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Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education, Iss 41 (2026)
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ISSN 1759-667X · Association for Learning Development in Higher Education (ALDinHE) · 1,047 articles in the index
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How do Physics students navigate their career development?
Balancing employability skills development with core content is challenging for content‑heavy degrees like Physics but can be supported through adapted teaching methods and structured employability activities such as careers fairs, societies, and industrial placements. This study draws on…
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Reimagining inclusion: developing the NURTURE framework scaffold through Universal Design for Learning at Northumbria University
This paper presents NURTURE (Northumbria University Responsive Teaching for Universal Reach and Engagement), an implementation scaffold operationalising Universal Design for Learning (UDL) across institutional practice. Developed in response to widening participation and the limitations of…
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Student-led approaches for reducing awarding gaps through widening participation in placement programmes: co-creation in the design of inclusive practices in UK higher education
This paper shares new empirical data from focus groups with 18 student participants identified as under-represented within placement programmes including students who are female, students with disabilities, ethnically-minoritised students and students from communities with traditionally low levels…
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Success in layers: how widening access students build success in their university life
This study explores how students from widening access backgrounds make sense of their success in higher education. Semi-structured interview data was collected from eight mature undergraduate students at a widening access university in England. Thematic analysis identified three interconnected…
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Learning to adapt: student performance and adjustment in online open-book exams
Open-book exams (OBEs) mimic the format of closed-book exams (CBEs) but allow the use of resources, and questions focus on reasoning/problem-solving. This quasi-experimental pilot investigates how format affected performance in an online introductory nutrition course from fall 2019 to spring 2021…
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Curriculum-embedded AI literacy: a mixed-method study of framework implementation in undergraduate management education
This paper reports findings from a mixed-methods study examining the integration of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) literacy within an undergraduate Business Management programme. Drawing on Zhou and Schofield’s (2024) AI literacy framework, AI-integrated learning activities were…
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An inquiry-based model to support writing instruction in the context of generative AI
Within a university writing instruction context, generative AI (gen AI) is changing how writing is learned, demonstrating positive impact potential through boosting learners’ motivation, automating instructional tasks, and offering instantaneous, personalised feedback. As a result, these are times…
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The SHARP assessment cycle: from assessment design and real-time student voice to student learning development
Assessment in higher education often suffers from a critical disconnect where student feedback benefits future cohorts rather than current participants. This study presents SHARP (Strategic, Holistic, Adaptive, Reflective, Process), a systematic framework for embedding real-time student voice into…
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Perceived AI literacy and learning-related outcomes among higher education students using generative AI
This study examined how perceived AI literacy and GenAI-use frequency relate to learning confidence, learning behaviours, academic integrity perceptions, and perceived fairness in assessment among higher education students. A cross-sectional survey of 131 students assessed GenAI use, perceived AI…
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The friction problem: why learners don’t read learning outcomes and what design can realistically fix
Learning outcomes are everywhere in higher education. Many learners do not engage with them. This piece argues that friction in design contributes to this gap: the cognitive effort created by sentence length, syntactic complexity, and abstract performance criteria. Psycholinguistic evidence and the…
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Improving AI prompt literacy: experimental evidence on the effect of an online tutorial among university students
This study investigated university students’ use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools, focusing on prompt literacy, user behaviour, and satisfaction with AI‑generated outputs. 90 students completed a range of tasks using a generative AI tool of their choice, with half completing a…
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Applied Feminist Systems Thinking in decolonising the university curricula, pedagogies and institutional practices
This paper examines the application of Feminist Systems Thinking (FST) as a strategy to decolonise university curricula, pedagogies, and institutional practices, drawing on postcolonial and decolonial frameworks. FST is a praxis, with the capacity to interrogate power dynamics. Recognising the…
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Increasing but insufficient polyphony: are there voices that could further enrich the discussion of LD professional identities?
The development of Learning Development (LD) in the United Kingdom (UK), and its sister disciplines in other countries, has been accompanied by intense conversations and reflection on the professional identities of those involved in it. This paper contributes to these debates by focussing on…
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Constraining Innovation: A critical discourse analysis of power and assessment policy in higher education
In this study, I examine how university assessment policies constrain pedagogical innovation. Using Fairclough’s Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA), I analysed policy documents from five UK universities to identify dominant discursive patterns influencing assessment governance. Four key themes…
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Immersive learning in biology and environmental science: a case study of the nature lab virtual reality project
Virtual reality (VR) is transforming science education by offering immersive, interactive experiences that enhance engagement and understanding of complex biological and environmental systems. However, its benefits and limitations compared to traditional in-person learning remain underexplored…
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Academic language and learning development practitioners’ access to professional development, recognition and promotion pathways: an international case study
Since 2015, there has been an expansion of professional development, recognition, and internal promotion opportunities open to Academic Language and Learning Development (ALLD) practitioners (Briggs, 2023; Briggs, 2025). However, limited information, beyond informal and often anecdotal community…
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Embedding AI in a pedagogy of compassion
Although increasingly recognised in higher education assessment and teaching practices, compassionate pedagogy is often misunderstood. Designed to alleviate student distress and trauma, it is sometimes dismissed as ‘soft’, ‘fluffy’, or insufficiently rigorous, particularly in relation to the…
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