Learning analytics: a better way to measure student satisfaction Dragan Gasevic looks at how learning analytics can be used to support the student experience as a tool for learning gain By Dragan Gasevic 28 May
AI bot ‘more than halves’ time students spend finding courses ‘Alex’, set to be rolled out at the Technical University of Berlin, is first chatbot to have benefits to students measured By David Matthews 28 May
Jacques Biot: ‘We must prepare our students for the fourth industrial revolution’ Ahead of the THE Innovation and Impact Summit, ?cole Polytechnique president Jacques Biot urges universities to prepare for ‘Industry 4.0’ By Jacques Biot 27 May
Durham’s ‘repositioning’ to create 300 academic jobs Vice-chancellor believes international scholars can be tempted away from the golden triangle and to the North of England By John Elmes 27 May
The pitfalls of working with industry (and how to avoid them) Ahead of the THE Innovation and Impact Summit, speaker Max Lu looks at the challenges of university-industry partnership By Max Lu 26 May
Manchester bombing spotlights universities’ anti-terror role One researcher urges academics to put concerns aside and back Prevent counter-radicalisation strategy, while others say it ‘doesn’t work’ By Jack Grove 26 May
UK and Australia explore post-Brexit bilateral research fund Reciprocal academic visa also among ideas under consideration by vice-chancellors By Matthew Reisz 26 May
One in three UK universities going backwards on female professorships New data show proportion of professors who are women has declined at some institutions By Jack Grove 25 May
Kenneth Gloag, 1960-2017 Tributes paid to expert on 20th-century music who was ‘exhilarating colleague’ By Matthew Reisz 25 May
Going Global 2017: UK and Australia 'among top performers’ for internationalisation Hong Kong, Netherlands and Malaysia also score highly in British Council research analysing policy environments in 38 countries By Ellie Bothwell 24 May
Going Global 2017: marginalised ‘must be winners’ from internationalisation Cities must reap international benefits to stave off populism and protectionism, British Council director says By Ellie Bothwell 24 May
Hold fast to the values of global scholarship – they are needed more than ever Sir Keith Burnett explains why it matters more than ever that universities speak out in support of our international communities 23 May