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Historic flying of Trans Pride flag at University College Cork follows similar commitment to equality by other Irish universities

Ethics modules ordered after warnings from students’ union that misconduct is on the rise

Universities anticipate much greater scrutiny of teaching outcomes, potentially even ‘peer review’ of lectures

Having well-resourced and world-leading university research is crucial if the UK is to succeed as a knowledge economy, says Michael Drew

Business school expert says lecturers’ role is to help students manage information rather than pass on knowledge

The next warden of Rhodes House on growing up in a family of political refugees and why universities must prepare graduates to be good citizens

Economist Bryan Caplan considers tangible benefits, inconvenient truths and wonders whether Latin and poetry are worth the effort when ‘Kardashian’ trumps ‘Shakespeare’ in Google search results

Historians must not let Boris Johnson and other armchair scholars take centre stage in their discipline, says Tanja Bueltmann

Academic focus on ideas from a small range of European countries would not be tolerated in other disciplines, says Lloyd Strickland

Undergraduates who took part in breathing exercise reported feeling less distracted and more positive

Bournemouth University research reveals gap between expectations of employers and university curricula

Teaching would improve if all scholars were required to undertake regular secondments in industry, says Cecilia Chan

Murky cross-subsidy between university courses must be addressed by the government’s review of higher education funding, argues David Robinson

Making arts and humanities degrees cheaper than science courses would be 'cultural heresy' and 'economic barbarism', argues the University of Hertfordshire's vice-chancellor Quintin McKellar

Sheffield Hallam University's vice-chancellor Chris Husbands explains why cutting tuition fees would harm social mobility and why variable fees are also a bad idea

Sarah Stevens looks at how universities are endeavouring to deliver the skills and learning the UK needs

The concept of the graduate career is breaking down as university leavers spread across the employment spectrum, says Gerbrand Tholen

Five historians reflect on the disciplinary, institutional, social and political challenges facing their subject

Rare disciplines face a multitude of threats but are key to the biodiversity of academia, advocates say

The ‘leaky pipeline’ metaphor for the lack of women at senior levels of academia can demotivate those whose professional paths meander, says Aileen Fyfe

A law graduate’s attempt to sue the University of Oxford for £1 million over ‘inadequate teaching’ sheds far more light on how students learn than current TEF metrics, says Gill Evans

New software to identify ghostwritten essays welcomed, but experts say it is not a panacea

Open University study finds that, while students dislike collaborative learning, they are more likely to pass if they take part in it

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 – 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 ̽»¨ÊÓƵ 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