Back to the Classroom: VOX-Pol Resources to Support Your Teaching and Student Learning

As the new academic year gets underway, VOX-Pol is highlighting a suite of open-access digital resources designed to support university educators, researchers, and students focusing on online extremism and terrorism. From embeddable video presentations to a searchable literature database, these materials offer flexible assets for course development, classroom debates, and independent research.

VOX-Pol Lecture Series Featuring discussions and presentations from leading international scholars and practitioners, the Lecture Series brings expert field insights directly into the classroom. The video collection can be seamlessly embedded into Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs)—including Blackboard and Moodle—making it a practical option for primary lecture content, seminar materials, or assignment media.

The VOX-Pol Blog For timely, short-form analysis on emerging developments and tech policy, the VOX-Pol Blog delivers regular expert commentary. Its substantial archive provides concise, policy-relevant reading material ideal for sparking weekly seminar discussions and contextualizing current events.

Open-Access Research Reports With a catalog of over 25 open-access reports, VOX-Pol offers accessible, in-depth research on critical developments in digital extremism. These publications provide rigorous empirical grounding suitable for syllabus reading lists, module background material, or starting points for student research projects.

Searchable Online Library Designed as a centralized research hub, the VOX-Pol Online Library collates academic publications—including peer-reviewed journal articles, books, book chapters, and research reports—into an easily searchable database. It serves as an essential tool for lecturers updating module bibliographies and students undertaking essays, literature reviews, or thesis dissertations.

Educators, module convenors, and students preparing for the semester ahead can access all tools directly through the VOX-Pol web portal to enhance teaching frameworks and support academic research.