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US scholars' tendency to award extra credit for attending non-core lectures hastens the academy's slide into transactionalism, says Robert Zaretsky 

Institutions are working to increase participation by native peoples and awareness of their scholarly contributions. Ellie Bothwell reports

Research is paid for by legerdemain, and we should be honest about it if we want to correct funding imbalances and treat students fairly

Beyond the noise of the front pages, the UK¡¯s decision to leave the EU offers an opportunity to hone students¡¯ skills in critical thinking and evaluating sources, says Paul James Cardwell

Lifelong learning, real-world experience and a focus on ¡®uniquely human attributes¡¯ are key to preparing students for the future, says Joseph Aoun

A recent wave of commentators have been disparaging universities and painting all who work in them as complicit in a fraud. Philip Cowan examines their case

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

Hefce analysis reveals extent of first-year retakes and transfers in England

Higher education needs to tap far more effectively into the essential human ability to reimagine the world, claim authors

Universities not doing enough to protect staff from harm, researchers say

Sir Anton Muscatelli says that education, not research, is the main way in which higher education institutions can have a positive impact on society

Shift to lifelong learning opens up opportunities for ¡®niche, digital¡¯ providers, says Glyn Davis

Students will need to shed the pounds to pass new course designed to combat country's obesity crisis

Penn teaching assistant claims she is 'under attack' for calling on historically marginalised groups first

Universities must go well beyond boilerplate statements about being a 'welcoming environment' if they really want to treat all their students equally, says Sarah Kollat

Students and administrators alike should resist pitting diversity against free expression, says John Palfrey

Algorithms must not be used to lower thresholds, says UUK/GuildHE report

Utah institution offers 12-week student road trip around American West

Doha offshoots are also integrating courses with goal of providing ¡®unique¡¯ value to students

With degrees now necessary for entry into more jobs than ever before, John Morgan considers the economic arguments for expanding higher education

Watchdog¡¯s new guidelines aim to stop ¡®contract cheating¡¯ on campus

Top UK university lecturers give us their top teaching tips 

Analysis of departmental spending suggests there is a large gulf in costs between some disciplines

Teaching students to attribute their failures to factors within their control can lead to big gains, say Rodney Clifton, Gabor Csepregi and Masha Krylova

UMBC president calls for shift in institutional culture at Times Higher Education forum

Former HEA chief executive hailed for ¡®vision and persistence¡¯ in changing teaching policy and practice

Refugee and asylum seekers pitch tents on campus in northeastern France

Despite advances in artificial intelligence, humans will always have the edge over machines when it comes to teaching, says Aldwyn Cooper

Studies from industry and academia show there are significant benefits to incentivising supportive behaviour, says Theo Gilbert

Tasmanian researchers find it takes 10 hours to plan an hour¡¯s lecture for online students, compared to eight hours for on-campus delivery

No one should underestimate the importance of encouragement in pedagogy, says Tom Pow

Class of ¡¯92 to set up alternative provider teaching business, media and sport

Canada and Finland also score highly in research assessing the effectiveness of education systems in 35 economies

Being positioned as passive recipients of lecturers¡¯ appraisal does nothing to promote the development of crucial graduate attributes, say Naomi Winstone and Edd Pitt

Pragya Agarwal explains how lecturers can support first-year students as they make the transition to the self-directed learning required at university

We need to call off the witch-hunt and trust in the capacity of our students to learn, says Bruce Macfarlane

Joy Carter urges universities and policymakers to embrace the ¡®joy of learning¡¯

Minister outlines plans for TEF and new regulator to tackle problem

An academic parent, a student and two researchers consider if the metrics approach is really the game changer for improving student outcomes that many claim, or if it has a dark side

Eric Mazur, father of the ¡®flipped classroom¡¯, says rethinking assessment is the next frontier

David Malan had encouraged students to watch video recordings of lectures

Inaugural HEA award is latest accolade for Yorkshire institution

HEA's latest National Teaching Fellows announced

The conservatism of Spain¡¯s universities and employers is damaging the nation¡¯s future, says Samuel Mart¨ªn-Barbero 

A survey of 50 laureates is full of insight, warnings and the can-do attitudes powering ¡®beautiful minds¡¯

Varied levels of English language proficiency among students could hamper learning

Difference in performance by gender and ethnicity ¡®pervasive¡¯ despite assessment changes, study says

Politics has become overly dominated by graduates, who increasingly only mingle with each other, says author

Replacing England¡¯s tuition fee system with a cheaper and fairer alternative is not as difficult as many claim, says Andrew Adonis

Taking in a refugee student posed more challenges than Sharon Maxwell Magnus was expecting, but the effort was well worth it

The subject-level teaching excellence framework could lead to a lot of stress for no great gains over the institution-level TEF, says Andrew McRae

John Morgan witnesses a pioneering collaboration between two Sheffield universities, drawing upon the city¡¯s manufacturing heritage to become a hub of industrial innovation and a model of civic engagement

The Humboldt University of Berlin, the historical home of interdisciplinarity, is experimenting with new ways to encourage a broader perspective 

Study finds that students who witness lecturers misbehaving are more likely to display incivility in lectures or seminars

Expanding degree apprenticeships will strengthen universities¡¯ important role in improving their local communities, says Dawn Morley

Emily McIntosh and David Grey offer advice on rediscovering a ¡®lost art¡¯

Sydney¡¯s move towards programmes focused on problem-solving designed to address rise of artificial intelligence and automation

It has long been claimed that critical thinking ability sets graduates apart. But are universities really preparing students for the modern workplace? David Matthews reports

Universities claim to bestow on graduates the key to open the door to any job: critical thinking. But even if they do, are employers interested?