This led us to consider ways to integrate disconnection periods into higher education pedagogy. We invited students to take part in a “digital fast”, a month-long break from non-essential DT ...

Rethinking the role of the teacher builds on alternatives to scripted material, such as studio-style sessions, flipped problem-based work, team-based clinics, Socratic debates, in-class case simulatio ...

The world’s most dispersed university has doubled its hardship fund to help stop the Middle Eastern conflict from derailing study in an institution that straddles four time zones on the other side of ...

Pre-16 outreach is vitally important for helping under-represented groups achieve success in higher education. But its positioning within a university structure can make a real difference to its ...

“The primary science return from Artemis will come with the surface missions – Artemis IV onwards – and the ability to ...

We see proposals for an “integrated higher doctorate” combining core and optional units (somewhat like a traditional master’s course), a personal development plan (rather reminiscent of that required ...

The representative body for New Zealand’s eight universities is being scaled back as funding pressures force administrators to rely on their in-house advocacy and analysis capab ...

Venture capitalists are ‘completely different beasts’ to grant bodies so academic founders need to embrace a new style of pitching if they are to secure funding for their companies, as Tim Witney ...

For many neurodivergent students, the traditional university structure presents a series of invisible barriers. High-stakes timed exams, sensory-overwhelming lecture halls and rigid academic norms ...

Thousands of mathematicians have signed a petition calling for their field’s most prestigious gathering to be relocated from ...

A total of 5,900 main applicants applied for sponsored study visas in the UK in March – 25 per cent less than in the same month last year. This means that there have been just 29,900 applications in ...

Learn about the journey from academic researcher to entrepreneur and what it takes to launch a successful spin-out company, from a serial founder ...