Teaching Matters

Joel Mullan shares some of the ways that digital technologies could address the challenges posed by accelerated degree courses

John Gill on today’s NAO report, which claims that students are, in effect, victims of ‘mis-selling’ by higher education institutions

Although satisfaction and learning are not the same thing, universities need to be better at explaining the value that they bring, says Will Pooley

Kingsley Purdam on the relentless need to gather feedback – and why the results of doing so are not always of much value

The success of the student boycott of the National Student Survey is not necessarily a success for students, writes Andrew McRae 

There are many reasons why academics shun new pedagogical styles, say Lauren Herckis, Richard Scheines and Joel Smith

The 'simplistic metric-driven ranking' runs the real risk of stifling the growth it seeks to stimulate, says Gavin Schwartz-Leeper

Stephen Hutchings and Yaron Matras call for the modern languages community to be proactive in what are difficult times for the discipline

Emilie Murphy calls on those who challenged the teaching excellence framework methodology in the past to stop sharing their university ratings with pride

The TEF will do ‘more than any single step in history’ to change the landscape of teaching in British universities, argues Anthony Seldon

HEA and THE launch Global Teaching Excellence Award to recognise institutions’ commitment to teaching

Relentless celebration is diluting genuine achievement, affecting students and staff in different ways, writes Peter Larcombe

Key figures from the sector have their say on ‘worrying’ figures

Evidence suggests you can teach students to spot fake stories, say Joseph Kahne and Benjamin Bowyer

The US has long been losing its popularity with overseas students, says Marguerite Dennis

There is little sector-wide motivation to address the attainment gap between white and BME students, says Min Rodriguez

Phil Newton looks at the case for making essay-writing services illegal

As with Moocs, virtual reality will not replace the physical university

More developed critical literacy skills can tackle fake news, say Philip Seargeant and Caroline Tagg

There will be thousands of people on campuses on Christmas Day this year, as Geri Ward explains

Study into the experiences of universities’ top teaching faculty is revealing about the real priorities, says Holly Else

Niall McCrae and Jules Gomes investigate the disappearance of an ex-archbishop

A ‘professionalised’ police needs to maintain core skills, says this police constable

Speaking a foreign language remains vitally important in the Brexit era, says Wendy Ayres-Bennett

Stereotypes and myths around sexual violence still hold currency among students, says Stephen Pihlaja

Lecturers have long been accused of indoctrinating students with their liberal views, and the grade-obsessed students of today feel the same way, say Will Grant and Darren Linvill

Ian Myson wants universities to internationalise their students in preparation for the working world

Claire Taylor wants ‘education is never wasted’ to become the mantra for a higher education sector that is struggling to communicate its value to the public

The amount of learning that goes on outside the classroom makes quantifying what students have learned very difficult, says Jon Scott 

Stop worrying about the expansion of higher education and look at the positives, say Francis Green and Golo Henseke

Science is an often overlooked but vital part of the liberal arts curriculum, says Steven Lynn Bernasek

Rosi Prescott considers how universities should tackle the decline in students’ well-being often caused by financial stress

Higher education institutions can and should do more to influence education at a secondary school level, says Edward Peck

Students are too often micromanaged and policed while on campus, and it needs to stop, writes Frank Furedi

Claire Grant on her tried and tested lecturing technique

Universities should be doing more to speak up and out against contract cheating, says Tricia Bertram Gallant

As new details about the teaching excellence framework emerge, Chris Husbands explains why it is an opportunity to recognise UK higher education’s quality 

The challenges of being a parent while studying must not be overlooked, says Helen Owton 

Internationalisation is unpopular with swathes of the public and it needs a makeover, says Janet Beer

University of Essex vice-chancellor Anthony Forster outlines his university’s plans for postgraduates who take on teaching responsibilities – a thorny issue for the UK higher education sector

Is enough being done early on to prevent under-represented groups from leaving philosophy, asks Briana Toole

Universities must pay more attention to the difficulties faced by students, says Daniel Dennehy

Stanford University student Kiran Sridhar explores the role that higher education must play in mitigating the negative effects of technology

If top institutions decide against taking part, the reputation of the TEF itself could be undermined, says Chris Havergal

Political pressure on scholars is mounting, writes Cem Oyvat

Higher education needs to embrace the positives of AI, not just look at the negatives, says Rose Luckin

Alan Ruby sings the praises of the less-heralded face of US higher education

Keith Williams eulogises a colleague who always put his students first and ‘kept the flame of old-fashioned scholarly virtues burning’

David Mayall reflects on the ‘war on humanities’, Brexit and graduate employability

Alice Bonasio on why it is finally time for virtual learning, and how Second Life never really went away

Baroness Blackstone on the case for greater diversity in selective universities

There have been radically different responses to Massachusetts’ and Maine’s attempts to bring in students from further afield, explains Howard Segal

There is a place for all types of provision in the UK university sector, argues Debi Hayes

Stop clinging to the way you’ve always done things and work a little smarter, says Chris Moore

There are problems with the selection of teaching excellence framework metrics, argues Paul Ashwin

I don’t sound like a professor? That’s your problem, not mine, writes Peter Larcombe

Beware reliance on teaching excellence framework metrics, says Claire Taylor

Sally Tomlinson has seen much during her many doctoral examinations, from supervisors left literally holding the baby to the first Bedouin woman in Jordan to gain a PhD

Higher education institutions should not fear failure when it comes to new technology, says Kerri Morgan

It might sound obvious, but a closer relationship with students is the best way to ensure harmony on campus, says Keith Burnett