Teaching & Learning192 posts

• 7 Jul 2020New laws please: close the profiteering essay mills
• 21 Apr 2020Is that enough disruption for you?
• 18 Feb 2020Time to tackle the cheating profiteers
• 11 Feb 2020New Niche Courses: From an Apprentice Star MBA to Yoga Studies
• 14 Jan 2020Stack ‘em high, sell ‘em cheap – get your micro-credentials here
• 22 Oct 2019Too big for their boots? Coding boot camps go large
• 15 Oct 2019Beyond Dungeons & Dragons: Role-playing games in the classroom
• 15 Oct 2019Beyond Dungeons & Dragons: Role-playing games in the classroom
• 11 Jun 2019All about alpacas: more furry exam stress relief for students
• 28 May 2019The next step in higher ed communications: thumbs up?
• 14 May 2019When is a campus not a campus? When it’s a micro-campus
• 9 Apr 2019A small spanner in the works for the essay mill cheats
• 19 Mar 2019Escape to the classroom: challenging learning environments
• 26 Feb 2019Pop-up goes the curriculum
• 22 Feb 2019Tough gig: pop goes the degree
• 12 Feb 2019Game on: esports takes off
• 18 Jan 2019Beyond dry January: university wine and spirits
• 2 Oct 2018Campaigning to end the trouble at t’mills
• 15 Aug 2018“Universities to blame” for profiteering essay mills
• 29 Jun 2018All aboard! Smooth sailing to academic success
• 4 Apr 2018Students, sleep and disposable sheets
• 3 Nov 2017How to stage a revolution. And other niche university courses
• 31 Oct 2017The New Curriculum: Patriotism and Physical Ed
• 10 Oct 2017New ways to tackle the essay mill cheats
• 1 Jun 2017A new online course. For professional services staff
• 9 May 2017Stopping students cheating: mission impossible?
• 1 Mar 2017A joined-up approach is needed to tackle cheating
• 14 Feb 2017Looking after those student consumers
• 7 Feb 2017Hey student! Turn those lecture notes into cash!
• 3 Feb 2017Beyond co-creation: Courses designed by students
• 13 Jan 2017Cheats shouldn’t prosper: time to tackle the essay mills
• 10 May 2016Two quality assurance systems to one: remembering the Joint Planning Group – Part 2
• 3 May 2016Two quality assurance systems to one: remembering the Joint Planning Group – Part 1
• 21 Apr 2016Puppy love: it seems puppy rooms really do work
• 23 Feb 2016Hey, student! Your smartphone is ruining your education
• 25 Jan 2016Validate this: fun and games with quality assurance
• 13 Jan 2016Course of Thrones
• 1 Dec 2015The smallest degrees in higher education?
• 25 Sept 2015Changing rooms: classroom decor and student success
• 14 Jul 2015Academic standards: back to the future
• 16 Jun 2015Imagining the campus of the future
• 13 May 2015Apocalypse now?
• 17 Apr 2015More degree course novelty: from the Tardis to Plumpton
• 27 Feb 2015£9k? £6k? Actually only £2.39 – It’s Dangerous Medicine
• 3 Feb 2015Improving teaching – just show me the money
• 4 Dec 2014Real internships add real value
• 26 Sept 2014The Promise of Personalized Education
• 13 Aug 2014More on Beyoncé and Ghostbusting courses
• 6 Aug 2014Spy kids
• 29 May 2014Universities gripped by puppy mania
• 23 May 2014Timetabling can be fun
• 17 Apr 2014Better Grades for More Ticket Sales
• 1 Apr 2014A stimulating new degree course
• 17 Mar 2014Free Education in Rwanda?
• 10 Feb 2014The 2014 Grant letter: another epistolary triumph
• 6 Jan 2014More Problems for MOOCs
• 30 Oct 2013Dark Arts: Gothic Studies
• 23 Oct 2013Britain’s lowest price degree course?
• 11 Oct 2013A ‘University in a Box’ in Rwanda
• 20 Sept 2013Oprah in the classroom
• 12 Jul 2013A higher education report to remember?
• 19 Jun 2013School of Rock
• 22 May 2013Monster study tips
• 11 Mar 2013An interesting approach to teaching physics
• 8 Mar 2013Everything’s gone green
• 15 Feb 2013Why MOOCs won’t kill universities
• 4 Feb 2013Launch of the nice university league table
• 16 Jan 2013Higher education funding letters: another bundle of joy
• 14 Jan 2013The Imperfect University: Truly Transnational
• 7 Jan 2013Branch campus enrolments – some interesting UK data
• 21 Dec 2012University Adds “Puppy Room” to Fight Finals Jitters
• 3 Dec 2012A New Type of University?
• 26 Nov 2012Another New University
• 19 Nov 2012African Universities and the Global Rankings
• 5 Nov 2012Widening participation in the USA
• 24 Oct 2012University Education – Free for Everyone?
• 8 Oct 2012MOOCS: 12 Reasons for universities not to panic
• 27 Sept 2012Unistats and KIS – just too much information?
• 3 Sept 2012Not Guilty, Your Honour: students and cheating
• 31 Aug 2012Angry Birds as metaphor for learning?
• 25 Jul 2012The Beginning of the End for Traditional HE?
• 18 Jul 2012More strange degrees
• 11 Jul 2012Yale-NUS – high stakes higher education in Singapore
• 9 Jul 2012From National to Global Universities
• 20 Jun 2012Making money from MOOCs
• 13 Jun 2012The Times: 2013 University League Table
• 16 May 2012The Imperfect University: Massive Open Online Confusion?
• 16 Apr 2012Killing the myths in higher education
• 30 Mar 2012KnowThyProf.com
• 28 Mar 2012The Imperfect University: Reviewing Higher Education in Scotland
• 16 Mar 2012Why Students’ Unions Matter
• 12 Mar 2012Sporting wins lead to poorer grades
• 6 Feb 2012More distinctive provision: new course on Beyonce
• 1 Feb 2012The Imperfect University: who should lead universities?
• 16 Jan 2012Firsts and fees, plagiarism and pay hikes (and the rest)
• 6 Jan 2012A rather narrow view of higher education?
• 2 Dec 2011Researchers Rate RateMyProfessors
• 29 Nov 20115,000 ‘soft degree courses axed’
• 16 Nov 2011Europe as “one higher education space”
• 14 Nov 2011“Topsy-turvy ranking” in social science teaching
• 2 Nov 2011More on iPads in the classroom
• 21 Oct 2011Nottingham Advantage
• 19 Oct 2011Impact : Academic Excellence
• 17 Oct 2011Launch of the Impact Campaign at the University of Nottingham
• 5 Oct 2011Cheating: Only a Click Away
• 30 Sept 2011Freshers’ week: just a drunken scam?
• 28 Sept 2011A “hyperwired” freshers’ week?
• 21 Sept 2011Fashion victims?
• 17 Aug 2011More bonkers degrees?
• 3 Aug 2011Sustaining Excellence conference
• 4 Jul 2011University of the People v College for the Few
• 29 Jun 2011White Paper inspiration from the US?
• 23 Jun 2011The Times: 2012 University League Table
• 6 Jun 2011New university ‘to rival Oxbridge’
• 27 May 2011Cover your eyes – another frightening course emerges from the crypt
• 16 May 2011iPhones and iPads on Campus
• 9 May 2011University "cheating league table"
• 9 May 2011University “cheating league table”
• 11 Apr 2011Twitter banality = academic credibility?
• 23 Mar 2011Value of iPads for teaching and learning?
• 21 Mar 2011World Education: The New Powerhouse – Going Global 2011 §1
• 14 Mar 2011US Universities Producing the Most Interns
• 2 Mar 2011Code of practice needed to "halt degree course mis-selling"
• 2 Mar 2011Code of practice needed to “halt degree course mis-selling”
• 23 Feb 2011MP challenges 'free' MA degrees
• 23 Feb 2011MP challenges ‘free’ MA degrees
• 18 Feb 2011Replacing Textbooks With iPads
• 16 Feb 2011Do academics make the best university leaders?
• 11 Feb 2011First Liverpool Beatles graduate
• 7 Feb 2011More on 'groundbreaking' partnership
• 7 Feb 2011More on ‘groundbreaking’ partnership
• 3 Feb 2011Online plagiarism crackdown "catches thousands"
• 3 Feb 2011Online plagiarism crackdown “catches thousands”
• 27 Jan 2011Are Undergraduates Actually Learning Anything?
• 29 Dec 2010The Globalisation of Higher Education: Conference at The University of Nottingham
• 20 Dec 2010Morrisons to pay students' tuition fees
• 20 Dec 2010Morrisons to pay students’ tuition fees
• 9 Dec 2010Providing information that helps students with HE choices
• 8 Nov 2010Some surprising views on the internationalisation of Higher Education
• 4 Nov 2010Another daft course? Sociology goes Gaga
• 25 Oct 2010Twitter in Higher Education 2010
• 12 Oct 2010Browne report: the end of the QAA (and OFFA and OIA)
• 27 Sept 2010Zombie class begins at University of Baltimore
• 23 Sept 2010Everyone's a winner? Betting on grades
• 23 Sept 2010Everyone’s a winner? Betting on grades
• 17 Sept 2010New THE World University Rankings 2010: UK positions
• 16 Sept 2010New 2010 Times Higher Education World University Rankings
• 6 Sept 2010Consumer crackdown on 'Mickey Mouse' courses
• 6 Sept 2010Consumer crackdown on ‘Mickey Mouse’ courses
• 20 Aug 2010Higher education funding letters: 14 years of joy
• 18 Aug 2010NSS: can things get any worse in universities?
• 26 Jul 2010Some problems with academic standards and comparability
• 24 Jun 2010'Wal-Mart U' v 'Harrods U'
• 24 Jun 2010‘Wal-Mart U’ v ‘Harrods U’
• 17 Jun 2010Comparing ranking systems: League Tables 101
• 14 Jun 2010Fun ways to tackle plagiarism
• 1 Jun 2010University to Provide Online Reputation Management to Graduates
• 27 May 2010The Times: 2011 University League Table
• 24 May 2010Bristol University launches volunteering award
• 20 May 20102010 Independent League Table
• 7 May 2010Universities accused of pressuring students on NSS
• 26 Apr 2010The global higher education revolution
• 1 Apr 2010Ranking confessions
• 25 Mar 2010Broken Universities?
• 15 Mar 2010Research money could be better spent on teaching students
• 4 Mar 2010"Drop the 'mickey mouse' degrees"
• 4 Mar 2010“Drop the ‘mickey mouse’ degrees”
• 1 Mar 2010University news: David Cameron backs a website
• 25 Feb 2010Lord Mandelson keynote speech at Lord Dearing Memorial Conference
• 15 Feb 2010International Assessment of Higher Education Learning Outcomes (AHELO)
• 12 Feb 2010"Plagiarism up 700%" at University of Nottingham
• 12 Feb 2010“Plagiarism up 700%” at University of Nottingham
• 9 Feb 2010Unofficial university promos
• 22 Jan 2010The Sun investigates academic offences
• 19 Jan 2010University funding: devastating cuts or continued investment?
• 4 Jan 2010How the iPhone Could Reboot Education
• 14 Dec 2009Students to learn how to protest
• 4 Nov 2009Higher ambitions…
• 2 Nov 2009Higher education as food labelling
• 28 Oct 2009"Old-fashioned universities letting students down"
• 28 Oct 2009“Old-fashioned universities letting students down”
• 16 Oct 2009On the OpenCourseWare Consortium
• 7 Oct 2009Princeton curbing grade inflation
• 1 Oct 2009'Radical change' is needed to reassure public on standards says THE
• 1 Oct 2009‘Radical change’ is needed to reassure public on standards says THE
• 11 Jul 2009On 'The Edgeless University'
• 11 Jul 2009On ‘The Edgeless University’
• 1 Jul 2009Report claims rankings can have positive effects
• 14 May 2009Impact of the Budget on higher education
• 30 Mar 2009Graduates preparing for work (where available)
• 17 Mar 2009VCs protest: what do we want? Higher fees!
• 18 Jan 2009Using E-Book Readers- interesting experiment