Reflections on the Inaugural EuroSoTL Collaborative Writing Group Experience – Getting It “Write” in Groningen by Professors Earle Abrahamson and Dawne Irving-Bell As the EuroSoTL 2025 Conference set out to explore the theme “Making Connections through the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL),” few initiatives embodied this vision more profoundly than the inaugural EuroSoTL Collaborative…

Dr. Andrea Tresidder, Henley Business School, Henley-on-Thames European SoTL research highlights common challenges in work-based and apprenticeship learning, particularly around learner belonging, academic integration, and navigating multiple learning contexts (Curto-Reverte et al., 2025). Learner feedback across degree apprenticeship programmes at a business school in the UK consistently identified two related concerns: feelings of isolation and…

By Catherine Bates, Russell Downing and Ryan Wilkinson Our research project on mature students’ strengths was co-created with the students themselves and with student research interns. It began with a desire to give students space to reflect on their experiences, recognise their strengths, and voice what matters to them—on their own terms. We are deeply…