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

Research-intensive universities may not be matching rhetoric with actions on teaching support

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

Large-scale study at a top Danish university reveals mismatch between student and teacher expectations around learning

A ¡®professionalised¡¯ police needs to maintain core skills, says this police constable

Focus on skills and job readiness 'disengages' academics from issue, says HEA head

Universities warn parliamentary inquiry that Brexit vote already deterring staff and students from coming to UK

It¡¯s folly to make my language modules obligatory, says a grande ¨¦cole lecturer confronting students¡¯ boredom and contempt

Study into controversial ¡®grade retention¡¯ policy finds repeating a failed year can improve performance

Provost of Universitas 21 tells THE summit that universities must engage with institutions outside their elite groups

Students may crumble in court if they¡¯re not exposed to ¡®disturbing¡¯ ideas, George Washington University academic claims

Jon Marcus reports from Saskatoon in Saskatchewan on how an academic is using the country¡¯s favourite sport to teach his students

Key finding of annual study into future pedagogical trends would mean students 'struggle' but gain deeper understanding

Sandy Grant urges educators to support students¡¯ rejection of prejudice ¨C and call out language that defends the indefensible

The rector of the University of Antwerp says elite institutions are more focused on themselves than the role of ÖйúAƬ

President explains how the institution has increased enrolment and cut tuition fees as other US universities struggle with funding and recruitment

President of VU Amsterdam says it is not enough for institutions merely to say they are valuable

Saikat Majumdar looks at how public universities and liberal arts education in India still bear the marks of colonialism

BRICS and MINTs, move over for the TACTICS ¨C Thailand, Argentina, Chile, Turkey, Iran, Colombia and Serbia. Ellie Bothwell on a group that could grow into star players in global ÖйúAƬ

We have all the elements needed to make online courses succeed, but institutional inertia at well-established universities stymies progress, argues Laurence Brockliss

Author of paper says institutions have been ¡®slow¡¯ in the past to provide the appropriate support

Education ministry is analysing a report into the quality of ÖйúAƬ and may close down substandard institutions

One year shaved off time to degree under new national framework

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

Mark Gatenby considers what it means for business schools ¨C and universities more generally ¨C to embrace Utopian ways of thinking

Evidence of positive effect of retakes ¡®weak¡¯, concludes Dutch academic

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

Students on courses that combine online delivery with face-to-face interaction are the least satisfied in Times ÖйúAƬ¡¯s US student survey

Paul Ashwin takes aim at ¡®common sense¡¯ arguments about the link between contact hours and pedagogic excellence

What links the anxious, fearful undergraduate and the anxious, fearful academic? Pervasive precarity, argues Matthew Vernon

Former Shanghai Normal University president advocates classes on extracurricular development

UK Engagement Survey finds undergraduates develop skills better out of ¨C rather than in ¨C the classroom

Assessment, timetables and module weighting could be altered to reduce pressures for students who travel a long way to university each day, says study author

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

European University Association research flags pressure points across continent

Badly rated teachers more likely to distrust data, Israeli study finds

Five engineers set out why engineering is part of our everyday lives and what universities can do to change the way it is taught

Karl Dittrich sings the praises of an increasingly international Dutch ÖйúAƬ system, and dismisses concerns about English proficiency

Most say data-driven assessments are not helping them improve teaching, Inside Higher Ed finds

Spread of student ratings is part of trend that poses a threat to academic autonomy and diversity, says Coventry University academic 

Former Google chief says UK is facing a ¡®computer science crisis¡¯ that threatens its global position

A teaching collaboration between two very different institutions worked better than either could have hoped, write John Simon and Thomas Schutte

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

As universities tighten attendance policies, an education professor has argued that scholars should be more prepared to accept absence

Those who leave China to study are more likely to win jobs and promotion when they return, but local academics tend to take top administrative roles, analysis suggests

¡®Unexpected¡¯ twist occurred after a seven-year-old¡¯s manuscript on bats was accepted by a pay-to-publish journal

In liberal arts and technical disciplines alike, we must help students develop a quantitative mindset, argues Anthony Monaco

When it comes to student engagement, US institutions in the research elite typically have a lot of ground to make up

Recent graduates teach at three to four universities a day to make ends meet, researcher finds during stint observing country¡¯s private HE system

As the US¡¯ ¡®dumpster fire¡¯ of a presidential election looms, it is more important than ever that students engage with other perspectives and acknowledge that their views aren¡¯t universal, says Maximillian Alvarez

Universities in Pakistan and across the developing world should help spread the light of learning, say Abdur Rehman Cheema and Mehvish Riaz

We need a cultural shift in how we provide comments on student work, say Naomi Winstone and Robert Nash

Claire Grant on her tried and tested lecturing technique

At THE World Academic Summit, academics and entrepreneurs debate impact of technology on teaching

Academic attainment of disadvantaged students can be improved if they can decide how they are assessed, study claims

Seasoned scholars offer tips on first lectures, the ¡®Eton mess¡¯ of PhD supervision and why hobbies belong at work

Bruce Macfarlane on the hypocrisy of academics who help to monitor students in ways they themselves never were

Scholarship is about valuing things that can¡¯t be counted and shouldn¡¯t be rushed, says Adam Benjamin Smith

LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman tells THE World Academic Summit that universities should focus on teaching undergraduates how to discern truth

New study adds to concerns over the weakness of Chinese university teaching