Opinion

Where you live should not limit your educational aspirations, says Ian Fribbance 

Scholars of feminism attract an overwhelming amount of intimidation; their right to explore controversial issues demands explicit protection, say Alice Sullivan, Judith Suissa, Holly Smith and Lesley Gourlay

Good PhD supervision is life-changing – and not only for the few who succeed in making it as researchers

All campus life is here

Current remedies are not enough. Publishers, editors and referees must do more to eliminate lurking biases, say Melinda Duer and Athene Donald

Deep partnerships with government, business and civil society leave a sweet taste for both academics and the public, says Mark Western

Effective teaching requires lecturers to stay on top of their research. But this is labour that often goes unpaid, says Tom Cutterham

Universities normally resist being used by states to further an ideological goal. Why should it be any different when it comes to the EU? asks David Matthews 

Universities need to be honest to students about what academic level is required to take a course and, as a result, unconditional offers will come to an end, argues Tom Richmond 

Improving policymaking is a vital contribution to society, but academics need more time and funds to do so, says Tom Sasse

Are you a student, a candidate or something else? Whatever title you choose can have an impact on how academia views you and how you see yourself, argues Jenny Mak

Higher education must reconcile its commitment to open access information with good cybersecurity principles, argues Martin Vincent

David Green outlines how his institution has successfully worked to close the gender pay gap 

The recent death of politics academic David Held left Alix Dietzel shocked and guilty. Why did no one warn her she could feel like that?

Those on the ground are often able to recognise the folly of supposed efficiency measures imposed from on high, writes Peter Barry

The UK’s research excellence framework is slow, expensive and disruptive. The time and technology is ripe for a better alternative, says James Tooley

Big datasets linking higher education participation to a range of socio-economic factors are useful and fascinating, but their translation into policy remains fraught 

A Labor victory in May’s election could still see funding conditional on universities’ employability, diversity or research records, says Andrew Norton

The three people vying to be the next leader of the UK’s University and College Union explain in their own words what they’ll do if elected

The time and financial costs of attending academic conferences discredits higher education’s desire for greater equity, says Race MoChridhe 

Katherine Firth breaks down the different meanings of ‘hard’ and gives tips for how students can persevere