Teaching and learning

Even with automated translation technology, perfecting course materials in multiple languages will take time, says Mukhtar Ahmad

Australian findings on receptiveness to Covid misinformation have implications for teaching as well as engagement

Faculty quit and various sides sue as administrators and conservative politicians forbid health precautions

But about-turn leaves gaps and lingering fears about challenging political power

There is much to learn from ancient farming techniques, and archaeology can help mental health too, says organiser of Campaign to Save British Archaeology

Universities recognise the need for flexible and continuing education but are still seeking the most appropriate strategy. Anna McKie reports

Some students still cheat despite thinking it is illegal, international survey finds

New paper dismantles arguments for higher education’s latest ‘craze’

Analysis using institution-wide cohorts also documents pattern of online courses giving higher grades and worse outcomes

EY ‘thought experiment’ probes a 2030 where teaching costs have evaporated and universities have lost their primacy

Many might be digital natives, but students warm to academics’ warts-and-all e-learning efforts

Unanimous decision for York University lets lecturers keep sharing portions of published works with students

As THE survey reveals teaching plans for autumn term, MP warns negative perceptions of digital tuition could figure in fees debate

Standardised appointment requirements and training under consideration in sector-wide drive to tackle grade inflation

Difference in scores given to white and non-white students largely disappeared in coursework, UCL study finds

Comparison websites on the way as admissions centres reinvent their services amid emerging needs and demographic change

Campus-based education has its advantages but, for first-gen students, its digital complement can have more, say Jonathan van Belle and John Kaag

Academics are ‘groping along blindly’ in a fierce debate over whether certain phrases or subjects are still legal

Offloading virtual learning to third-party ‘partners’ doesn’t always work for students but remains a blind spot for quality assurance, says Nora Carrol

New book puts ‘deep learning’, meaningful relationships and even spirituality at the heart of proposed new discipline

Agencies charge between $600 and $1,500 to complete an entire module, including assessments

The pandemic has accelerated numerous experiments in assessment for the digital age, moving beyond simple knowledge recall. But is the traditional exam really obsolete? As the dust settles on another marking season, seven academics give their widely differing views

Survey was completed during major lockdowns in the UK when most students were studying online 

Our innovative, empathic and cooperative approach to the pandemic needs to be used to address more deep-seated problems such as poverty and inequality, says Chantal Jouannet Valderrama

Unequal degree classification ranges mean that improvements get more reward at the higher end, say Andy Grayson, Susannah Lamb and Chris Royle

Transitioning to remote and hybrid modes has made the university experience about more than the transmission of knowledge, says Sergio Pulgarín Molina

The summer marking marathon is among the most dreary of academic duties. Thank goodness students can appeal, says Brian Bloch

Artificial intelligence will soon be able to research and write essays as well as humans can. So will genuine education be swept away by a tidal wave of cheating – or is AI just another technical aid that teaching and assessment will evolve to take account of? John Ross reports

Researchers argue that classroom design must encourage interaction between students and lecturers

We should embrace the possibility of degrees made up of a pick-and-mix of modules from around the world – but comparability is crucial, says Nick Isles

As we emerge from the pandemic, we can expect to see a new range of online and blended options, says Mark Stevenson

Lord Storey says he would be happy for government to take over legislation ‘as issue is more important than the politics of it’

Letter to council says there has been a ‘deliberate breach’ of university policies in redundancy dispute

Wider take-up by academics requires both relevance to specific disciplines and accessibility across disciplines, says Camille Kandiko Howson

Registered reports model produces better outcomes on all 19 criteria covering novelty, rigour, and importance

Hepi-Advance HE survey finds growing frustration with UK university courses in a year of major upheaval

‘Patronising’ to expect lower standards from students from disadvantaged backgrounds, says OfS following newspaper report

Many UK institutions say they do not plan to return to pre-pandemic methods and will use next academic year to test new approaches

Some students have abused privacy allowances and marking latitude – but others’ ongoing engagement has been heartening, says Robert Zaretsky

Governments have focused on building up a lavishly funded research elite, but the forced switch online has made them realise losers in this system cannot cope

The pandemic has not hit all students’ learning equally. Anna McKie talks to two experts on how to spot those who may have fallen behind and help them get up to speed

Dartmouth case seen as exposing national unpreparedness for online exams that predated Covid and still needs fixing

Still much to be said for old-fashioned media that operate ‘at the speed of human thinking’, book suggests

Liverpool and Leicester plan to scale back moderation and external examining, and to use algorithms to generate grades

Covid and its financial fallout are serious, but managers must grasp the impact of their operating experiments on teaching and learning, says Binoy Kampmark

Lisa Roberts highlights increasing state school admissions as key priority and rejects ‘death of the lecture’ strategy

Sustainable development expert Jeffrey Sachs also warns against rise of a ‘monopoly Amazon university’

A PowerPoint marathon or a ‘captured’ lecture will always be a pale imitation of a live experience, in which an expert practitioner taps into ‘the dangerous energy of all those watching eyes’, says Richard Sugg

Universities need to establish clear and transparent criteria for assessing those with borderline results, argues Andy Grayson

Survey of German students finds higher levels of cheating during online exams than in on-site exams for the 2020 summer semester

Gender bias in student reviews leads vulnerable females to be more lenient in their assessments, large analysis finds

Embattled university president in staunchly conservative state sees business-world allies valuing benefits of under-fire course

Students would be far better advised to focus on demonstrating their mastery of research skills, says Gordon Message

Alice Gast says the pandemic has shown the need for crucial changes in universities

‘Tinkering with an outmoded’ approach is not enough, Tan Eng Chye tells THE event

Innovative approaches can help students become more empathetic and skilled at decision-making as well as better historians

Expecting academics to effectively review potential cheating incidents is unrealistic and ineffective, says Scott McFarland

Universities have a unique opportunity to shape the post-pandemic future by promoting innovation and creativity for wider social impact, says Tan Eng Chye

Her long career as a psychologist and a college president has shown Beverly Daniel Tatum how crucial racial identity formation is and how overriding negative stereotypes about minority students’ performance can be like ‘water in a parched land’. Matthew Reisz hears why

Meta-analysis of meta-analyses finds incontrovertible benefits, particularly in ‘authoritarian’ teaching cultures