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£6K tuition fees was the wrong idea at the wrong time. The party has to tailor its next plans for higher education to the wider climate, argues Andy Westwood

Diana Beech explains why her choice at the ballot box was an act of defiance against other academics

Insecure employment takes a toll on individuals, but its effects may also cut to the very core of universities and their missions

Paul Webley calls on the academy to follow the institution’s lead and divest from fossil fuels

Is updating children’s literature censorship or sensible? asks Sally Feldman

How one academic stood up for fact in an error-strewn world

Juan Manuel Mora on what makes a university’s reputation

Mortuary science finds the dead in good spirit, discovers Christopher Bigsby

Scholars imagine a government formed of academics

How will universities fare during the Tories’ defining second term – during which ‘Cameronism’ may, at last, fully reveal itself?

Academics need to stand up for Europe and celebrate all the positives in higher education cooperation, argues Anne Corbett

Moocs and student choice are welcome, but traditional courses offer proven pathways to the summit of knowledge, argues Alan Ruby

David Bell has some words of wisdom for Jo Johnson, the new minister for universities and science, as an ‘eventful’ five years loom

When his university found evidence of a £2,000 gender pay gap, it knew what was the right thing to do - and it did it, says David Wilkinson

Support for living costs is vital to participation, but grants that help to provide it are under threat, say Nick Hillman and Nicholas Robinson

The desire to have and to flaunt academic credentials can lead to questionable behaviour from individuals and universities both, says Brian Bloch

Laurie Taylor's weekly bulletin from the University of Poppleton

Change happens only when people genuinely participate – but is the enthusiasm there for a structural shift in education?

Universities are losing control of what they teach, warns John Cookson

Alan Ryan muses on ironies and idiosyncrasies in higher education

University is pairing with edX in a move that has been described as ‘good for nobody’

The misapplication of private sector HR techniques harms individuals without raising performance, says Rob Briner

An academy built on low-wage, part-time staff will be a deficient and unworthy one, argues Deborah Rogers

Laurie Taylor's weekly bulletin from the University of Poppleton

In this general election, visiting the polling station seems more pointless than ever, says Felipe Fernández-Armesto

Which party scores highest for one policy nerd?

Whatever the outcome of the election, strong financial leadership will be key both to the country and our universities

The Education-USA initiative to attract overseas students is a wake-up call for the UK, argues Chris Cobb

Carol Hay and John Kaag make one final heroic push in the final straight of the academic year

A tale of quiet devotion to scholarship seems all the more poignant given the relentless nature of today’s academy, says Rachel Carey

Hong Bing examines plans for a Great Leap Forward in the sport

As part of its #GenerationVote campaign, the National Union of Students asked Tory, Green, Lib Dem and Labour candidates about higher education policies

What would politicians do for higher education in the next government? To find out, our panel gave them a grilling

Danny Dorling looks at what the party’s promises would mean for higher education

Daniel K. Sokol on student complaints, illness and the limits of scholars’ expertise

Benjamin Poore calls on universities to reject plans likely to make hourly paid lecturers’ lot poorer and more precarious

Extravagant claims for the right of scholars to say almost anything endanger support for the principle, says Martyn Hammersley

An academic is puzzled over a string of ‘surreal’ emails from journals

People are right to believe that revealing mental health problems at work will do more harm than good, says an academic living with depression

A private place to work is much more than just an office, says Shahidha Bari

‘Academic citizenship’ is the key to moving up the career ladder, argues Richard J. Williams

As the statue of Cecil Rhodes is removed from the University of Cape Town, South Africa’s academy still needs monumental change, says Martin Hall

Confronting students with facts that they might not be aware of or comfortable with can have surprising results, says Robert Lee Maril

Research reveals that sabbaticals boost productivity – but be sure not to take work phone calls or check the email

The uncapping of student numbers may not result in a surge across the sector - but things are changing all the same

Context and motive are key to concerns about limits on freedom within and without the academy

Students need to understand assessment criteria in order to spot weaknesses in their own work, says David Carless

Practitioners of the genre are undervalued in the selfie era, argues Sally Feldman

Alan Ruby wishes students would use their economic clout in a more politically and morally meaningful way than purchasing organic burritos

Scientific publishing has a noble history of tolerating tiny profits. We need a bit more of that spirit today, suggests Aileen Fyfe