Teaching and learning

Education can and should be central to good living. That insight is key to tackling the student mental health crisis, says Beth Guilding

Landmark paper charts rapid increase in use of essay mills

Findings based on observation of 587 courses at nine institutions

US academics consider how the Bard can be taught to students who may feel he has nothing to offer them

Funny jokes improve class cohesion and dud gags do no harm, study finds – but offensive quips can alienate learners

Lecture capture has not taken off. Is it time to call in the thespians, asks Michael Marinetto

Impeached former president Dilma Rousseff gives inaugural lecture at Brazil’s Federal University of Minas Gerais, where new course will open from the coming academic year

German students – and academics – still go along with controversial mainstream theories in order to get ahead, researcher argues

New president of German Rectors’ Conference thinks it is crucial that all students know the European canon

New tool will learn how academics grade papers and replicate their approach

Outside the anglophone world, universities are under pressure to conduct research in English – but teach in their local language, says David Matthews

Advent of Trump era lends urgency to debate about social justice and democratic values

Lincoln Allison was inspired to teach by academics who loved what they did and communicated this to students. But has all passion for teaching been eliminated by creeping assessment and instrumentalism?

New funding stream should give a boost to those pursuing innovative projects

New paper says both teaching-intensive and research-intensive universities need to re-examine the way they assess students

Most universities omitted after the boycott are back in for this year’s NSS, although Cambridge and Oxford still fail to feature

Leading a university seminar for the first time can be an intimidating prospect. Here, three PhD students offer some advice for those preparing for the new academic year

Seekers of dispassionate truth may be irritated by the moral passion of the likes of Dostoevsky, Zola and Chekhov, but it is a much stronger influence on public opinion, says David Aberbach  

Richard Arum, dean of the University of California, Irvine School of Education, speaking after his plenary speech at the 2018 Teaching Excellence Summit 

Experts in teaching and learning weigh in on the teaching versus research debate from the 2018 Times Higher Education Teaching Excellence Summit held at the University of Glasgow

Canadian university impresses judges with ‘strength of its vision and plan’ for teaching quality

Increasing use of technology on campus will erode division between online and offline education, according to Jeff Maggioncalda

Conference hears staff development must not be neglected as multimillion-pound estate upgrades take effect

Educationalist argues ‘religious’ zeal of active-learning advocates ignores the importance of the traditional lecture

The public sector has not expanded quickly enough to meet the demand for college degrees in India

Learning outcomes are very well intentioned, but their use discourages students from thinking outside the tick box, says Robert Nelson

Leading sociologist says that universities’ failure to enthuse students is to blame for low levels of study outside the classroom

Government rewards three public and three private institutions but fails to reach target of giving 20 universities elite status

In a world transformed, we need a radical new blueprint – for a flexible, less centralised network of scholars and students, says a former Berkeley chancellor

Social scientists’ inexplicable failure to conduct research on their own campuses is holding back quality in undergraduate education, says Richard Arum

Is the 4* researcher who is also a stellar teacher a realistic expectation? Times Higher Education surveyed academics to find out. Jack Grove reports

Government investment will address the underperforming sector but political interference needs to stop for Indian higher education to truly make its mark, argues Deepak Nayyar

Thirty providers already signed up to initiative, with another 30 interested in following suit

Three-quarters of students in the UK now receive ‘good’ degrees, compared with just half 20 years ago. Is grade inflation an inevitable result of the marketisation of higher education and is the picture the same worldwide? Simon Baker examines the evidence

Abandoning her hyperactive approach to lecturing opened the way to creativity, introspection and compassion for Patricia Owen-Smith 

Regional universities say complex measures are needed to do justice to teaching standards

Introduction of lecture capture also leads to significant drop in attainment, King’s College London study finds

Reform wants external professional bodies to set university standards and to determine the proportion of each degree classification that an institution can award

Experts in technology and education must work hand in hand if genuinely innovative teaching is to be delivered in the digital environment, says Simone Buitendijk

If the Australian government wants to link university funding to student satisfaction, it must ensure that scores reflect more than students’ gender, wealth or ease of passage, says Julie Hare

New research identifies the formula for winning a student-led teaching prize

Resistance to increasing English-language courses could set tone for the rest of Europe, some believe

The push to admit more students from ethnic backgrounds should not be seen as a chore but as a valuable opportunity to update curricula, says Sulaiman Ilyas-Jarrett

Concerns about whether internationalisation and English usage has gone too far should be addressed from the perspective of quality assurance, says Michèle Wera

Study finds general management skills are valued more in education pro vice-chancellors than pedagogic expertise

Event hears rallying cry for liberal education in the face of ‘false dichotomy’ between learning and jobs

The Hepi/Advance HE Student Academic Survey finds undergraduates at gold-rated institutions do not rank teaching staff highly

Arizona State to be first university adopter of new technology, launching fully online biology degrees

Concerns about the teaching excellence framework’s rigour and integrity have not been addressed. The exercise needs a fundamental rethink, says Guy Nason

As exam marking season gets under way, seven academics offer their advice on assessing your students

End stigma against students who don't want to pursue careers in academia, says report

Teaching experts watching success of Victoria University experiment closely

Dutch study finds students do not get better grades if they are taught by leading scholars

President of Incheon National University says higher education institutions should be ‘honoured to be the servants of industry’

Cutting academics out of module creation poses risks, but it is a model that will be watched closely, says Chris Havergal

Royal Academy of Engineering drive to link advancement to good teaching could be a better way to drive up standards than the TEF

Melbourne university reports improved student achievement and retention

Novelists write short stories for Spanish university’s criminology degree

High-quality tuition must be given the same recognition as cutting-edge research, says founder of open-access learning platform

Hepi survey data spanning six years suggest students do not rate other members of mission group very differently from UK universities overall