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Employers, government and higher education must work together to provide lifelong learning opportunities needed for a modern labour force, argues Stephen Somerville 

Such events could help close the networking gap between African scholars and global research communities, says Fife Ogunde

Our Impact Rankings are global proof positive that universities do a power of good, writes Phil Baty

Investigation launched following Dominic Shellard¡¯s departure highlights a disturbing example of how things can go wrong, says John Coyne

PhD students shouldn¡¯t wait to establish credibility in their field before they start reaping the benefits of public engagement with their research, says Andy Miah

Quality versus quantity is key in discussing HE expansion, but if Britain wants to succeed on a growing global stage we will need more, not less, HE

Facilitated meetings can encourage early admissions of guilt from perpetrators and provide recognition of victims¡¯ experiences, says Clare McGlynn

Decades of investment in US collegiate athletic programmes have built global talent incubators for women¡¯s football, says Sara Custer

Human beings can only work at full capacity for so long before they become incapable of doing any work at all, says an anonymous university employee

Giving short online talks for a general audience offers benefits for individuals, subjects and the entire profession, says Kristen Sadler

Recent confusion over The Lancet¡¯s stance on green open access highlights the difficulty for support staff in preparing researchers for the new rules, says Alice Gibson

Review chair¡¯s comments on ¡®discretionary¡¯ funding raise disturbing questions, say Mark E. Smith, Sarah Randall-Paley and Andrew McConnell

We must create spaces, resources and communities where individuals and groups can achieve optimal health through everyday activities, says Alan Cromlish

Branch campuses and joint degree programmes give students and staff unique opportunities that they wouldn¡¯t otherwise have, says Vincenzo Raimo

Horizon Europe planners must remember that research into ethics and societal needs will only be effective if Europe has world-leading technological capacity, writes Jan Palmowski 

David Matthews asks if elevating individuals to near-deity status undermines modern science¡¯s purpose of deposing authority figures such as priests and popes

New measures are helping us to better understand the experiences of students studying abroad and expand our global view, Duncan Ross writes

We¡¯ve added bold metrics, improved methodology and widened our coverage, Phil Baty writes

Starting again from scratch every October causes no end of stress, mix-ups and wasted time, says one hourly paid lecturer

Supplementing SAT scores with an ¡®environmental context dashboard¡¯ will not overcome the influence of non-academic factors, says Jessica Welburn Paige

French universities must adapt teaching strategy to ensure future success, says Marie-C¨¦line Daniel

Newly arrived undergraduates are typically too immature to be trusted with the conduct of their own lives, says Felipe Fern¨¢ndez-Armesto 

Alfonso S¨¢nchez-Tabernero describes initiatives helping students to reach their potential

Higher education leaders and scientists from around the world identify ways to make it easier for women to succeed in scientific fields 

And tips on what to do in each from Alfredo Cumerma

Crowdsourcing a new configuration for the University of South Australia boosted brainpower and perhaps even institutional loyalty, says David Lloyd

Online tools can enable large-scale mentoring, identify where students might struggle and support collaborative work that gives useful practical experience, says Dil Sidhu

Budget restrictions, a focus on teaching and a paucity of internationalisation all hold back Turkish research, says Hakan Ergin

Recent ASA rulings show that students are still potentially being misled, says John Bradley

Means-tested fees discounts would remove the rationale for fruitless widening participation efforts, argues Norman Gowar

Focusing on the ¡°why¡± instead of the ¡°how¡± of experiments can make you a more flexible and efficient scientist, says Daniel Bojar 

Universities¡¯ income, collaborations and reputation will all suffer if the country doesn¡¯t re-engage with expertise before it is too late, says Gavin Esler

Not all pupils see a clear path after leaving school. More must be done to light the way for students from non-traditional backgrounds in both HE and FE

England¡¯s new Disabled Students Commission will help eliminate the institutional missteps that can still blight disabled students¡¯ experiences, says Chris Skidmore

With such wide disagreements in grading, the research excellence framework¡¯s gravity for careers is unjustifiable, says Philip Moriarty

°Õ±á·¡¡¯s editor John Gill discusses the challenges of attracting academic talent with university HR directors and recruitment specialists

Corruption, poverty and inequality can¡¯t be tackled by weakening the state and driving academics abroad, says Mark Aspinwall

To stay relevant, universities must collaborate, invest in work-integrated learning and rediscover their community-building role, says Paul Wellings

Augar¡¯s failure to grasp the differential effect of government policy on different kinds of universities is his report¡¯s Achilles heel, says Greg Walker

Designing a new university is complicated and one model does not fit all. Alain Fuchs offers a 10-point brief of factors to consider in every case

The Augar review should prompt the creation of a network of secular synagogues devoted to adult peer learning, says Tom Schuller

Refusal to accept barriers, whether funding cuts or Brexit, has driven innovation at the University of Warwick since its birth, writes Stuart Croft

The qualification is a valuable tool to recruit students to at-risk programmes that meet projected skills gaps, says the QAA¡¯s Julie Mizon

The New Education Policy breaks with India¡¯s post-independence preference for vocational avenues of upward mobility, says Saikat Majumdar

More investment in gaining skills like critical thinking and problem solving would help the country combat social inequalities, says Sarah O¡¯Sullivan 

To meet the country¡¯s ambitious student recruitment targets, UK institutions should make better use of data showing the return on investment of their degrees, writes Louise Nicol 

Large-scale, transdisciplinary networks of universities represent the next phase of internationalisation, says Patrick Prendergast 

It is not enough for UK universities with charitable status merely to conduct teaching and research, say Nicola Dandridge and Helen Stephenson

As we face a climate emergency, universities must undergo radical change to lead the way in tackling the crisis, Paul Chatterton writes

The Advertising Standards Authority is wrong to permit to any provider of training to graduates to declare itself a ¡°graduate school¡±, says Viv Ellis

In a perilous time of populist attacks and constant value critiques, universities should focus on rebuilding trust in their local communities

Promotion criteria requiring top researchers to also be good teachers and managers undermine the nature of universities, says Andrew Oswald

Disengaging from ¡®whiteness¡¯ is not alienating: it is an opportunity to reflect on why we are in academia in the first place, says William Barylo

The region has had a tumultuous year, yet there is unmistakable progress to extol, says Phil Baty

David Garza-Salazar explains why transforming the traditional education model will prepare students for real-world problems today and tomorrow

The region as a whole needs to reform its university sector to better serve its citizens, and that requires collaboration, argues Efra¨ªn Gonzales de Olarte

Despite concerns in some quarters of Brazil, for-profit universities are thriving, helping to expand the country¡¯s sector, says Dante Salto

Asking for higher contributions is painful but unavoidable in such uncertain times, says USS chair Sir David Eastwood

Frank Larkins calls for more transparency in how the Excellence in Research Australia exercise uses global benchmarks to measure improvements in science and humanities research

Raising UK outlay to international levels will reap rich technological, social and political rewards for the next Conservative Party leader, says Sarah Main