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The University of Macau¡¯s strategy is infused with the culture of its Sino-Western home city and the ambitions of the Greater Bay Area, says its president

Teaching and learning scholars from the around globe give their opinion on the future of the traditional lecture

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There is nothing devilish about government oversight of research, but the Haldane Principle checks more sulphurous instincts, says Paul Jump

Gradual changes to lifestyles will not save the planet. Universities need to go beyond Cambridge's recent lead and think bigger, says Peter Harper

Whatever the romance, students and academics will not flock to a remote part of north-east India, says Pushkar

Building education ties along the New Silk Road will strengthen the influence of Chinese higher education, says Futao Huang

Higher education is often cast as politically insignificant, but look closer and it is frequently a chip in the highest-stakes game around

The controversy over a Harvard dean¡¯s defence of Harvey Weinstein is no reason to disregard the core academic mission, says Sandro Galea 

The unaffordability of two rents severely restricts the study options of care leavers and estranged students, says Roy Celaire 

Reviving maintenance grants will redirect taxpayers¡¯ money to those who don¡¯t need it. Better to spend it on lifelong learning, says Ryan Shorthouse

Use of of group-level indicators to identify disadvantage will limit the impact of Oxford¡¯s embrace of contextual admissions, says James Robson

The UK¡¯s TEF experience should be a warning to Australia¡¯s re-elected government not to settle for empty accountability, says William Locke 

The panel have skilfully avoided some potential elephant traps and have come up with a sensible and wide-ranging view that deserves political attention ¨C even if it doesn¡¯t get it, says Nick Hillman

Consumerism, technology and the culture wars threaten to render critical thinking an unwanted skill, worries Victor Ferrall

Transparency, plentiful leadership opportunities and the need for self-motivation all benefit blue-collar scholars, says Thomas Anker

Survival depends on institutional buy-in to a fundamental questioning of operating models and cost structures, says Angus Laing

The adoption of an Athena SWAN-style initiative is undermined by a failure to meaningfully consult Indigenous Peoples, say Karen Lawford and Jamie Lundine

Singapore¡¯s online falsehoods act will target false statements, not opinions based on academic data and research, says the country¡¯s minister for education

When it comes to leveraging AI technology in education, UK higher education is a late adopter, says John MacIntyre

The flexible and intersectional education format would better prepare 21st-century students than a single course of study, argues William G. Durden 

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Disillusionment with the dramatically changed academic landscape has spawned a new literary genre ¨C along with a host of problems for those struggling to adapt

Colleagues¡¯ failure to fully grasp the more hostile lived reality for EU nationals post-referendum is furthering alienation, says Jawiria Naseem

Artificial intelligence may be threatening employment but it could also be key to helping humans find alternative jobs, argues Shigeru Miyagawa 

Novel applications of technology, improving processes and starting businesses will help tackle the world¡¯s greatest health challenges, say Julie Devonshire and Anjali Sastry

Efforts to accrue more overseas fees could be vetoed by the É«ºÐÖ±²¥ Office and will do little to make UK students more culturally savvy, warns Peter Brady 

The commission will put a value on a college education, moving the country into a two-tiered system, argues Nicholas Tampio 

Pressure from employers and peers to get higher degrees can leave students with more debt but no better jobs, says Robert Hesketh 

A new business model is needed if textbook publishers want to win back their student clients, says Matthew Jones

The purpose of higher education goes beyond just giving students economically valuable skills. It¡¯s time universities challenge the employability narrative, says Audrey Songhurst 

For a few ¡®super universities¡¯, the amplifying effect of their brand turns independent incidents into powerful patterns in the public mind

Successful publish-or-perish operators should look in the mirror before writing their next diatribe about marketisation, says Mike Marinetto

Stanford University¡¯s insistence that its press break even is another bleak milestone in corporatisation, says David Palumbo-Liu

A review following the latest iteration of the PBRF could lead to radical changes that undermine the gains made, warns Roger Smyth

Falling UK graduate wages reflect not too many students but a flexible labour market¡¯s post-crash adjustment, argues David Willetts

The sector needs to share its successes and its failures to make progress, says Janet Beer 

And opens up scholarly discourse to political tampering, says Linda Lim

Programmes that establish solid working relationships between students can help avoid their studying in isolation, argue Gareth Hughes, Brian Clegg, Dave Jarman and Philip Langton 

In a managerial era, universities are challenging the traditional idea that only individuals need protecting, say Otto H¨¹ther and Georg Kr¨¹cken

The unfettered pursuit of knowledge is every university¡¯s core value ¨C even if management doesn¡¯t always see it that way, says Dennis Hayes

Better outreach and greater involvement in exam boards could raise expectations and standards for disadvantaged would-be students, says Martin Stephen

System expansion is not enough. Admission to higher-tariff institutions must somehow be opened up, says Paul Jump

A small but engaged audience for his reminiscences convinced John Brinnamoor that the future is in safe hands

Explicit or not, misogyny is commonplace in academia, write Charmaine Willis and Nakissa Jahanbani, who offer advice on how men can become women¡¯s allies

The president emeritus of Nanyang Technological University says be prepared to answer endless questions and learn to control your ego

What¡¯s a progressive academic to do when standing up for non-Western values is at odds with their ideals, asks Constantine Sandis 

Proposals for delayed report have to be judged in the round ¨C including implications for those who don¡¯t go to university, says David Robinson

Elsevier¡¯s open access deal with Norwegian universities is the latest evidence of a shifting balance of power, says Jeffrey MacKie-Mason

The Asian University for Women and its students focus on leadership and social justice, aiming to create the conditions for change, says Nirmala Rao

CityU wants researchers, teachers and students across the region to cooperate and grow in ways that help to advance knowledge, says Way Kuo

The country¡¯s recent judge-led review is another instance of the global misperception of institutional censorship, say Ian Jacobs and Susan Dodds

Publishers¡¯ terror of libel law and focus on their profit margins have made them excessively risk-averse, says Stuart Macdonald

When credible concerns emerge about research validity, universities and journals must move quickly, writes John Ross

The US admissions scandal notwithstanding, Australian university history reveals a variety of approaches to allocating university places, say Gwilym Croucher, James Waghorne and Hamza Bin Jehangir

The keys to success include aligning it with academic missions and having an institution-wide approach, say Anna-Malin Sandstr?m and Ross Hudson 

How will England¡¯s post-18 education review approach the issues surrounding maintenance loans and university accommodation costs? Jon Wakeford considers the options

Perspectives on the state of English studies around the world reveal how disciplines are vulnerable to changes in society, policy and technology

A spell of globetrotting shows that no matter their location, universities, and those they serve, face challenges that cannot be tackled alone