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Institutions need to communicate recognition of prior learning policies more clearly if lifelong education reforms are to bear fruit, says QAA

Universities must rethink how they engage with students in era of major upheavals, according to Bonni Stachowiak as she reflects on 10 years of running Teaching in Higher Ed

Many scholars loathe generative AI but it has immense power to engage the intellectual curiosity of students as long as academics truly embrace it, argues John Kaag

Campaign aims to address stalling university enrolments despite record interest in subject at A level

Rather than lament student attitudes, we should ask if meaningful exchanges of ideas in class are still possible, say Mikael And¨¦hn and Alan Bradshaw

Proportion of students getting a first dips below 30 per cent for first time since 2018-19

Report stresses AI is ¡®new standard¡¯ and universities need to better communicate policies

Office for Students investigation finds computing courses are failing to meet learners¡¯ needs, but university claims it is based on old data

As Australian scheme that encourages professionals to change career expands across border, former academic attests to its value in easing transition

First comprehensive research university to fully switch to block teaching believes it is destined to become ¡®more mainstream¡¯

Off-campus trips have manifold benefits, especially for poorer students. We mustn¡¯t lose them to technology or cost-cutting, says Robert Phillips

Instead of viewing GenAI only as a threat, we should embrace it as an opportunity to reform our outdated approaches, says Dorottya Sallai

National Education Policy prioritises Indian knowledge, but many are against embedding certain historical documents into the curriculum

We should not deprive numerous hard-pressed students of valuable flexibility merely to ensure that the ¡®undeserving¡¯ don¡¯t skip classes, say five experts

Changing student expectations and labour market challenges also drive shift towards interdisciplinary programmes

New technology that allows AI avatars to deliver lectures could be used to ¡®democratise¡¯ access to higher education, says professor

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University find that giving students more control increases the time they spend studying and improves their performance in tasks

I concentrate on the joy I get from working with the students who do show up, rather than feeling slighted by those who don¡¯t, says Anna Meier

The pioneering French physicist explains why she still lectures and how she kept her Nobel prize news under wraps at the lectern

With students studying in England no longer quizzed on their overall satisfaction, Ï㽶ÊÓƵ crunches the numbers to calculate which UK university has the most satisfied students

Institutions hope to show worth to new government by training more doctors and teachers, but say they need policy commitments in return

UCLA lecturer says ban necessary due to fears that those discussing contentious issues may face repercussions

Students show rising levels of satisfaction with courses at UK universities

When too many students fail to graduate, small investments can make a world of difference, says commission

Nobel laureate says discussing vapid AI answers can help students understand true scientific rigour

Effect persists even after controlling for numerous variables, leaving researchers to puzzle over how brain and body are affected by large rooms

There are many ways we can assist students¡¯ learning; teaching is only one of them, and it is not the most important, says John Cookson

Generative AI is ¡®a bit like teenage snogging ¨C everyone¡¯s doing it although no one really knows how¡¯

With more countries keen to capitalise on the lucrative industry, policymakers and companies are leaning on universities to address talent deficits

Evidence suggests that the benefits of lecture capture are coming at the cost of broader student and staff well-being, say Treasa Kearney and Liz Crolley

Lack of management nous leaves legal profession vulnerable as human and technological shifts expose need for people skills

¡®It¡¯s not a machine for cheating; it¡¯s a machine for producing crap,¡¯ says one professor infuriated by rise of bland scripts

Senegal¡¯s oldest university is bringing together medical doctors and traditional healers to find potential areas of agreement, its vice-chancellor explains

Departments can no longer be singularly tied to their mathematical and engineering foundations, focused only on what can be built, says Beth Mynatt

More UK undergraduates see courses as value for money in 2024, with international students driving much of the increase

Perhaps AI will be a useful tool. But our obsession with every shiny new object regardless of the harm it might do makes me worry, says Melinda Zook

Course cuts will ¡®revitalise¡¯ language offerings, make students more employable and ¡®address global challenges¡¯, university claims

Getting up and moving around during classes leads to increased attention and more enjoyment, research finds

Number of English-medium degrees on offer outside traditional anglophone destinations increases by 48 per cent in five years

Chinese leader calls for greater alignment of degree programmes with the country¡¯s workplace needs

First international conference on how jokes can improve teaching in higher education was inspired by a lecturer¡¯s drab college course

Whether targets of sexualised attention or audience members, students lack power to divert harmful classroom dynamics, says Mary Peterson

The head of Nanyang Technological University leverages the institution¡¯s youthful vigour to put AI at the heart of learning and uses his research background to inform his leadership and help recruit potential Nobel prizewinners

Acknowledging Aboriginal intellectual traditions could ¡®bring students back¡¯ while improving weather forecasts, says co-creator of new course

Staff fear not only for their own research time but also for students¡¯ long-term retention of information, says a De Montfort academic

Graduates who can¡¯t think critically without electronic assistance will be at a distinct disadvantage in the workplace, says Lo?c Pl¨¦ 

Sector leaders call for rethink of teaching methods to prepare students for changing world of work

The head of Hong Kong Baptist University shares his solution to the rapidly changing jobs market

Overseas students¡¯ respect for learning helps restore some of the authority that consumerism has stripped from UK academics, says Rania Hafez

Climate change is ¡®exacerbating almost every type of illness¡¯, and health graduates of all stripes must be geared up for it

Moving beyond ¡®chalk-and-talk¡¯ can have significant benefits, but many lecturers remain wary

Effective digital learning requires more than a camera in a classroom, says Ghanaian e-learning leader Eric Appau Asante

Simplistic analyses belie the complex evolution of students, instruction, reading practices, college regulations and communications media, says Harvey Graff

UK universities that have made the switch to different teaching model say it boosts student retention and recruitment but staff burnout is real risk

Institutions ¡®got it wrong¡¯ by putting all the attention on assessment when large language models first launched, say experts

Changing term dates leaves staff fearing extra workload pressures and encroachments on research time and summer breaks

Researchers at Paul Smith¡¯s College designed a VR version of a local forest trail using the same graphic engine as popular video game Fortnite

Universities must gear themselves up to deal with an activity that has ¡®evolutionary roots¡¯, academic integrity expert argues

Lack of innovation rewards mean lousy lectures live on, says Harvard University educationalist behind flipped learning

While US prison reform campaigners celebrate reversal of 30-year ban on incarcerated students accessing Pell Grants, counterparts in England and Wales express concern that government inaction has stalled progress