Opinion

Being creative without commercial pressure is a privilege enjoyed only in higher education, says Zandra Rhodes

George Watson analyses a 'learned nonsense' while looking forward to doing his constitutional duty ... and saying what he wants

The heritage industry puts flesh on the past to flog it. History sits less easily on the impact agenda but is vital nonetheless

Rosy Daniel stands up for integrative medicine and calls on the academy to join her

Releasing Open Educational Resources is not only a commendable way to broaden access to scholarship, it can cost-effectively boost your institution’s profile and student numbers, says Russell Stannard

Topping the salary table is not all it's made out to be, says Malcolm Gillies

Each week, Dr Margot Feelbetter poses a dilemma and offers advice for readers to respond to online. This week: The managerial perspective (part one)

University education equipped Lawrence McGinty with the tools of his trade - curiosity and the desire to discover, along with the ability to question and analyse

Michael Wood calls for a global organisation to set up a quality-controlled academic repository for all disciplines

Gary Day is more entertained by Alastair Stewart's tie than he is by the three main political leaders

Exploiting foreign students may briefly bolster balance sheets, but such disrespectful treatment will cause long-term damage

Tara Brabazon offers 10 tips to make doctoral candidates’ oral examinations less of an ordeal

Once upon a time, the academy saw its role as subjecting prevailing ideologies to a critical eye. But after decades of political pressure, it has surrendered its independence and lost its soul, laments Stephen Logan

Each week, Dr Margot Feelbetter poses a dilemma and offers advice for readers to respond to online

Universities offer students a priceless opportunity to stay fit and active, says Olympic silver medallist Heather Fell

Demand is growing for the discipline's insights, but what does it need to meet it? Roderick Floud calls for tools to finish the job

Gary Day finds Bettany Hughes such gripping viewing that he now needs a new bathroom

Using computers in exams would not make things fairer, says Tim Birkhead

As London Met cleans itself up, it deserves to be given another chance to succeed - for that is what it affords its students

Feeling lost, angry, disenfranchised? Confused by the jargon overwhelming the academy? Philip Davies offers a handy print-out-and-keep guide to the evils of ‘edu-speak’

Felipe Fernández-Armesto on the interdependence of teaching and research

Each week, Dr Margot Feelbetter poses a dilemma and offers advice for readers to respond to online

The government now wants even postgraduate education to serve industry by inculcating business awareness and skills training

Employers and funders must involve staff in debates about potential changes in the sector, argues Michael MacNeil

Universities have the potential to lead the way to a high-tech, economically robust future for the UK, according to James Dyson

Gary Day on the Siberian Jesus, Omar Khayyam and the ever-present divide between the rich and the poor

Truly independent alternative bookshops serve students, academics and society by offering an outlet for risky and challenging titles, says Tara Brabazon

Arresting the decline of foreign language learning in the UK is vital to business competitiveness and young people’s development, argue David Lammy and Diana Johnson

Each week, Dr Margot Feelbetter poses a dilemma and offers advice for readers to respond to online

Ruthlessly competitive workplaces hold no terrors for battle-hardened English literature graduates, says Christian Lander

Knowledge is a public good, and the growing strength of universities in China and elsewhere need not harm the West, says Ben Wildavsky

Feminists may complain about the objectification of women, says Gary Day, but they haven't been to Kabul

The importance of balancing reward and responsibility is highlighted by the sums paid out when things go wrong at the top

Alan Ryan on the US academy's annual lotteries, both scholarly and athletic

Since its inception in 1950, the Political Studies Association has seen a surge in interest in the discipline, says treasurer John Benyon

As well as nurturing her writing, novelist Rebecca Connell believes, her university experience gave her self-belief

Steve Smith rejects claims that the academy is 'Eton-bashing', and argues that efforts to counter the 'schooling effect' are justified

A crackdown on fraud in the academy could deliver savings greater than the costs of retrenchment, argue Mark Button and Jim Gee

Tom Gallagher searches in vain for independent thought in the complacent academy and media of devolved Scotland

Isabella Beeton was a pioneer, writes Gary Day, but she had little domestic bliss in her own life

Fashion is a highly trained craft, not a celebrity trend, says Sally Feldman

Administrators may lack a career structure, but they are essential to universities and do not deserve to be disparaged

An African postgraduate’s vision of a ‘Radio 2.0’ that brings communities together reminds Tara Brabazon that overseas students contribute far more to the UK academy than just tuition fees

The dictates of utilitarian ‘efficiency’ threaten to strangle the life out of the academy, argues Donald Braben

A report on ‘sexualisation’ is part of the latest moral panic and a prime example of the government’s use of academics to pursue its own agenda while claiming to be objective, writes Clarissa Smith

Each week, Dr Margot Feelbetter poses a dilemma and offers advice for readers to respond to online

Reflecting on what he gained from university, recording artist Tinchy Stryder recommends the experience to young people, in spite of tuition fees

The sector must stop its Eton-bashing and its discrimination against independent-school students, argues Geoff Lucas

The previous year seems one of plenty in light of the storm ahead, which will test leaders' fortitude and resourcefulness

'The insecure scholar', one of THE's online columnists, calls for an academy that offers all scholars dignity and security

Kevin Fong on Twitter’s shift from dull celeb-zone to super-fast data source

Alan Langlands says Hefce's allocations for 2010-11, along with the Browne review, will form a sustainable basis for higher education

Gary Day gets to grips with the Standard Model of the Universe, which explains everything - or does it?

The global success of Coventry University’s podcasts shows that there is a huge market for intelligent HE-created content, says John Mair