Forced marriage A state-imposed merger of three Welsh institutions threatens self-government in the sector, Barbara Wilding warns 8 November
Strategy for American humanities: blow them up and start again A declining, out-of-touch discipline and its vocational counterpart must merge to offer a thriving third way, argues Toby Miller 8 November
It's all in the balance The growing middle classes will place huge demands on resources; universities have a pivotal role to play in the solution, says David King 8 November
Not on their lives Obamacare is undemocratic; we will resist, vows Felipe Fernández-Armesto 8 November
Leader: Universal lesson to be learned In the high fees era, debates about teaching qualifications will be just as pointed in the lecture hall as in the classroom By John Gill 1 November
How publishers feather their nests on open access to public money Not a peep from Finch as scholarly journal firms fly off to tax havens and grow ever more profitable. Simon Lilley does the sorry sums 1 November
Open to question OERs are touted as the answer to all manner of global ills, but much work is needed before they fulfil the promise, writes Jeremy Knox 1 November
Suitable address Casual wear is not inimical to seriousness, Sue Norton says, but formal titles do have their pedagogical merits 1 November
Twists, turns and tributes The fate of best-laid plans: Ivor Gaber on high fees, elite casualties and the integrity of a sorely missed journalist 25 October
Leader: A cloud of uncertainty over ABB With so little hard data about, the decision on taking more places out of the numbers cap is tough. It might all come down to cost By John Gill 25 October
Fearless symmetries Sciences and the arts are re-entering each other’s orbits in a burst of boundary-blurring creativity, Arthur I. Miller observes 25 October
Reports of the West's demise and East's rise are greatly exaggerated The THE World University Rankings do not signal a power shift, but rather show just how far Asia still has to go, Michael Cox argues 25 October
Conduct: becoming As a long career closes, Steven Schwartz is eager to discover what lies ahead 25 October
Quantitative easing The UK's data-skills gap must be filled for the good of the social sciences and society at large, argues Ian Diamond 18 October
Pack a moral compass when branching out or risk losing your way Bruce Macfarlane asks UK universities involved in the overseas gold rush: what price profit if you abandon your values? 18 October
A necessary monster As long as Ian Brady lives, he serves a useful function for society, argues Lisa Downing - as a convenient cultural repository for evil 18 October
Leader: Unknown half-life of fees fallout With the first cohort of ?9K students settling in, there is still no clear idea about how cost is affecting numbers and teaching By John Gill 18 October
Hands and minds First-rate vocational training is more essential than ever, says Sally Feldman 18 October
A right royal rumpus A visit by the Queen to Stirling four decades ago this week resulted in a fiasco that humiliated an administration, Richard Evans recalls 11 October
Rights and proper debate Geraldine Van Bueren urges the British Academy to extend the discussion about the pros and cons of a UK Bill of Rights 11 October
Body poles apart, for it maps the icy contours of science and politics The British Antarctic Survey serves two masters and may need independent funding to meet its mission, suggests Klaus Dodds 11 October
Leader: REF must ensure fair play for all The focus on world-leading work could turn a generation of unsubmitted researchers into second-class citizens By John Gill 11 October
You look foreign: bring your passport, it's what the UKBA would want Overreaction to the London Met case has exacerbated institutional racial harassment, Scott Poynting and Ann Singleton argue 4 October
Out for the count Scrapping the UK census would damage social science and weaken the evidence base for state funding decisions, warns Andrew Miller 4 October
Get paid to ask for money Educational fundraising is a young profession that needs to be better defined to attract candidates, says Shirley Pearce 4 October
Leader: Things can only get worse Budget forecasts suggest that higher education is still at risk from a government needing to find further savings By John Gill 27 September
Synonym and antonym Freedom and Liberty are not the same, finds Felipe Fernández-Armesto 27 September
?lan victual University food is not what it used to be, laments John Gilbey, but perhaps it is not too late to make it glorious once again 27 September
Promises, promises Clegg voiced doubts about scrapping tuition fees before the election but failed to sway party activists, says Philip Cowley 27 September
Low on big ideas and rhetoric, Labour must tackle class inequality As the party's conference looms, Mary Evans asserts that keeping its earlier pledges on education would help to combat societal divisions 27 September
No relief, no facilities If universities aren't spared the local council levy on new development, their communities will suffer, warns John Cater 20 September
If there's no spectrum of colours, is the result white noise? As party conference season begins, Adam Corner asks what it means for a discipline if its practitioners are overwhelmingly left wing 20 September
A tragic chorus Joining Greek colleagues in Athens in a forlorn protest against cuts to the academy prompts Dennis Smith to wonder who may be next 20 September
Leader: No one is escaping the mire With student admissions down 54,000 on last year, even elite institutions are facing severe financial hardship By John Gill 20 September
Speed trap sprung Susan Bassnett says that many play fast and loose with foreign students 20 September
Median holds the message Aspiring journalists must learn to ask probing questions of digital data as well as people, recommends Louise Byrne 13 September
The 'gold standard' of Grayling is not struck from an Oxbridge mint New College of the Humanities' pedagogic model has only a passing resemblance to the ancient universities' teaching, argues Julia Horn 13 September
