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Higher education can play a lead role in mending past injustices in innovative and sustainable ways, says Joanna Newman 

Universities have told the BBC that all is well as far as free speech is concerned. Then again, they would say that, wouldn¡¯t they? argue Dennis Hayes and Bryn Harris 

An artificial winning mindset has permeated UK higher education, says Peter Larcombe 

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UK higher education invites trouble if it conveys an impression that students and staff matter only in transactional terms and that diversity is not valued

Vishal Vora won compensation from Soas over a claim for poor support in his doctoral studies. He explains the steps others can take if they have a similar complaint

Degrees focused on specific careers need be no less rigorous or innovative than other graduate qualifications, say Sandro Galea and Lisa Sullivan

Early career academics on temporary contracts must put aside personal hopes of a better future and unite to improve their current lot, says Steven Parfitt

Increasing the amount of money employers are expected to pay in to the Teachers Pension Scheme will harm the social mobility missions of post-92 institutions, says Greg Walker 

¡®Sorry, you need some REF publications¡¯ is becoming commonplace in rejection letters, says Robert Hesketh

The UCU is in a unique position of strength and reflection ¨C the low turnout for the pay dispute ballot doesn't change that, says Michael Carley 

While universities install strict plagiarism rules for students, more measures should be in place to fight plagiarism among academics, argues Ken Masters 

At a time of heightened tensions on campuses in the US, now is the time to increase protection of academic freedom, says Rob Quinn

On the eve of Open Access Week, Bill Hubbard argues that we must not forget university repositories as the bedrock of open research

The ¡®canon¡¯ of political thought is a myth and we owe it to our students to let them choose which theorists they engage with, says Gemma Bird

Universities owe it to students to create a transparent and fair higher education funding model, argues Anthony Forster

What constitutes truly excellent teaching, and its oft-neglected relationship with research, are among the most urgent concerns in higher education

John Raftery reflects on the measures he took to pull London Metropolitan University out of crisis

Justifications of suicide may risk promoting it, but censoring one side of an ancient argument would shortchange students, says David Baumeister

The withdrawal of funding for Ontario¡¯s basic income pilot highlights the perils of working on politically funded research, says Evelyn Forget

The relaxation of the research excellence framework¡¯s submission rules could see research-intensive universities clustered on near-maximum scores, warms Dominic Dean

Seeking a greater share of imagined profits from commercialisation would undermine technology transfer, says David Secher

On the International Day of Action Against Contract Cheating, Chris Husbands urges more university leaders to lobby the government to put an end to the pervasive practice

Being forced to do more with increasingly scarcer resources actually has been beneficial to universities, says Thomas Estermann 

Universities must do more to counter Euro-white supremacy in their own operations if they are going to effectively support decolonisation of disciplines, argues Heather McLean

A number of competing priorities are on the table as European lawmakers decide on the next phase of the continent¡¯s research funding programme, but finding the right balance among them is crucial, says Jan Palmowski

University leaders have said that they expect to work more closely with industry in the future, but universities need to make clear how those links will benefit graduates, says Ronel Lehmann 

Online learning platforms can provide the future workforce with necessary upskilling that will complement traditional higher education degrees, argues Stephen Somerville 

New assessment criteria for the research excellence framework aim to ensure that the synergy and balance in interdisciplinary research is recognised, says Athene Donald

In an unpredictable, increasingly digital age, Singapore¡¯s universities are rethinking how to equip alumni with relevant skills throughout their lives

Ucas is attempting to get a clearer perspective of equality in higher education admissions by taking into account students¡¯ sex, ethnic group, environment and free school meal eligibility, says David Best

Many retired academics embrace the freedom to fully embody their view of the serious scholar, says Bruce Macfarlane

Academia¡¯s exacting standards on attribution are spot on. It is their inconsistent implementation that is the problem, says David Sanders

Scholars should not be walled off from mainstream biography¡¯s playground of unlicensed fun, says Richard Bradford

A landmark analysis of several government data sets will help policymakers make more effective interventions, says Roger Smyth

Domestic league tables in the UK don¡¯t capture the quality and accessible higher education Birkbeck provides to non-traditional students, says David Latchman 

On World Mental Health Day, Matthew Flinders calls for more open discussions about mental health struggles and their modern-day provocations 

It¡¯s likely that someone on your campus has suffered the loss of a pregnancy so creating spaces where they feel cared for is essential, says Petra Boynton

The professional and cultural barriers faced by women in teaching-focused roles at universities are three-dimensional, says one law teacher

In light of Iran¡¯s participation at the UN General Assembly, Sophie Gregory reflects on the hardships of Bah¨¢¡¯¨ª youth expelled from the country¡¯s universities

The REF¡¯s guidelines for open access are very limited, but the expectations are clear and universities should show that they are upholding the principle, says Anna Grey

Universities must be clear about their ethics to avoid tripping up on the precarious path from principle to guidance

The elaborate prank that saw spoof papers accepted by social science journals reveals more about the hoaxers¡¯ politics than the shortcomings of ¡®grievance studies¡¯, says Alison Phipps

Restricting access to university property is a sorry symptom of commercialisation that is making students poorer, laments Les Back

The research excellence framework¡¯s reliance on hasty peer review by generalists limits sample size and accuracy, three academics argue

If academics object to students¡¯ intended destinations, they have a right not to write, says David Palumbo-Liu

Research will suffer from the collapse of professional development into financially fixated assessments of ¡®capability¡¯, say Gill Evans and Dorothy Bishop 

Universities should rethink how they use student evaluations of teaching because of their bias towards male instructors, argue Anne Boring, Kellie Ottoboni and Philip B. Stark

Universities should ask themselves if they are perpetuating the monoculture of text-based resources and writing-based activities that put dyslexic students at a disadvantage, says Alistair McNaught

Right-wing intellectuals who fetishise ¡®facts¡¯ frustrate rather than further intellectual debate, says Ryan Coogan

Only students with the deepest pockets can afford to pay hundreds of pounds for ghostwritten work, says Anthony Smith

The US car industry shows why higher education deregulation is ultimately disastrous for product quality and consumer safety, says Jeff Frank

Durham University has cleverly positioned itself as the ¡®Harry Potter university¡¯ to attract Chinese students, says Madeleine Ferrar

Research reveals how the new Longitudinal Education Outcomes data on graduate earnings give a misleading view of graduate earnings and value for money, says Gordon McKenzie

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Universities in China are once again the fastest-advancing group in the É«ºÐÖ±²¥ World University Rankings. A closer look at their approaches shows why

Conservative forces forget that canons and canonical understandings always evolved as science and society have progressed, says Gurminder Bhambra

Western universities must do much more to meet high-fee-paying Chinese students¡¯ expectations, say Lena Langosch and Wilfred Dolfsma

For most young Australians, a bachelor¡¯s degree remains a wise investment, says Andrew Norton

Australia¡¯s Monash University takes a multifaceted approach to preparing its graduates for an increasingly globalised and digital economy, says Margaret Gardner