Encouraging students to take risks and experiment

Higher Ed Heroes

Higher Ed Heroes
Encouraging students to take risks and experiment
Feb 20, 2026 Season 6 Episode 4
Seb Kaempf, Al Stark, Helen Marshall

This episode is all about taking risks, not just as teachers, but also as something we can encourage in our students. To take risks and experiment can be liberating and extremely beneficial for learning. Our guest, Associate Professor Helen Marshall (School of Communication and Arts, The University of Queensland), shares with us how she fosters risk taking and a spirit of experimentation in her creative writing courses.