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Churning out so many PhD graduates into a weak academic labour market and marginalising innovative doctorates is immoral, says Ianis Matsoukas

Netflix¡¯s university-set romcom is strangely silent about the ethics of college tutors sleeping with their students, says Robert Dingwall

Failure to explain how AI-aided academic writing is a form of plagiarism leaves graduate students horribly compromised, says E.M. Wolkovich

Excluding academia from the main discussions at recent national productivity summit is short-sighted and complacent, says Shamit Saggar

Asking undergraduates to submit pen-on-paper essays is a desperate and retrograde step that undermines assessment rather than safeguards it, says Dan Sarofian-Butin

Videos of glamorous scholars sipping coffee portray a lifestyle far removed from the toxic culture of overwork faced by academics, says Rituparna Patgiri

Broadening traditional conceptions of what it means to be ¡®smart¡¯ must now be part of HE¡¯s mission, say Adelaide University¡¯s David Lloyd and Peter H?j

If the UK has decided it can no longer afford the sub-Oxbridge university model, expectations need to be systematically lowered, says Robert Dingwall

Employers are confining many low-skilled roles to graduates. Why should they care that this requires recruits to take on huge debt, asks Paul Wiltshire

As an editor, I am receiving submissions from spurious authors consisting of previously published papers altered by AI. But why, asks Seongjin Hong

Professional figures should help teach graduates to engage respectfully with clients or colleagues who hold different views, says David Finn

Only one US university has so far announced an Indian outpost. That¡¯s because the process is still too onerous, says Richard Joseph

When big publishers buy smaller publishers, they also acquire their book lists ¨C but not always the relevant copyrights, says Harvey Graff

Universities must ensure students have a clear understanding that their degree is in their long-term interest, say Gemma Cadby and Shamit Saggar

I foresee that we will go back to the situation of 25 years ago, when only a small Chinese elite was able to study abroad, says Sabrina Wang

The recent Germany-UK Treaty provides a platform to build on existing links and boost success in the next Horizon Europe, say Chris Day and Michael Hoch

If the UK doesn¡¯t want skilled migrants any more, maybe my contributions would be better appreciated in the Global South, says Meron Wondemaghen

A systemic realignment is under way that, while painful, could lead to more efficient and adaptable provision, say Jonathan Barton and Mike Boxall

European universities¡¯ overcompliance with data protection rules is making social research increasingly difficult, say Carine Vassy and Robert Dingwall   

US administrators will destroy academic freedom if they cite it to maintain autonomy over admissions and hiring, says James F. O¡¯Brien

Let¡¯s focus concern about AI¡¯s energy and water use where it can make the biggest difference and demand accountability from developers, says Cal Innes

Sector lobbyists may be partly responsible for the Public Accounts Committee¡¯s over-emphasis on commercial outcomes, says B.V.E. Hyde  

Rather than spreading resources thinly, better to build two or three true educational hubs in key regions beyond the capital, says Theodore Jun Yoo

Peer networks give male students confidence and visibility. Female mentorship, affinity groups and curricular changes can help push back, says Ava Doherty

If we don¡¯t develop policies now, being deepfaked and doxed will become an ever-present risk, say Janine Arantes, Andrew Welsman and Bec Marland

Increased fees will be hard to swallow but we are working hard to reduce the regulatory burden, says Susan Lapworth

The Oxford-Cambridge Arc universities kept the faith, but the sector¡¯s current focus is inevitably on shorter-term priorities, says Alistair Lomax

As academics fear being replaced by AI, the security staff who wave them through every morning are being replaced by strangers, says George Bass 

Volume-driven publishing pushes up costs and threatens research integrity. We need new agreements with healthier incentives, says Anna Vernon

A significant budget boost, including for the ERC, MSCA and EIC, must not be undermined by the next two years of wrangling, says Jan Palmowski

The government¡¯s ?54 million scheme will bring top researchers¡¯ thinking to life, often spinning out into innovative new businesses, says Patrick Vallance

Avoiding official stances on contested issues clears the way for individuals to speak out ¨C including university leaders, says Abhishek Saha

The government¡¯s huge loan scheme for firms to collaborate with academia could be a game changer if the benefits are widely spread, says Eldho Mathews

New regulations are due to take force next month but leaders are not doing enough on prevention and response, say Graham Towl and Clarissa DiSantis

Cambridge and Manchester¡¯s blueprint will build on existing assets and address real constraints to deliver results quickly, say Deborah Prentice and Duncan Ivison

The alumni reunion events that I am launching as Cardiff chancellor will cement lifetime engagement and, hopefully, donations, says Laura Trevelyan

Facing a thesis whose bibliography alone was longer than any essay I¡¯d ever written, I was convinced that this time I¡¯d gone too far, says Polly Penter

Current enrolment rates are increasingly misaligned with NHS capacity for clinical placements, never mind graduate recruitment, says Ruth Pearce

Trump¡¯s assaults on science in the US present an opportunity that the university would be unwise to spurn, says chancellor candidate Gina Miller

Legally compliant councils and functioning audit committees don¡¯t entail social justice, intellectual dynamism or civic relevance, says Fulufhelo Nemavhola

South Korea hopes to enrol 300,000 international students by 2027, but more teaching in English could deepen domestic inequalities, says Kyuseok Kim 

Teaching assistants have demanded fair pay for years but industrial action has made little progress. AI offers a significant raise, notes Michael Buehler

Restrictions on what models will discuss are necessary, but ill-informed blocks distort inquiry, say Lorna Waddington and Richard de Blacquiere-Clarkson

Instead of treating certificates and diplomas as afterthoughts, most universities could offer and market them as stand-alone achievements, says Vivek Pundir

Even in the University of London¡¯s formal federation, differing ¡®coalitions of the willing¡¯ are formed in different operational areas, says David Latchman

Countering the US president¡¯s divisive misuse of genetics starts with asking the right research questions, says Mareile Kaufmann 

In recent decades, the post has been seen as purely ceremonial. But there is precedent and justification for a more interventionist role, says Wyn Evans 

The assassination of nuclear scientists has deepened the sense that scholars have become targets of geopolitical violence, says Roohola Ramezani

Universities in the Global North must treat those in the Global South as equals, sharing resources, leadership, authorship and IP, says Manuel Barcia

Western countries should reflect on whether their approach is privileging certain forms of knowledge, language and mobility, says Cheryl Yu

Our paper was rejected on the basis of reviewer comments that were vague, formulaic, often irrelevant and occasionally inaccurate, says Seongjin Hong

Medical schools in high-income countries should expand training capacity, foster global collaborations and promote ethical practices, says Danica Sims

My trip to Kyiv revealed the unstoppable spirit of Ukrainian education even as Russia¡¯s bombs continue to rain down, says Charles Cormack

The beefed up document could temper the influence of anti-rational ideologies and restore public trust in academia, say Ian Pace and Abhishek Saha

The tasks that can be automated or augmented are some of those that university staff undertake day in and day out, says Alexander Iosad

Overseas students need skills and knowledge tailored to their national contexts, say Wei Li, Rachael Hains-Wesson, Kaiying Ji and Yinfeng Shen

The new Adelaide University will combine goal-oriented basic and applied research in search of greater impact, say Peter H?j and David Lloyd

It may be difficult to enter on to a balance sheet but some weaker institutions may struggle to recover from reputational damage, says Nick Megoran

Weeding allows collections to evolve with academia ¨C but redistributing books to other libraries could help equalise knowledge access, says Natalie Pang

To equip graduates for a changing world, education must value both technical knowledge and soft skills, argues Shannon Kobran