‘Block teaching’ elevates marks by a grade, study finds
Australian analysis uncovers marked improvement in student performance but marginal and mixed impacts on satisfaction
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Want essay feedback? Do it yourself, professor tells students
Project shows that when students compare their work with others, it is more effective than lecturers providing comments
Students ‘not an ongoing source’ of Covid-19 cases
Analysis from University of Portsmouth suggests regular testing and support for isolating students has limited spread to wider public
US colleges push back spring term start in bid to outlast Covid
Later start offers chance at warmer conditions and more vaccinations, say leaders
Chinese education agents opt for UK over Australia post-Covid
Virus management earns no brownie points for Antipodean education, with UK ranked higher even on safety
Taiwanese scholars slip through cracks of UN rules on China
‘Confusion’ over UN rules leads event organisers to bar students, experts or groups
Covid prompts vacation resort concept for online studying
Creators suggest long-term value, but critics see failure to understand campus communities
Lecturer ‘penalises whole class’ over cheating allegations
Australian incident could reflect exasperation at ‘spike’ in misconduct detections
Universities say student cheating exploding in Covid era
Institutions respond with both electronic crackdowns and pedagogical soul-searching
Fresh Asian border restrictions frustrate academics and students
One academic faces five weeks of quarantine, while many students can’t travel to campus at all
