Opinion

Among the factors that make students (and others) happy is community, hard as it may be to measure

Toby Miller recalls a paralysing encounter with terror in the skies and asks: in my shoes, would you have reacted differently?

Geraldine Van Bueren says international law could help opponents of rising tuition costs in their battle

The LSE’s complaints about being kept in the dark about undercover reporting in North Korea are peevish, Tim Luckhurst argues

It is morally wrong to deny University of Sussex students 24/7 support from flexible, professional campus services, says John Duffy

A rising proportion of university applicants will have vocational qualifications. The sector must respond, says Mary Curnock Cook

Kevin Fong boldly takes science to pupils in post-Thatcher, post-Spock galaxies

The need to run a tight financial ship is important, but it cannot be the sole determiner of the shape of higher education

Gurminder Bhambra supports the students and staff contesting the hollowing-out of the University of Sussex’s collegial ideals

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LSE director condemns BBC tactics over controversial Panorama documentary

Academic input would boost a neglected war museum, says Sally Feldman

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If the UK wishes its sector as a whole to be as well regarded as its elite stars, the right balance must be found in funding

European ombudsmen must share best practice to improve resolution of students’ grievances, advocates Rob Behrens

Improved procurement could be the secret to balancing the sector’s books in tough times, Nick Petford and Andy Davies suggest

Efficient and inclusive decision-making will help universities to gain the support of their communities, says Ferdinand von Prondzynski

The continent’s burgeoning economies could prove a major source of future student recruitment, says Marguerite Dennis

In an alternative universe, Christopher Bigsby is coining it in Vegas

Universities should vet research outputs before they get to the publishing (and scandal) stage, say Roger Watson and Mark Hayter

Institutions have a delicate line to tread in being open about their organisations versus the pressures of competition

The UK must build work experience into higher education with the same vigour as it did in the 1950s, Quintin McKellar argues

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Open-access terminology needs to be employed accurately, argues Cameron Neylon

Without a shot in the arm for commercial drug development, our science base will suffer, argues David Nutt

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The public-private balance of funding sources needs to be adjusted to protect the public interest, says Roger Brown

Alan Ryan considers a new method of governance

When pension pots are full, generosity would fit the zeitgeist better than salary top-ups

The sector should take the lead on the mooted national widening-participation framework, says Graeme Atherton

Steve Sarson’s first-years were tasked with a CV exercise on study time, so he reminded them of the alternatives to the market

Despite hard times and fruitless protest, there is still power in a union, argues David Reed

Felipe Fernández-Armesto calls for clearer protocols in cases of suspected abuse

Attempts to crush dissent, silence alternative thinking and promote conformity jeopardise higher education’s future

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By providing moral and intellectual leadership, university heads will help to protect the bottom line