4+ mon, 3+ day ago  (296+ words) When the same questions come up persistently during office hours, we can safely assume that our lectures are not addressing common knowledge gaps. This is a significant issue in mathematically dense courses, where gaps in foundational understanding can compound rapidly....

1+ day, 17+ hour ago  (372+ words) Guiding prompts are familiar aspects of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) teaching. In laboratory courses, instructors often use structured questions to help students reflect on procedures, interpret results and connect practice to theory. Traditionally, many instructors, including us, have…...

1+ week, 18+ hour ago  (101+ words) Times Higher Education Higher education has many goals reflecting different ideas: mastery of technical skills, formation, critical thinking and the logic of enquiry " but this last idea is the key to the future of our universities and for their role…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (540+ words) Yet students tell us they still want professors in the classroom because self-learning is hard and rarely successful, as the low completion rates of otherwise excellent massive open online courses show." AI means rethinking a fundamental: our role as teachers....

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (190+ words) The audit created a new taxonomy of the sector based on financial behaviour and resilience. By stripping away the prestige, distinct groups of market actors can be identified. These are universities currently surviving on bank waivers or aggressive restructuring. Without…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (156+ words) Times Higher Education Burned-out researchers everywhererelated to Laurel Raffington"s opinionpiece "Academiaisjust ajob, which appeared in Nature Human Behaviourlast December. Her message? Clock in at 9am, clock out at 5pm, and stop martyring yourself for science. If you do, you will become…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago  (445+ words) Building a sense of belonging in students is crucial for their academic success and well-being. But it doesn't happen by chance " we need to cultivate it by providing opportunities for connection, collaboration and shared purpose." At our university, the Student…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago  (346+ words) Starting university is exciting but it can also be overwhelming. A flood of emails, announcements and administrative information greets students at a time when they are trying to make friends, navigate campus and adjust to a new academic environment. Even…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (502+ words) Times Higher Education Learning by doing in a Gen AI-enabled world Created in partnership with You may also like "The process of writing forces the writer to be present" How students should use Gen AI for academic writing Can we…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (494+ words) Many potential students and their parents are questioning the need to invest time and money in a university degree. But these arguments overlook the fact that history rarely records cases of outright replacement. More often, technology enables humans to achieve…...