison to other institutions where I had previously worked, students were paying much more attention to making…
Are you talking to me? The rise of chatbots in education
By Sjoerd Stoffels The latest buzz word in the world of education is ChatGPT. This type of artificial intelligence (AI) produces credible texts in a matter of seconds that are often usable for book reports, essays, and other assignments. The…
“How on earth did I miss this?”: On handing over teaching coordination tasks
By Karin Bijsterveld Anyone who has ever taken over the course coordination from someone else or started directing a teaching programme will likely remember the very first year. No matter how well you thought you knew the course or the…
Teaching-Research Integration
By Patrick Bijsmans & Sally Wyatt The way in which our curricula are designed means that we are not always able to teach subjects that exactly fit our research expertise. Even though commitment to interdisciplinarity and PBL are very persuasive reasons for this, some of us…
