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Successful trials of a robot tutor should encourage universities to ask which roles can never be replaced by artificial intelligence, argues Robert MacIntosh

Staff must be reassured that information on students¡¯ progress will be used for pedagogical purposes, conference hears

Latest Hesa data on degree classification shows where increase in top grades was highest in 2016-17

Universities must dramatically increase their levels of technical training to close the skills gap and deliver social justice, says Robert Halfon

Long-held beliefs about the UK¡¯s hierarchy of institutions do not stand up to scrutiny, and hold back progress, argues Edward Peck

Academics are told to think twice about returning module marks that average below a 2:1

Dorothy Bishop wishes people would stop reinforcing the idea that universities are places of privilege where the staff sit idly around thinking ¡®great thoughts¡¯

Different rules used to calculate honours classifications could leave a university with double the proportion of first-class degree holders than another institution

Experiment finds groups of students came up with twice as many ideas in classes around midday

Joel Mullan shares some of the ways that digital technologies could address the challenges posed by accelerated degree courses

Companies blame a ¡®social shift¡¯ for young people viewing campus as their only option, but others see positives in student boom

Mary Visser asks if universities are delivering for people born in the late 1990s

As part of a US initiative, undergraduates are given assignments to create articles, helping to develop critical appraisal skills

Latest Hesa data show that share of students with top degree has risen significantly since 2012-13

There are numerous survival guides for doctoral students, but much less advice on how to supervise PhD candidates. Robert MacIntosh offers some tips on becoming an effective supervisor

Chancellor of world¡¯s biggest higher education system sees Trump immigration plan as ¡®antithesis¡¯ of American values

Stephanie Marshall announces departure ahead of three-way merger

Academic ability of comprehensive school students ¡®not always realised¡¯ until university, researchers suggest

Ramsay Centre for Western Civilisation, funded by ?1.7 billion bequest, to fund degree courses in several institutions

Most finished integration courses, but few ended up with advanced German skills ¨C and the vast majority were male

First-year students will study just one subject at a time rather than juggling four units with competing demands and deadlines

Most human beings think well enough, and students are no exception. They just need help to express it within academic conventions, says Stuart Wrigley

The past year has seemed one of almost daily shocks and surprises for higher education, which THE has divulged, documented and dissected

Westminster course brings serving prisoners together with students

Chris Parr reveals the 25 ߣߣÊÓƵ stories that received the most views during the last 12 months

It may be five years since Moocs went mainstream, but Diana Laurillard and Eileen Kennedy believe they still have the potential to reach the hard-to-reach

Rapid technological change means that higher education leavers will need to return during their career, says Tec Monterrey president

Mark Jones looks at what happens to the league tables if you isolate the World University Rankings¡¯ teaching metrics

As Brexit nears, Dublin plans to upgrade the country's language skills

Female advantage in education dubbed the ¡®Martha Effect¡¯ in Stellenbosch study

Phil Baty asked his Twitter followers what they thought of government plans for two-year undergraduate degrees, and they did not hold back

Minerva uses test scores to argue that its programmes give students lead in cognitive skills

John Gill on today¡¯s NAO report, which claims that students are, in effect, victims of ¡®mis-selling¡¯ by higher education institutions

Academics are not always most sympathetic to effortlessly successful ¡®super-smart¡¯ students

Open University report looks at key trends in teaching and learning

Researchers develop assessment that can be completed by students in little over 20 minutes

Ang Davies looks at the pros and cons of the University of Manchester¡¯s recent clinical bioinformatics Mooc

With part-time student numbers through the floor, the time has come for reform, says David Latchman

If the Office for Students ever intervenes over freedom of speech, it will only be to widen it, says Michael Barber

Research suggests that students learn better in their native tongue, and English fails to prepare international students for a job after graduation, says Michele Gazzola

Stephanie Marshall looks at the common features exhibited by universities that successfully achieved a TEF rating upgrade

Amount of time spent learning in and out of class declines, HEA survey says

Interviews with students and graduates in China ¡®raise serious doubts¡¯ about role of higher education in achieving cohesion

Traditions, success and lack of self-reflection limit higher education's role in thought revolutions, says Geoff Mulgan

Academic warns universities need to take impact of accent on credibility seriously as it has ¡®demotivated¡¯ overseas lecturers

Specialist expertise in languages and cultures should be given strategic protection within universities, says Alice Campbell-Cree

The psychology professor on students¡¯ mindsets, nine-day weeks and thinking in the bath 

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