Opinion

With such wide disagreements in grading, the research excellence framework’s gravity for careers is unjustifiable, says Philip Moriarty

THE’s editor John Gill discusses the challenges of attracting academic talent with university HR directors and recruitment specialists

Corruption, poverty and inequality can’t be tackled by weakening the state and driving academics abroad, says Mark Aspinwall

To stay relevant, universities must collaborate, invest in work-integrated learning and rediscover their community-building role, says Paul Wellings

Augar’s failure to grasp the differential effect of government policy on different kinds of universities is his report’s Achilles heel, says Greg Walker

Designing a new university is complicated and one model does not fit all. Alain Fuchs offers a 10-point brief of factors to consider in every case

The Augar review should prompt the creation of a network of secular synagogues devoted to adult peer learning, says Tom Schuller

Refusal to accept barriers, whether funding cuts or Brexit, has driven innovation at the University of Warwick since its birth, writes Stuart Croft

The qualification is a valuable tool to recruit students to at-risk programmes that meet projected skills gaps, says the QAA’s Julie Mizon

The New Education Policy breaks with India’s post-independence preference for vocational avenues of upward mobility, says Saikat Majumdar

More investment in gaining skills like critical thinking and problem solving would help the country combat social inequalities, says Sarah O’Sullivan 

To meet the country’s ambitious student recruitment targets, UK institutions should make better use of data showing the return on investment of their degrees, writes Louise Nicol 

Large-scale, transdisciplinary networks of universities represent the next phase of internationalisation, says Patrick Prendergast 

It is not enough for UK universities with charitable status merely to conduct teaching and research, say Nicola Dandridge and Helen Stephenson

As we face a climate emergency, universities must undergo radical change to lead the way in tackling the crisis, Paul Chatterton writes

The Advertising Standards Authority is wrong to permit to any provider of training to graduates to declare itself a “graduate school”, says Viv Ellis

In a perilous time of populist attacks and constant value critiques, universities should focus on rebuilding trust in their local communities

Promotion criteria requiring top researchers to also be good teachers and managers undermine the nature of universities, says Andrew Oswald

Disengaging from ‘whiteness’ is not alienating: it is an opportunity to reflect on why we are in academia in the first place, says William Barylo

The region has had a tumultuous year, yet there is unmistakable progress to extol, says Phil Baty

David Garza-Salazar explains why transforming the traditional education model will prepare students for real-world problems today and tomorrow

The region as a whole needs to reform its university sector to better serve its citizens, and that requires collaboration, argues Efraín Gonzales de Olarte

Despite concerns in some quarters of Brazil, for-profit universities are thriving, helping to expand the country’s sector, says Dante Salto

Asking for higher contributions is painful but unavoidable in such uncertain times, says USS chair Sir David Eastwood

Frank Larkins calls for more transparency in how the Excellence in Research Australia exercise uses global benchmarks to measure improvements in science and humanities research

Raising UK outlay to international levels will reap rich technological, social and political rewards for the next Conservative Party leader, says Sarah Main 

Immersing students in an entrepreneurial and innovative environment will allow them to thrive in an AI world, says Sethuraman Panchanathan

The University of Macau’s strategy is infused with the culture of its Sino-Western home city and the ambitions of the Greater Bay Area, says its president

Teaching and learning scholars from the around globe give their opinion on the future of the traditional lecture

All campus life is here

There is nothing devilish about government oversight of research, but the Haldane Principle checks more sulphurous instincts, says Paul Jump

Gradual changes to lifestyles will not save the planet. Universities need to go beyond Cambridge's recent lead and think bigger, says Peter Harper

Whatever the romance, students and academics will not flock to a remote part of north-east India, says Pushkar

Building education ties along the New Silk Road will strengthen the influence of Chinese higher education, says Futao Huang

Higher education is often cast as politically insignificant, but look closer and it is frequently a chip in the highest-stakes game around

The controversy over a Harvard dean’s defence of Harvey Weinstein is no reason to disregard the core academic mission, says Sandro Galea 

The unaffordability of two rents severely restricts the study options of care leavers and estranged students, says Roy Celaire 

Reviving maintenance grants will redirect taxpayers’ money to those who don’t need it. Better to spend it on lifelong learning, says Ryan Shorthouse

Use of of group-level indicators to identify disadvantage will limit the impact of Oxford’s embrace of contextual admissions, says James Robson

The UK’s TEF experience should be a warning to Australia’s re-elected government not to settle for empty accountability, says William Locke 

The panel have skilfully avoided some potential elephant traps and have come up with a sensible and wide-ranging view that deserves political attention – even if it doesn’t get it, says Nick Hillman

Consumerism, technology and the culture wars threaten to render critical thinking an unwanted skill, worries Victor Ferrall

Transparency, plentiful leadership opportunities and the need for self-motivation all benefit blue-collar scholars, says Thomas Anker

Survival depends on institutional buy-in to a fundamental questioning of operating models and cost structures, says Angus Laing

The adoption of an Athena SWAN-style initiative is undermined by a failure to meaningfully consult Indigenous Peoples, say Karen Lawford and Jamie Lundine

Singapore’s online falsehoods act will target false statements, not opinions based on academic data and research, says the country’s minister for education

When it comes to leveraging AI technology in education, UK higher education is a late adopter, says John MacIntyre

The flexible and intersectional education format would better prepare 21st-century students than a single course of study, argues William G. Durden 

All campus life is here

Disillusionment with the dramatically changed academic landscape has spawned a new literary genre – along with a host of problems for those struggling to adapt

Colleagues’ failure to fully grasp the more hostile lived reality for EU nationals post-referendum is furthering alienation, says Jawiria Naseem

Artificial intelligence may be threatening employment but it could also be key to helping humans find alternative jobs, argues Shigeru Miyagawa 

Novel applications of technology, improving processes and starting businesses will help tackle the world’s greatest health challenges, say Julie Devonshire and Anjali Sastry

Efforts to accrue more overseas fees could be vetoed by the Home Office and will do little to make UK students more culturally savvy, warns Peter Brady 

The commission will put a value on a college education, moving the country into a two-tiered system, argues Nicholas Tampio 

Pressure from employers and peers to get higher degrees can leave students with more debt but no better jobs, says Robert Hesketh 

A new business model is needed if textbook publishers want to win back their student clients, says Matthew Jones

The purpose of higher education goes beyond just giving students economically valuable skills. It’s time universities challenge the employability narrative, says Audrey Songhurst 

For a few ‘super universities’, the amplifying effect of their brand turns independent incidents into powerful patterns in the public mind

Successful publish-or-perish operators should look in the mirror before writing their next diatribe about marketisation, says Mike Marinetto