Bizarre riffs about The Karate Kid or the Wu-Tang Clan may irritate his students, but ¡®strategic vexing¡¯ can promote the more adventurous educational mindset that undergraduates require in the age of ChatGPT, says Jose Marichal
Academics could cooperate to decommercialise publishing so that all students have affordable access to reliable information, says Michael Wynn-Williams
Ventilation issues have forced Sheffield to move away from offering students the chance to work on donor bodies. Can virtual reality replace a centuries-old tradition?
Amid concerns about value for money and the supposed liberal bias of certain humanities and social science subjects, conservative politicians are increasingly intervening in curricular decisions. Do such subjects still have a place at public universities ¨C and who should get to decide, asks Paul Basken
Hesa figures suggest uptake has hit record high, with more scholars on teaching and research contracts having a teaching qualification than those employed as teaching-only
Using AI, a teacher with little coding experience could design a virtual environment to deliver a specific lesson to a specific student, says Nick Clegg
Authors of Swedish study caution that one experiment should not be used as basis for ¡®radical overhaul¡¯ of education policy but urge ¡®more informed discussion¡¯
So far few oppose the inclusion of climate change sociology and economics in university-wide undergraduate courses, but support is thinner for their integration into other curricula
Some fear anti-Anglicisation politician will stick to hard line if he wins big, but even milder consensus to limit non-Dutch teaching to a third of each programme would bring major disruption to many departments
It is easy to be consumed by the daily addressing of students¡¯ needs but, for their sake, faculty need to hold the line, say Colleen Wynn and Elizabeth Ziff
Half of firsts cannot be explained by changes in prior attainment or choice of subject, sector regulator claims, although this is down from Covid-era peak
At risk to their careers, women teaching sciences shown in nationwide survey to be more willing to admit struggles with depression, poverty and attainment