UK expertise pulls far ahead of Europe in terms of output, but collaboration will be vital if sectors are to remain competitive with US and Asia, experts say
Embracing immersive content would aid public engagement and bring research and teaching closer together, argue Vincent Tong, Sam Smidt and Matilda Katan
Drug-related crime, rising unemployment and low salaries are all contributing to a postgraduate shortage that indicates an uncertain future for Mexico¡¯s higher education system, finds Rachael Pells
Schemes asking us to transform our workplaces in the name of equality, diversity and inclusivity are failing. It¡¯s time to hold our institutions to account, says Rebecca Harrison
Universities in the former East Germany are now on a par with those of western Europe while others in the former Soviet bloc still lag. David Matthews visits Poland to explore why
Politicians¡¯ disparagement of historian¡¯s research signals that alternative interpretations of the city state¡¯s past will not be tolerated, says Linda Lim
From MI5 recruiting, to students spying on each other and intelligence agencies funding research, Matthew Reisz explores the long and often uneasy relationship between espionage and the academy
The Cambridge Analytica controversy flags up the ethical perils of research with Big Data ¨C especially when it has commercial potential, says John Holmwood
Academic gatherings may be fun, but they do little to advance knowledge. To justify the public spending that supports them, such events must do more to provide benefits to those who don¡¯t attend, argues Nicholas Rowe
The mere mention of fairies in academic circles can bring derision. Yet the field is a rich one that has much to offer open-minded, multidisciplinary scholars, writes Simon Young
Following individuals¡¯ paths in and out of different institutions shows that most students eventually graduate, say Ross Finnie, Richard E. Mueller and Arthur Sweetman
Will the current blockade on Qatar harm its higher education system? Simon Baker investigates whether the need to find common scientific ground among Gulf states could win out
Psychologist Michal Kosinski¡¯s work shows how digital footprints can predict a person¡¯s sexual orientation, political views and more. Is it a danger or a warning about threats to privacy? John Morgan reports from California
Lancaster University's vice-chancellor Mark E. Smith and Nicola Owen argue that a new composite ranking offers a more nuanced view of institutional excellence
Social scientists¡¯ scepticism about research oversight also relates to the curiously bad press it gets in Western literature, writes Katarzyna Kaczmarska
Introducing a ¡®consumer-style ratings system¡¯ for degrees has the potential to cause terrible damage to universities and society in general, argues Cathy Shrank
Higher education institutions make a loss when they invest in international partnerships, but the wider community reaps a windfall, says New Zealand report
Mathematicians ¨C and, indeed, other scholars ¨C who cooperate with intelligence agencies face a moral dilemma knowing that their research could well be applied in unethical ways, says Michael Harris
There are very few outlets for women to work together against unhelpful concepts that hold back female progression in academia, says Elisabeth Julie Vargo