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Ryan Shorthouse argues that institutions should play a greater role in financing undergraduate students

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I’ve had it with university enterprise: beam me up, Scotty, says Christopher Bigsby

Emma Rees on the self-absorbed musings of Adrian Mole, the much-loved creation of the late Sue Townsend

Academics have internalised research assessment to such a degree that the effects may be irreversible, fears Thomas Harrison

Review of the demand-led system right to address the “sameness” that bedevils Australian higher education, argues Warren Bebbington

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If faith in the comparability of standards is not maintained across UK higher education, the system will be devalued

US institutions, students and athletes must strike the right arrangements to stay afloat, says Alan Ryan

The performance of the domestic press has fallen short of expectations, says Hong Bing

Universities can improve their procedures by studying themselves instead of others, says Stephen Yorkstone

The academy’s greatest gift is in cultivating a critical citizenry who cannot be treated as fools, argues the former Archbishop of Canterbury

It’s misguided to think the tactic used in 2006 will succeed in today’s altered environment, says Paul Curran

Years after Thatcher, says Simon Marginson, commerce is marginal to the sector. True competition would destroy its essence

Vice-chancellors and those who select them might learn from the successes – and notable failures – of politics

A course from the UK can’t simply be transplanted overseas even if the language used is the same, says Rebecca Hughes

The minister hopes to sink his teeth into higher education but his political stock is falling, argues Christopher Prendergast

Ferdinand von Prondzynski ponders possible outcomes should Scotland opt for independence

Felipe Fernández-Armesto bristles at the stifling effect of peer review

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Libya’s education system requires reform, but effective change can come incrementally, says Darren L. Linvill

Malcolm Gillies celebrates a watershed moment on the long road to equality

Many lecturers will not even consider the ‘nuclear option’ of boycotting marking in the pay dispute, says Bill Ashraf

As vice-chancellors’ salaries creep up, do university heads risk the same fate as bankers in the court of public opinion?

Good communication is vital when dealing with allegations of harassment, says Luke Brunning

Universities won’t be sustainable or fulfil their missions if they manage academics using research metrics alone, says a senior manager

If Labour does adopt a graduate tax policy it will be making a grave mistake, says Emran Mian

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Hiranya Peiris rebuts the Daily Mail’s impoverished worldview of scientists

Johnny Rich on a simple change that could erase student debt, fund universities and boost employability - without costing taxpayers more

How do you prepare students for the impossible? asks Kevin Fong

An inspirational supervisor can nurture a career, while a poor one slows its growth. Either way, mentors have a lasting impact

South Africa’s energy is built on frustration, anger, fear and cheerful fatalism, finds Robert Appelbaum

By joining forces, scientists and politicians can pack a policy punch, argues Keith Humphreys

A shrinking unit of resource will make it harder for institutions to turn around perceptions of ‘value for money’

There’s an abundance of serious material outside the academy so why not use it, says Karen Harris

Nathaniel Adam Tobias Coleman on the subject’s colour line

Ice cores from 11,700 years ago aid the climate change debate, but the recent past has its own share of lessons, says Howard P. Segal

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Its study is not frivolous, and it deserves academic recognition, says Sally Feldman

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