Teaching and learning

Leading sociologist says that universities’ failure to enthuse students is to blame for low levels of study outside the classroom

Government rewards three public and three private institutions but fails to reach target of giving 20 universities elite status

In a world transformed, we need a radical new blueprint – for a flexible, less centralised network of scholars and students, says a former Berkeley chancellor

Social scientists’ inexplicable failure to conduct research on their own campuses is holding back quality in undergraduate education, says Richard Arum

Is the 4* researcher who is also a stellar teacher a realistic expectation? Times Higher Education surveyed academics to find out. Jack Grove reports

Government investment will address the underperforming sector but political interference needs to stop for Indian higher education to truly make its mark, argues Deepak Nayyar

Thirty providers already signed up to initiative, with another 30 interested in following suit

Three-quarters of students in the UK now receive ‘good’ degrees, compared with just half 20 years ago. Is grade inflation an inevitable result of the marketisation of higher education and is the picture the same worldwide? Simon Baker examines the evidence

Abandoning her hyperactive approach to lecturing opened the way to creativity, introspection and compassion for Patricia Owen-Smith 

Regional universities say complex measures are needed to do justice to teaching standards

Introduction of lecture capture also leads to significant drop in attainment, King’s College London study finds

Reform wants external professional bodies to set university standards and to determine the proportion of each degree classification that an institution can award

Experts in technology and education must work hand in hand if genuinely innovative teaching is to be delivered in the digital environment, says Simone Buitendijk

If the Australian government wants to link university funding to student satisfaction, it must ensure that scores reflect more than students’ gender, wealth or ease of passage, says Julie Hare

New research identifies the formula for winning a student-led teaching prize

Resistance to increasing English-language courses could set tone for the rest of Europe, some believe

The push to admit more students from ethnic backgrounds should not be seen as a chore but as a valuable opportunity to update curricula, says Sulaiman Ilyas-Jarrett

Concerns about whether internationalisation and English usage has gone too far should be addressed from the perspective of quality assurance, says Michèle Wera

Study finds general management skills are valued more in education pro vice-chancellors than pedagogic expertise

Event hears rallying cry for liberal education in the face of ‘false dichotomy’ between learning and jobs

The Hepi/Advance HE Student Academic Survey finds undergraduates at gold-rated institutions do not rank teaching staff highly

Arizona State to be first university adopter of new technology, launching fully online biology degrees

Concerns about the teaching excellence framework’s rigour and integrity have not been addressed. The exercise needs a fundamental rethink, says Guy Nason

As exam marking season gets under way, seven academics offer their advice on assessing your students

End stigma against students who don't want to pursue careers in academia, says report

Teaching experts watching success of Victoria University experiment closely

Dutch study finds students do not get better grades if they are taught by leading scholars

President of Incheon National University says higher education institutions should be ‘honoured to be the servants of industry’

Cutting academics out of module creation poses risks, but it is a model that will be watched closely, says Chris Havergal

Royal Academy of Engineering drive to link advancement to good teaching could be a better way to drive up standards than the TEF

Melbourne university reports improved student achievement and retention

Novelists write short stories for Spanish university’s criminology degree

High-quality tuition must be given the same recognition as cutting-edge research, says founder of open-access learning platform

Hepi survey data spanning six years suggest students do not rate other members of mission group very differently from UK universities overall

Calling on women and non-white people to speak first in class has a noble aim, but there are better alternatives, says James Kierstead

The #MeToo movement has cast historical behaviour and curricula in a new, shadowy light. Four writers give us their perspectives

Business academic Diane Holt recalls her experience aboard a ‘floating university’

US undergraduate gives presentation in underwear after lecturer questions ‘short shorts’

Finalists for top international teaching award hail from Australia, Canada, Switzerland, South Africa, Spain and the UK

Study focuses on benefits of giving students hands-on experience – including via Lego

There are now more women than men in higher education worldwide. While it would appear to be a victory for gender equality, this imbalance also highlights boys’ educational underachievement. Ellie Bothwell reports

Overseas students’ academic potential is hobbled if their English does not far exceed current thresholds, says Danijela Trenkic

Vice-chancellor explains why new degree courses will be vital for the agricultural industry after the UK leaves the EU

Those who castigate lecturers in anonymous feedback forms should realise their identity is fairly easy to discern, according to academic

Embracing immersive content would aid public engagement and bring research and teaching closer together, argue Vincent Tong, Sam Smidt and Matilda Katan 

Maastricht study finds less hard-working students benefit when taught with more persistent peers

The university lecture should be seen as a special form of human encounter, argue Amanda Fulford and Áine Mahon

Worsening political ties have led a Russian government agency to urge students abroad to return home

Hollywood legend’s backfiring legal action offers lessons for universities on essay mills, says researcher

Study reveals feedback on social media sites closely correlate to measures of quality such as England's TEF

If microcredentials could only gain the trust of employers and workers, platforms would have a golden goose on their hands, says Chris Fellingham

Head of QAA says a wave of allegations against alternative providers shows need for action on academic malpractice

Sam Gyimah tells MPs that for universities ‘to carry on as if we are still in 1965 is not acceptable’

Education committee chair Rob Halfon says ‘sanctions’ should be applied where numbers of disadvantaged students stall or decline

University teachers are wrestling with the challenge of facilitating a new mode of online peer-to-peer learning, says Peter Kahn

A lack of intellectual and cultural willingness to open up historical discussions about the UK’s imperial past make it a difficult subject for students and scholars to get to grips with, argues Scott Anthony

Recent calls for more ‘useful’ degrees ignore their patchy record in improving the workplace or society, says Felipe Fernández-Armesto

Study reveals success of historically black universities when students’ backgrounds are taken into account

The UK's first-ever Twitter-only teaching and learning conference shows academic symposia with international reach can be organised on a shoestring, say Natalie Lafferty and Pat Lockley

Reed College responds to student complaints that its flagship module was too white, too male and too Eurocentric