Items with category:Reflections
Beyond grades: the depth of the challenge universities face
1 May 2026
In this post, CRADLE PhD student Lincoln Then James offers his reflections on our third seminar for 2026, ‘Is it time to move beyond grades?’ After situating grades in their historical context, this presentation challenged attendees to reconsider long-held beliefs about grades and whether there is still a place for grades in today’s universities.
All about balance? How to prepare graduates for the AI-evolving world (of work)
31 March 2026
In this post, CRADLE PhD student Siham AbuKhalaf reflects on the critical question of our second seminar for 2026: Unknowable Futures: Preparing Graduates for an AI-Evolving World (of Work). In a world shaped by AI, what should higher education actually prepare students for?
A provocation: the manifesto for feedback
20 February 2026
In this post, CRADLE PhD student Siham AbuKhalaf reflects on the timely and salient messages of our first seminar for 2026: Manifesto for feedback in the age of AI. The topics are closely aligned with Siham's own research areas whereby she is investigating the relationship between AI, authentic assessment, and student motivation.
The reality of uncertainty: Transforming feedback cultures
28 November 2025
In this post, CRADLE Senior Research Fellow Dr Nicole Crawford shares her reflections and key takeaways from our last seminar of 2025. In the seminar CRADLE’s Professor Margaret Bearman presented an insightful and nuanced discussion on the role that feedback cultures play in surgical and intensive care medicine training.
How to navigate feedback cultures: strategies on a page
25 November 2025
In this post, CRADLE’s Professor Margaret Bearman reflects on a five-year study exploring feedback cultures in surgical and intensive care medicine settings, and introduces some practical one-page resources for supervisors and trainees.
How to move from research to real change: CRADLE 10th Anniversary
20 November 2025
On the 15th of October CRADLE celebrated its 10th birthday with an engaging and reflective seminar on the road behind and the journey ahead. In this post we hear reflections on the event from CRADLE PhD students Anastasiya Umarova and Tegan Little.
