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Automation has the potential to replace or alter 35 million jobs worldwide, which means universities must adapt to survive, argues Nancy Gleason

Setting pre-seen exams can bring out previously unsuspected abilities among students, say Nicholas Morton and Natasha Hodgson

While learning to work quickly is a useful life skill, a greater gift to students is permitting unhurried excursions and digressions, says Shahidha Bari

¡®If we don¡¯t know how we learn, how on earth do we know how to teach?¡¯ says L. Rafael Reif, who tells Ellie Bothwell how the research giant is working to improve teaching practice

Education minister wants power to prosecute assignment writing companies

If the outcomes of ¡®active learning¡¯ are so much better than those for traditional lectures, why stick with the old format? asks Simone Buitendijk

Call to consider faith diversity alongside issues of gender and ethnicity

McLaren Applied Technologies director sees need to go ¡®beyond STEM¡¯, É«ºÐÖ±²¥-Ulsan summit hears

Conference hears educators are neglecting technology because of ¡®obsession¡¯ with dated approaches

Findings from the German Excellence Initiative raise questions over impact of TEF

Presidents agree on need to respond but are warned against being ¡®slaves to industry¡¯

Warwick Business School¡¯s purpose-built studio aims to boost students¡¯ creativity

Hesa data show non-continuation rate for disadvantaged students is rising faster

Students and staff raise concerns about impact of more two-year degrees

Increasing the number of fast-track degrees may devalue the currency of UK undergraduate courses in Europe, warns Jack Grove

When the US primary season threw up numerous examples of weak and fallacious argument, Michael Ventimiglia thought his time had come. But subsequent events left him grappling with his discipline¡¯s apparent impotence

Cramming study into the shortest possible time will impoverish the student experience and drive an even greater wedge between research-enabled permanent staff and the growing underclass of flexible teaching staff, says Tom Cutterham

Poll finds staff believe reforms have undermined academic freedom and created more bureaucracy

New table will focus on teaching and learning as well as student success

Research shows certain online tools can help ¡®avoid detection¡¯ by plagiarism checking software

New IE Business School dean advocates tutelage in ¡®fundamental competencies¡¯ for uncertain labour markets

HEA and É«ºÐÖ±²¥ launch Global Teaching Excellence Award to recognise institutions¡¯ commitment to teaching

We must help students become savvy net users, so they can be savvy citizens navigating the post-truth era, says Dana Ruggiero

Like cricket, academia needs specialists, and revised calendars and tech will show teachers belong in the top order, says Merlin Crossley

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

Technology identified by NMC Horizon Report as having ¡®potential to enhance¡¯ online learning

Academics enjoy teaching. What they don¡¯t like is the lack of preparation time, bureaucratic burdens, unprepared students ¨C and the TEF. Jack Grove reports

Respondents to the 2017 É«ºÐÖ±²¥ Teaching Survey give their words of lecturing wisdom

Expansion into ¡®digitally advanced market¡¯ confirms platform is ¡®firmly on the map¡¯, says chief executive

Survey of students across 10 countries suggests handwriting and printed books have advantages over digital materials

Keele University academic argues that the TEF ¡®legitimises¡¯ and ¡®amplifies subordination¡¯ of overseas students

New study into medieval universities describes how paupers studied alongside the elite despite financial barriers

How do you defeat Nazis and liars? Focus on the people in earshot, says eminent Holocaust scholar Deborah Lipstadt

Website provides vital documentation for studying Palestinian political history and its place within wider anti-colonial struggles

Academics think overseas students are unsuccessful at half of important activities, according to research

Jisc report for Hepi says technology is a ¡®key tool¡¯ in responding to challenges laid down by TEF

Microsoft vice-president of worldwide education says technology can help universities¡¯ mandate to aid students¡¯ employability

Author of new research says journals are ¡®not doing¡¯ enough to combat the phenomenon

Sir David Bell¡¯s review says the ECU, HEA and LFHE should become one body by September

New approach calls research crucial to raising productivity, but there is a shift in focus to industrial challenges

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

Steve Fuller on the need for leaders who can make the radical decisions necessary to survive existential threats both internal and external

First transnational study of how university dropouts fare in the labour market suggests any exposure to higher education is better than none

Chair voices concerns over student satisfaction data as Cambridge¡¯s students¡¯ union joins NSS boycott

Turkish philosopher describes shock at being stopped from packing up office after sudden dismissal

UK government to completely overhaul technical education as part of new industrial strategy

Higher education minister says ¡®almost all¡¯ English institutions will take part 

Universities need to adapt to stay relevant, says Gordon Redding

Student leader calls for clearer rules on student-staff relationships after Sussex report into abusive lecturer case

Existentialism may now seem more relevant to philosophy undergraduates, but a woeful John Kaag shares their mood of blank despair 

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

Contributors hope resource will encourage students to avoid ¡®assimilationist¡¯ mindset

Typography expert¡¯s rules for making messages easier to read elicit both praise and claims of pedantry

Final-year Edinburgh student is first Scottish undergraduate to win such an award and could be first in the UK 

Measuring learning gain via self-reporting is difficult as top graduates underrate abilities, suggests Futuretrack study

Study finds that universities must ¡®proactively engage¡¯ with all students to ensure equity in learning 

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

International project to change curriculum helps UCL students avoid ¡®sophomore slump¡¯

Will virtual reality help students on campus and online learn better and more cheaply? David Matthews reports