Teaching Matters

Tanja Jovanovic has overcome prejudice and harassment to realise her educational ambitions

Matthew Hartley ponders how prestigious (and pricey) colleges can justify their course costs

David Tollerton takes issue with Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis' message to university leaders

Paul Greatrix on exposing an entire cohort to an American pedagogical classic, the common reading programme, and a classic American novel 

David Lloyd finds that a journey into the Australian outback proves instructive

Rima Amin asks whether linking the questionnaire to the teaching excellence framework will turn undergraduates decisively against it

University games are worth standing up for, say Vince Mayne and Ian Diamond

Matthew Reisz welcomes an academics’ list of vital texts for those entering higher education

Just because students' exam results have always been publicly released doesn't make it right, says Priscilla Mensah

Students without family support should be prioritised in the drive to reduce dropout rates, says Becca Bland

Teaching excellence is nothing without student engagement, says Claire Taylor

The 50th anniversary of the two-year MBA in Europe is a good time for the academy to take stock, says Franz Heukamp

If qualified teacher status is abolished, the role of a postgraduate certificate becomes even more important, says Jacquie Nunn

Nicola Dandridge says that universities should play their part in National Apprenticeship Week

Sharing data on students’ academic activities will bring the field to a tipping point, says Martin Hall

When did academics lose the capacity to discuss their research without slides, asks Gary Rawnsley

Students need to apply numerical and statistical methods to real-world contexts, says Rita Gardner

On University Mental Health Day, Nicola Byrom highlights peers’ supportive role

In the third blog from nominees for Most Innovative Teacher of the Year at the THE Awards, Philip Drake recalls his experience of setting up a legal advice clinic

In the second blog from nominees for Most Innovative Teacher of the Year at the THE Awards, Luke Burns calls on lecturers to embrace technology and a sense of theatre

Patrick O’Malley shares the secrets of his success in the first of a series of blogs from nominees for Most Innovative Teacher of the Year at the THE Awards

Jem Bloomfield doesn’t recognise the picture of a higher education system that panders to female students and glories in marginalising their male peers

The creative industries are a good career choice now, and higher education should respond, says Anne Carlisle

Biology lecturer Anne Osterrieder reflects on the importance of solitude for academics

Recalling his childhood in Wales prompts Sir Keith Burnett to muse on the opportunities for today’s youth

Technology-enhanced learning must have quality and a sound business model at its core, says Rajay Naik

With a module on diversity to teach, law academic Steven Vaughan muses on his decision to out himself to his students

Why are researchers preoccupied with 'lad culture' when the under-representation of men among students is the real problem, asks Joanna Williams

A recent report shows the potential for learning analytics in higher education, says Jisc chief executive Paul Feldman

Andrew W. Robinson on the sound pedagogical reasons to swap the industrial, identikit approach to teaching and learning for something less bloody boring

What does the class of 1952 have to say to the class of 2016? asks Richard Roberts

Louis Rivoire explains why he shunned the research giants in favour of a more intimate setting

We must remember the difficulties faced by students who are estranged from their families, says Becca Bland

Despite the challenges, Jill Derby sees multiple benefits to exporting this US model to the middle east

Controversial material can be the most challenging to our intellect, argues Sue House

Students are arriving at university with unrealistic expectations of the mathematical demands of their subject, finds Paul Glaister

The education system has replaced wonder with tick-box excellence, and mystery with an impact case study, says Paul Kleiman

The former Guardian editor-in-chief sits in on the Oxford admissions process

Successful reform of higher education to reward good teaching 'may be an impossibility', says Paul Blackmore

Alison James has five reasons why we should stop saying ‘in the real world’

University educators have a responsibility to debunk the myth that intelligence is fixed, says Claire Taylor

It’s a question with no easy answer, finds James Derounian

The student movement is more divided than ever, but it must stand together to defend its values, says Beth Button

‘Transposition error’ meant funding council wrongly stated that state school leavers were more likely than private peers to get a good degree

Institutions are not developing the key skills employers look for, says David Reed

As Spectre hits the cinemas, what might it be like to be taught by James Bond – or Daniel Craig, at least? His on-screen student and now THE reporter, Jack Grove, reveals how nobody did it better

Chelsey Baker on how providing honest and constructive feedback can help guide students through a challenging time in their life

It was 150 years ago that the University of London teamed up with a college on an island in the Indian ocean. Sir Adrian Smith reflects on the significance of this partnership

Gina Wisker offers some practical advice on cross-cultural supervision

Do the socially conservative societies of Asia stifle creativity, or is this a myth created by a complacent West? asks Jack Grove

Mental health in universities continues to be a growing problem, says University of Buckingham vice-chancellor, who also has tips for university staff

Roger Brown urges the current government to learn from the mistakes of past teaching assessment exercises

In advance of a conference on ‘education without borders’, Anthony Redmond considers the ethical issues around sending medical students on elective courses in low-income countries

Cooperation at all levels of the higher education system is needed to address a ‘systematic bias’, says Gary Loke

Campus universities seem to have happier students. Mark Smith and Adam Child think they know why

Kenn Nakata Steffensen takes an in-depth look at the challenges facing Japan’s public universities

Effective engagement and social interaction are key, says Stefan Rennick-Egglestone

Victoria Bateman looks at the gender mix within economics and details her own attempts to encourage more women into the discipline

Paul Bailey on why Jisc goes directly to the learners themselves when looking for digital innovations

Having attended classes in Shanghai for a year, David Matthews returns a little more sceptical about education in the country