Higher education pedagogy

Drop in campus attendance a key trend identified in student experience over period that spanned fee rises, marketisation and pandemic

The idea of shortening the duration of degrees has always run into concerns about loss of intellectual depth or infringements on academics’ research time. But amid concerns about universities’ finances and students’ debt levels, has the idea’s time finally come? Juliette Rowsell reports

Experiential learning only becoming more important in age of AI, according to outgoing leader of university known for its joint work and study programmes

Creators hope website will help universities interpret scores more accurately and make fairer hiring and promotions decisions

Early career academics most likely to express negative views about teaching culture at their institution, survey finds

Generation raised in digital-first classrooms questioning importance of books, academics say, but others believe issue has been overblown

Time for academics to get out of their comfort zone, according to scholars who advocate using ‘timeless toy’ in the classroom

New provider has been lauded by politicians and the media alike due to its different approach that seeks to ‘build a new type of university for a new type of undergraduate’. But what lessons can it teach the wider sector?

Research finds universities can transform learning spaces with little cost – by changing what is put on the walls

Latest joint venture between Australian and Indian providers will operate as ‘bilateral gateway’, says vice-chancellor

Conversations around cheating ‘misguided’ because students want technology to assist learning, not give them the answers, education lead at tech giant says

University ‘whodunnit’ inspired by attempts to tackle poor attendance as scholars look for novel ways to engage mainstream audiences

Amid declining attendance, some scholars see merit in making one-to-one feedback sessions mandatory while others say it is time to ditch historical anomaly

Growing class sizes and expanding workloads blamed as students doubt those teaching them know who they are

Caught between academic and service roles, educational developers have struggled to define their exact remit. As AI raises questions about the value of HE, they should focus on implementing leaders’ pedagogical strategy in line with different academic cultures, say Claire Gordon and Samantha Smidt