Teaching and learning

No one should underestimate the importance of encouragement in pedagogy, says Tom Pow

Class of ’92 to set up alternative provider teaching business, media and sport

Canada and Finland also score highly in research assessing the effectiveness of education systems in 35 economies

Being positioned as passive recipients of lecturers’ appraisal does nothing to promote the development of crucial graduate attributes, say Naomi Winstone and Edd Pitt

Pragya Agarwal explains how lecturers can support first-year students as they make the transition to the self-directed learning required at university

We need to call off the witch-hunt and trust in the capacity of our students to learn, says Bruce Macfarlane

Joy Carter urges universities and policymakers to embrace the ‘joy of learning’

Minister outlines plans for TEF and new regulator to tackle problem

An academic parent, a student and two researchers consider if the metrics approach is really the game changer for improving student outcomes that many claim, or if it has a dark side

Eric Mazur, father of the ‘flipped classroom’, says rethinking assessment is the next frontier

David Malan had encouraged students to watch video recordings of lectures

Inaugural HEA award is latest accolade for Yorkshire institution

HEA's latest National Teaching Fellows announced

The conservatism of Spain’s universities and employers is damaging the nation’s future, says Samuel Martín-Barbero 

A survey of 50 laureates is full of insight, warnings and the can-do attitudes powering ‘beautiful minds’

Varied levels of English language proficiency among students could hamper learning

Difference in performance by gender and ethnicity ‘pervasive’ despite assessment changes, study says

Politics has become overly dominated by graduates, who increasingly only mingle with each other, says author

Replacing England’s tuition fee system with a cheaper and fairer alternative is not as difficult as many claim, says Andrew Adonis

Taking in a refugee student posed more challenges than Sharon Maxwell Magnus was expecting, but the effort was well worth it

The subject-level teaching excellence framework could lead to a lot of stress for no great gains over the institution-level TEF, says Andrew McRae

John Morgan witnesses a pioneering collaboration between two Sheffield universities, drawing upon the city’s manufacturing heritage to become a hub of industrial innovation and a model of civic engagement

The Humboldt University of Berlin, the historical home of interdisciplinarity, is experimenting with new ways to encourage a broader perspective 

Study finds that students who witness lecturers misbehaving are more likely to display incivility in lectures or seminars

Expanding degree apprenticeships will strengthen universities’ important role in improving their local communities, says Dawn Morley

Emily McIntosh and David Grey offer advice on rediscovering a ‘lost art’

Sydney’s move towards programmes focused on problem-solving designed to address rise of artificial intelligence and automation

It has long been claimed that critical thinking ability sets graduates apart. But are universities really preparing students for the modern workplace? David Matthews reports

Universities claim to bestow on graduates the key to open the door to any job: critical thinking. But even if they do, are employers interested?

A pilot planned for the subject-level teaching excellence framework has revived debate about the importance of small group teaching at university

New institutes of excellence to lead training in agriculture, engineering, mining and industry

The UK's ‘red line’ on free movement of labour may prevent its students from participating in the Erasmus exchange programme, says European Union law expert

John McCormack has been speaking to teaching-only staff at Russell Group universities, and they have plenty of reasons to be annoyed

Differences in contact hours and class sizes between institutions and subjects ‘undermines idea that students receive value for money’

Some University of Hamburg academics fear decline in German scholarship, and believe international students should learn German

Bundling of subjects under pilot for future phase of teaching excellence framework may ignore diversity and complexity of many disciplines, says engineering body

New Durham course explores how Christians can engage with online realm

Positive psychology module mixed lectures with actual marathon running

Research finds undergraduates ‘self-sort’ by gender and ethnicity for group work

Scholar claims she was pressured to sign up to Higher Education Academy and did so without correct documents

Academics with negative attitudes to teaching surveys more likely to score poorly on ratings site, study finds

UK institutions make up more than half the finalists for inaugural HEA/THE prize

Round table discusses challenges of changing job market and political instability

There are many reasons why academics shun new pedagogical styles, say Lauren Herckis, Richard Scheines and Joel Smith

Chris Parr visits a university aiming to be the best in the world at both Western and traditional Chinese medicine

Should we be talking about Ofcoll and the ‘degree experience framework’? Diana Beech thinks so

The post-Gaddafi chaos has turned some campuses into war zones – with students among the fighters, says Darren Linvill

Calls among graduates to limit student numbers are not selfish, but may instead reflect concern about the value of university education, say Duncan Watson and Robert Webb

Gill Seyfang - who is presenting at the Higher Education Academy's annual conference - explains how improv comedy in lectures can inspire students

Academics who take regular breaks from assessment will get more done than those who toil away for 10 hours straight, study says

University reform urgently needed to capitalise on fourth industrial revolution, says KAIST head

Anthropologist spent more than a year among lecturers to understand why they don’t adopt innovative methods

Unrealistic expectations of would-be students revealed by major survey

German analysis finds that undergraduates with the highest ability put in the fewest hours

Simone Buitendijk says exercise forced leaders of research-intensive institutions to focus on education ‘for the first time’

Higher education regulator's new rules aim to drive up standards within sector

University will establish 50 degrees over the next five years

Study finds dropout rate has remained static over course of decade

The first THE ranking measuring teaching across Europe will be launched at the event next year