Opinion

Those in the humanities and social sciences must be less paranoid and more precise in identifying threats, argues Adam Roberts

Data for applicants? The sector should have taken a leaf out of the newspaper publishing book, Philip Cowan laments

Each week, Dr Margot Feelbetter poses a dilemma and offers advice for readers to respond to online. This week: Any bloody lie will do

Calls to save Egyptian cultural heritage ring hollow when those making them are blind to the past, argues Christina Riggs

To keep up with the global sector's rising stars, the UK must encourage its young to study abroad, says Martin Davidson

We must move beyond partisanship and seize the chance to make our higher education system truly sustainable, David Eastwood contends

US undergraduates' lack of learning bodes ill for the UK, says Alan Ryan

Universities have a key role to play in supporting and boosting the economy in areas hit by public sector cuts, claims Jonathan Wright

Harriet Jones, Kay Yeoman and Helen James offer their insights into the dos and don'ts of feedback terminology

Market discipline must be introduced to ensure that universities deliver the best deal for students and taxpayers, argues Tim Leunig

We must not let the high-stakes political game being played by ministers and v-cs overshadow the human toll change can exact

Felipe Fernández-Armesto on the humanities' need for scientific insights

Each week, Dr Margot Feelbetter poses a dilemma and offers advice for readers to respond to online. This week: Leaving it all behind

Each week, Dr Margot Feelbetter poses a dilemma and offers advice for readers to respond to online. This week: Forms of torture

In the UK's increasingly multidisciplinary academy, joint appointments are a must, Thom Brooks argues

For years, Brendan Burchell worked hard to widen participation: now he fears that all the gains made in this vital area will be lost

Institutions will not get the best employees if limits regarding language or nationality are imposed, argues Ryszard Piotrowicz

Higher education is still far from borderless, argues Malcolm Gillies

Students could vastly improve their assignments, and marks, if they followed a few important rules. Tara Brabazon offers a 20-point checklist

Each week, Dr Margot Feelbetter poses a dilemma and offers advice for readers to respond to online. This week: Do blame yourself

John Hearn and Alan Robson urge universities to refocus on the reality of individual missions, not rankings' absurd lists

Politically driven plans to reduce access to UK higher education will seriously harm a £5bn-a-year success story, says Nicola Dandridge

Managerialist attacks on the humanities must be resisted if public thinkers are to flourish in our universities, Peter Geoghegan argues

Tim Birkhead ponders the optimal size and location of the conference venue

...is cheer and courtesy, says Sally Feldman, and we could do with a little here

Demand-led funding and growing state regulation may leave the Australian system with the worst of all worlds, says Steven Schwartz

Each week, Dr Margot Feelbetter poses a dilemma and offers advice for readers to respond to online. This week: Flatter to deceive? No thanks

They're everywhere now. John Warren recalls when it was a rare honour to receive the academy's highest accolade

William Evans is not convinced by the arguments put forward for charging higher tuition costs in the UK for students from abroad

Now is a fertile time to be conducting research among the proliferating forms of social media, writes Tara Brabazon

Each week, Dr Margot Feelbetter poses a dilemma and offers advice for readers to respond to online. This week: Manning up

Why did the sector capitulate so readily to coalition policies without considering long-term impact? asks John Coyne

Browne's consumer revolution will drive a wedge between scholars and students, with bleak consequences for all, argues David Beer

Philip G. Altbach and Wanhua Ma assess China's initiatives to persuade its academics working abroad to bring their expertise back

Kevin Fong ponders the pleasures and pains of science broadcasting

Mike Cole and Sara C. Motta defend the record of post-Chávez Venezuela, a country that offers a vision of genuine participatory democracy in stark contrast to the West’s cynical politics

Border Agency plans to exclude students on grounds of nationality are shameful, declares Geoffrey Alderman

A partnership model would cut management and make mission key again, say Rebecca Boden, Penelope Ciancanelli and Susan Wright

Routine work can open channels of creativity, inspiration and insight that theory cannot begin to offer, believes George Watson

The coalition's consensus policies manage to benefit no one, says Alan Ryan

Each week, Dr Margot Feelbetter poses a dilemma and offers advice for readers to respond to online. This week: Dangerous liaisons

Visual media educators have a great choice of technological wizardry they can employ to enhance their teaching, writes Tara Brabazon

Each week, Dr Margot Feelbetter poses a dilemma and offers advice for readers to respond to online. This week: Behind closed doors

Stephen Cowley and Susan Cooper hope employers do not see pension reform solely as a cost-cutting opportunity

The new funding regime may allow universities, led by a British 'Ivy League', to refocus on their missions, argues Peter Oppenheimer

Amid chill budgetary winds, institutions and students need clarity from the government about access and fees, Paul Marshall argues

This year looks to be one in which divisions in the sector widen, leaving no one representing the needs of the academy as a whole

Felipe Fernández-Armesto on the real punchline of his diplomatic incident

After 18, the government becomes very confused about education, says David Colquhoun

As its progenitors mature, popular culture is rising to the challenges of facing the inevitability of ageing, writes Tara Brabazon

Scotland must stand against tuition fees and preserve universal state-supported access to higher education or risk a return to Dickensian darkness, argues Kate Smith

In cricket, as in other fields, choosing sides matters, writes Richard Bosworth