Teaching and learning

Academic ability of comprehensive school students ‘not always realised’ until university, researchers suggest

Ramsay Centre for Western Civilisation, funded by £1.7 billion bequest, to fund degree courses in several institutions

Most finished integration courses, but few ended up with advanced German skills – and the vast majority were male

First-year students will study just one subject at a time rather than juggling four units with competing demands and deadlines

Most human beings think well enough, and students are no exception. They just need help to express it within academic conventions, says Stuart Wrigley

The past year has seemed one of almost daily shocks and surprises for higher education, which THE has divulged, documented and dissected

Westminster course brings serving prisoners together with students

Chris Parr reveals the 25 Times Higher Education stories that received the most views during the last 12 months

It may be five years since Moocs went mainstream, but Diana Laurillard and Eileen Kennedy believe they still have the potential to reach the hard-to-reach

Rapid technological change means that higher education leavers will need to return during their career, says Tec Monterrey president

Mark Jones looks at what happens to the league tables if you isolate the World University Rankings’ teaching metrics

As Brexit nears, Dublin plans to upgrade the country's language skills

Female advantage in education dubbed the ‘Martha Effect’ in Stellenbosch study

Phil Baty asked his Twitter followers what they thought of government plans for two-year undergraduate degrees, and they did not hold back

Minerva uses test scores to argue that its programmes give students lead in cognitive skills

John Gill on today’s NAO report, which claims that students are, in effect, victims of ‘mis-selling’ by higher education institutions

Academics are not always most sympathetic to effortlessly successful ‘super-smart’ students

Open University report looks at key trends in teaching and learning

Researchers develop assessment that can be completed by students in little over 20 minutes

Ang Davies looks at the pros and cons of the University of Manchester’s recent clinical bioinformatics Mooc

With part-time student numbers through the floor, the time has come for reform, says David Latchman

If the Office for Students ever intervenes over freedom of speech, it will only be to widen it, says Michael Barber

Research suggests that students learn better in their native tongue, and English fails to prepare international students for a job after graduation, says Michele Gazzola

Stephanie Marshall looks at the common features exhibited by universities that successfully achieved a TEF rating upgrade

Amount of time spent learning in and out of class declines, HEA survey says

Interviews with students and graduates in China ‘raise serious doubts’ about role of higher education in achieving cohesion

Traditions, success and lack of self-reflection limit higher education's role in thought revolutions, says Geoff Mulgan

Academic warns universities need to take impact of accent on credibility seriously as it has ‘demotivated’ overseas lecturers

Specialist expertise in languages and cultures should be given strategic protection within universities, says Alice Campbell-Cree

The psychology professor on students’ mindsets, nine-day weeks and thinking in the bath 

US scholars' tendency to award extra credit for attending non-core lectures hastens the academy's slide into transactionalism, says Robert Zaretsky 

Institutions are working to increase participation by native peoples and awareness of their scholarly contributions. Ellie Bothwell reports

Research is paid for by legerdemain, and we should be honest about it if we want to correct funding imbalances and treat students fairly

Beyond the noise of the front pages, the UK’s decision to leave the EU offers an opportunity to hone students’ skills in critical thinking and evaluating sources, says Paul James Cardwell

Lifelong learning, real-world experience and a focus on ‘uniquely human attributes’ are key to preparing students for the future, says Joseph Aoun

A recent wave of commentators have been disparaging universities and painting all who work in them as complicit in a fraud. Philip Cowan examines their case

Kingsley Purdam on the relentless need to gather feedback – and why the results of doing so are not always of much value

Hefce analysis reveals extent of first-year retakes and transfers in England

Higher education needs to tap far more effectively into the essential human ability to reimagine the world, claim authors

Universities not doing enough to protect staff from harm, researchers say

Sir Anton Muscatelli says that education, not research, is the main way in which higher education institutions can have a positive impact on society

Shift to lifelong learning opens up opportunities for ‘niche, digital’ providers, says Glyn Davis

Students will need to shed the pounds to pass new course designed to combat country's obesity crisis

Penn teaching assistant claims she is 'under attack' for calling on historically marginalised groups first

Universities must go well beyond boilerplate statements about being a 'welcoming environment' if they really want to treat all their students equally, says Sarah Kollat

Students and administrators alike should resist pitting diversity against free expression, says John Palfrey

Algorithms must not be used to lower thresholds, says UUK/GuildHE report

Utah institution offers 12-week student road trip around American West

Doha offshoots are also integrating courses with goal of providing ‘unique’ value to students

With degrees now necessary for entry into more jobs than ever before, John Morgan considers the economic arguments for expanding higher education

Watchdog’s new guidelines aim to stop ‘contract cheating’ on campus

Top UK university lecturers give us their top teaching tips 

Analysis of departmental spending suggests there is a large gulf in costs between some disciplines

Teaching students to attribute their failures to factors within their control can lead to big gains, say Rodney Clifton, Gabor Csepregi and Masha Krylova

UMBC president calls for shift in institutional culture at Times Higher Education forum

Former HEA chief executive hailed for ‘vision and persistence’ in changing teaching policy and practice

Refugee and asylum seekers pitch tents on campus in northeastern France

Despite advances in artificial intelligence, humans will always have the edge over machines when it comes to teaching, says Aldwyn Cooper

Studies from industry and academia show there are significant benefits to incentivising supportive behaviour, says Theo Gilbert

Tasmanian researchers find it takes 10 hours to plan an hour’s lecture for online students, compared to eight hours for on-campus delivery