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University teaching

June 2024

  • OpenAI logo is seen on a mobile phone in front of a computer screen displaying output from ChatGPT

    Researchers fool university markers with AI-generated exam papers

    University of Reading project poses questions for ‘integrity’ of coursework and take-home student assignments

June 2023

  • Thousands of students have been affected by the dispute over pay and conditions by staff at 145 UK universities.

    ‘We’re collateral damage’: marking strikes hit students’ graduate careers

    After struggling through degrees hindered by Covid, those affected by boycott now say they face missing job opportunities

April 2023

  • UCU National Demonstration In London, United Kingdom - 30 Nov 2022<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by WIktor Szymanowicz/NurPhoto/REX/Shutterstock (13644028o) LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - NOVEMBER 30, 2022: Higher education staff, students and trade union representatives march in central London on the third day of nationwide strike action in London, United Kingdom on November 30, 2022. Over 70,000 staff at 150 British universities walked out for the third day of industrial action called by the University and College Union (UCU) over pensions, pay and working conditions, making it the biggest strike action in the history of higher education. UCU National Demonstration In London, United Kingdom - 30 Nov 2022

    Student complaints in England and Wales at record levels, watchdog says

    Higher education adjudicator expresses concern about ‘increasing levels of distress’ among university students

October 2022

  • Teaching staff and students at Falmouth University in a three-day strike last week

    UK university staff vote for strike action over pay, conditions and pensions

    Union calls on vice-chancellors to negotiate to prevent higher education being brought to ‘complete standstill’

October 2021

  • students taking exam

    Universities in England ‘failing to mark down students’ for poor writing skills

    Office for Students claims use of ‘inclusive assessment’ policies contributes to grade inflation

September 2021

  • Lecturer teaches law students in October 2020.

    UK university staff: how to do you feel about working on campus?

    As a new academic year approaches, we would like to hear from university staff about working on campus and teaching in person

September 2020

  • Oliver Dowden defends university student lockdowns – video

    Oliver Dowden, the culture secretary, has defended the government's actions confining thousands of university students to their rooms due to coronavirus outbreaks, saying on the BBC's Andrew Marr show that it is important that students continue their studies with safety measures in place and 'not to give up a year of their life'

January 2020

  • Striking staff in November at University College London

    UK academics must stand up to stop universities becoming sweatshops

    Steven Jones
    Employment practices akin to dubious fashion outlets mean qualified professionals are used as poorly paid casual labour

November 2019

  • A picket line at University College London.

    University strike: tens of thousands of staff walk out across UK

  • Laura McInerney

    Here’s an election idea: why not let anyone sit Oxbridge finals?

    Laura McInerney

September 2019

  • Student falling asleep in a library

    Joy of learning has been lost to tests

  • Dr Jo Grady - new general secretary of the University and College Union

    Academics are fighting the wrong battle over pensions

    Phillip Inman

May 2019

  • Prof Matthew Flinders outside office

    ‘It’s cut-throat’: half of UK academics stressed and 40% thinking of leaving

    Frequent rejection and a loss of control are making university staff isolated and ill, new research shows

October 2018

  • Silhouettes of gradutates

    ‘Essay mills’ may be morally dubious, but it was good to work for one

    Sam Hickford
    OK, so helping students plagiarise work was unethical – but it was intellectually challenging and stimulating, says freelance journalist Sam Hickford

August 2018

  • Banner displayed in Rome in 2016, for the Cambridge PhD student Giulio Regeni, who was tortured and killed in Egypt.

    British universities criticised over pursuit of Egyptian links

    Academics accuse colleges of overlooking human rights abuses and student’s murder

July 2018

  • Sam Gyimah outside 10 Downing Street

    Multiple choice
    Is Sam Gyimah right to be worried about safe-space policies?

    The higher education minister says there is a ‘culture of censorship’ at UK universities. Is there a problem, or is it a fuss about nothing?

June 2018

  • The universities minister, Sam Gyimah

    Student mental health must be top priority – universities minister

    Sam Gyimah says issue requires serious leadership from vice-chancellors

May 2018

  • Students at Nottingham Trent University.

    University guide 2019
    Nottingham Trent leapfrogs city rival in university league table

  • University places<br>File photo dated 12/10/11 of university graduates. Hundreds of thousands more university places will be needed by 2030 in order to keep up with demand for degrees, according to a study. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Thursday March 15, 2018. New research suggests that a boom in the number of young people, combined with a continuing increase in the numbers of students going into higher education indicates that at least 300,000 more places will be needed at English universities. See PA story EDUCATION Universities. Photo credit should read: Chris Radburn/PA Wire

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April 2018

  • Students at graduation day.

    Student complaints about UK universities growing, says watchdog

    Complaints last year totalled 1,635, a rise of 8% on 2016, and £650,000 in compensation and refunds was paid
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