Feedback on feedback
Anthony Seldon (“Right to reply”, Opinion, 19 September) declares that university teaching can be improved through student feedback appraisals. Yet this reverses the normal teacher-student...
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Dissatisfaction with exams and feedback ‘held back elites in NSS’
Highly regarded institutions lag behind others on overall student positivity due to low scores in section that looked at views on assessment
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Grant assessors accused of using ChatGPT to write feedback
Applicants to one of Australia’s major funding streams report spotting tell-tale signs of chatbot use
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For open monographs, collective library subscription is the key
These initiatives don’t demand extra funding, undervalue publisher input or create institutional or disciplinary divides, say Anthony Cond and Jane Bunker
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Feedback is everywhere in academia – but more feedback is needed
John McKendrick has recently concluded that we are letting down unsuccessful job applicants by not providing full and constructive feedback
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Students embrace block teaching but some staff still unconvinced
UK universities that have made the switch to different teaching model say it boosts student retention and recruitment but staff burnout is real risk
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International students ‘becoming happier’ than locals: surveys
Overseas students’ rebounding satisfaction rates coincide with Australian policy moves to keep them out
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‘Break out of silos’ to share research technology and data
Tying state-of-the-art digital research infrastructure to particular research communities should give way to more equitable landscape, conference hears
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Virtual reality-boosted treatments ‘reduce student exam stress’
Preliminary results showed students who used VR headsets reported greater improvements in how calm they felt compared with those who accessed interventions via smartphones
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Have universities failed teacher education?
England’s Department for Education has deaccredited some universities while approving a range of alternative providers and strictly defining course contents. But while defenders hail an evidence-...
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Can AI-powered college counsellors ‘democratise’ admissions?
Proponents of new technology say it can alleviate stress on advisers and make expertise more accessible but critics say this work needs a human touch
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US university suggests AI could help ‘offset’ striking instructors
With 3,000 graduate students picketing for higher pay, Boston University dean encourages faculty to ‘think creatively’ about using technological alternatives
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Learning behind bars: the shifting fortunes of prison education
While US prison reform campaigners celebrate reversal of 30-year ban on incarcerated students accessing Pell Grants, counterparts in England and Wales express concern that government inaction has...