Opinion Learning & Teaching

Reassessing the essay: Relevance, realism, and resilience in the age of AI

Given how much HE is changing with more focus on vocational relevance, widening participation, and technological disruption, is the traditional essay still pulling its weight?

30th October 2025
Opinion Learning & Teaching

Using social media and technology to improve the student experience

20th September 2022

Covid-19 saw a rapid pivot to online learning & teaching. Here, seven business school educators explore how they've continued to embed social media and technology into their teaching to improve the student experience.

Contributors

  • Professor Robert MacIntosh, Pro Vice-Chancellor for Faculty of Business and Law, Northumbria University; Chair of the Chartered ABS

  • Dr Adam Shore CMBE, Director of School of Business and Management, Liverpool Business School; Chair of Learning, Teaching & Student Experience Committee, Chartered ABS

  • Professor Sally Everett CMBE, Vice Dean of Education, King’s Business School

  • Dr Cathy Minett-Smith CMBE, Associate Dean for Learning, Teaching and Student Experience, Faculty of Business and Law, University of the West of England

  • Professor Gillian Armstrong MBE CMBE, Associate Dean (Development & Partnerships), Ulster University Business School

  • Dr Ann Parchment, Deputy Head of Department of Strategy and International Business, University of Surrey Business School

  • Professor Toby Watson CMBE, Deputy Executive Dean of Education, Durham University Business School