University educators may not fully understand generative AI or its long-term impact on society, but they must seek to integrate the technology into degree courses, says Stephanie Marshall
Litigation over lockdown-affected degrees has highlighted how unfair contracts favouring universities offer scant consumer protection to students, say David Palfreyman and Dennis Farrington
Those with passionate convictions must be willing to concede their arguments may be flawed or even wrong if useful debate is to happen on campus, says UCL president Michael Spence
Limits on free speech, funding cuts and political appointments at public universities risk squandering a golden opportunity to create a thriving higher education system, says Saikat Majumdar
From Coldplay to Queen, the world’s biggest bands often meet as students – yet universities are seldom mentioned in song. Jeremy Clay ponders why and unearths some lost exemplars – including a long-lost Dutch psychedelic paean to the University of Leicester
Transferable allowances could bring students clarity and flexibility as they become ‘customers who can make demands’, but some worry about workability and vesting unprecedented powers in landlord-presidents
Various methods exist to help students decide which courses will pay off, but all should be taken with a grain of salt, say David Levy and Harvey Graff
Investing in structures and processes that allow students and staff to develop their own relationships is the best way to avoid woolly diversity work, conference hears
Researchers recommend training after survey also finds that while four in 10 respondents are uncomfortable about staff getting drunk with students, three in 10 don’t mind
The Nottingham Trent vice-chancellor discusses using data to support students, avoiding strike action and why diversity conversations are too focused on Oxbridge