Teaching and learning

Large-scale quantitative analysis of university grades confirms the existence of slump in second-year marks first observed in the 1950s

University of Essex vice-chancellor Anthony Forster outlines his university’s plans for postgraduates who take on teaching responsibilities – a thorny issue for the UK higher education sector

Graduate teachers will be placed on the university’s pay scale and receive the same employment benefits as other staff

Neonatal consultant was an ‘inspirational and gifted teacher’ at the University of Leeds

Unhappiness at university and ‘fear of missing out’ could be driving distraction during lectures, study suggests

Students at Jiangxi University of Science and Technology selected younger academics who were ‘positive’ and ‘funny’

Academics and professional and support staff across the world asked for their views on the status, efficacy and assessment of pedagogy

With the link between frequent library use and higher grades confirmed, Jack Grove asks if it is time for more universities to start measuring how long students spend in the stacks

Additional fee income could be diverted to fund research, warns Hepi paper

Distance learning champion plans to expand activities with new model

Some lecturers will rightly encourage forms of student interaction that are impossible for those covering their faces, Eric Heinze argues

Brian Cantor says the network aims to be more inclusive and more global than existing university groups

The Netherlands’ university association says courses taught in English ‘improve the quality of teaching’

But teaching champion forced to forgo as much as £1.5 million of hoped-for income

Banning ghostwriting services from advertising won’t stop students cheating, but four simple steps could hobble them, says Geoffrey Alderman

Chicago ‘does not condone intellectual safe spaces’, dean tells new students

Unconscious bias training for those on promotion and recruitment panels may help tackle deficit of senior BME staff, says Leadership Foundation study

Treating students as consumers has precipitated a rush to the bottom to give them exactly what they want, says John Warren

Walking supervision sessions around Birmingham and pub-based academic chats have won praise from PhD candidates

Are Scotland's universities all that different to England's when it comes to measuring teaching and learning quality? asks Steve Olivier

The founder of the University of Leicester’s astronomy department, who had a minor planet named in his honour, has died

Ultra-modern university in gambling hotspot looks to ancient college system for inspiration

Warning from Nick Jennings, AI expert and new vice-provost at Imperial College London

Departments urged to consider their team's skills mix rather than just individual qualities

Watchdog also says government should consider legislating to ban custom essay writing services

Despite many advances, online programmes suffer from technical faults and a dispiriting lack of interaction, as two scholars found

Lecture capture enhances learning and shifts the audience’s attention from their notes to you, argues David Grumett

International group plans new institution run by staff and students

Bugewa Apampa becomes one of just 18 black women with UK professorships

New visa rules have failed to halt a decline in foreign graduates applying for work in Sweden after graduation

‘Learning gain’ test could be used in TEF if pilot a success

Author of research into e-learning suggests faculty are eager to adapt their teaching to meet new demands

A new condensed master’s will be offered by NMITE among other curriculum innovations

An embarrassing incident led academic and sex blogger Katie Beswick to reflect on the risks and rewards of being open online

Sector bodies and institutions respond to latest NSS results

Scores that will inform teaching excellence framework may herald rise of ‘new elite’

LinkedIn co-founder, a Nobel laureate and more than 10 university presidents among high-profile speakers at Times Higher Education’s flagship event 

Higher education needs to embrace the positives of AI, not just look at the negatives, says Rose Luckin

US ranking will focus on student experience and outcomes

Sub-Saharan Africa’s first online university will help other institutions in the region to embrace technology, says co-founder

Move by Hamilton College in New York sparks discussion about prescriptive attempts to change curricula

The Sainsbury review represents a huge opportunity for UK universities, while institutions across the world can reap the rewards of vocational courses, says Martin Hall

De Montfort University is asking staff to record their lectures to help students with disabilities

Do universities need to rethink what they do and how they do it now that artificial intelligence is beginning to take over graduate-level roles?

To effectively embed experiential learning, the whole university needs to buy into the idea, says Trisha Craig

Whether or not Moocs live up to the hype, technology’s impact on universities is real and growing, Stanford University’s John Hennessy tells Ellie Bothwell

Some believe the momentous referendum result may harm the UK’s ability to compete for the world’s best PhD students

Alan Ruby sings the praises of the less-heralded face of US higher education

Academics gave ghostwritten papers good marks in Australian study

A literature module developed at Brunel University London has moved away from the traditional essay format and embraced the digital age

Campus collections have found new audiences and roles, but they still face significant questions, says Nicholas Thomas

Times Higher Education’s debut event on universities’ innovation and impact will be held in partnership with The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Keith Williams eulogises a colleague who always put his students first and ‘kept the flame of old-fashioned scholarly virtues burning’

University of Hertfordshire modules are marking how well classmates encourage each other to participate

Focus on teaching in proposed framework ignores its primary role as extra quality assurance tool, claims researcher

Alice Bonasio on why it is finally time for virtual learning, and how Second Life never really went away

Many people felt that journalism failed them in its coverage of the EU referendum, writes Martin Buckley. Should things be done differently in the lecture hall?

Degree attainment was a strong indicator of pro-Remain views, stressing the importance of making HE available to all who want it, writes Peter Horrocks

Staff raise ‘serious reservations’ about the impact of proposal to record tutorials