Opinion

Early exposure to an elite university environment could set students on the path towards academic success, says Harry Hortyn 

If not, the country’s single biggest success story could be at risk, says Janet Beer

It’s easy to say academics should be kinder and more giving to students, but they already face myriad other demands and must mind professional boundaries

Depositories of original sources were once bulging with academics, but few scholars seem to have time to visit them now, says Arnold Harvey

If those researching topics disliked by politicians can’t make a living in universities, scholarship will be impoverished, says Mark Steven

If access to European research funding is to be maintained, more UK research universities need to forge formal links with EU institutions, says Peter Coveney

The UK’s Commons Education Committee has surveyed many issues, but its simple-minded approach is largely unhelpful, says Andrew McRae  

Involving everyone in decisions to remove or repurpose symbols of power on campus can lead to a renewed sense of university citizenship, says Francis Petersen

Setting up a staff LGBT+ network on campus has shown the university community that equality isn’t just HR’s responsibility, says Hamish Walker

Podcasts can improve access to research and offer an innovative way to assess student learning, says Ian M. Cook 

Understanding patients’ lifestyles, beliefs and values systems will put medical professionals in a better position to respond, says Kate Hamilton-West

Diversity in the classroom is what a liberal arts education needs most, and the admissions process reflects this priority, says Laura Severin

It’s never too late to change course, says Daniel Sokol 

Dutch figures show just how little time professors get for their own research. It may be easier to pursue your intellectual interests outside the university system, says THE reporter David Matthews

A survey reveals readers’ opinions on whether professional editors or active researchers should be responsible for academic editing

Setting up institutional links with partners in key global cities is one way UCL is preparing for life after Brexit, says Florian Mussgnug

If you want your manuscript to be accepted, pepper it with formulaic neologisms, irrelevant but impressive references and suitably indented vulgarity, advises Janelle Ward

If women in particular must watch what they say for fear of a social media mauling, public scholarly fora will be the poorer, warns Charlotte Galpin

If businesses regard upskilling their middle managers as a high priority, universities should not be criticised for meeting that need, says Alec Cameron

Political efforts to silence academic critics are unlikely to end despite clarification that universities are not obliged to ban them, says Pushkar

Matthew Reisz praises the researchers who go way beyond the call of duty in investigating the world for us all

The international stars in the Boston Red Sox and the city’s stellar universities highlight why Trump’s xenophobic rhetoric is so out of step with a ‘winning’ part of America, writes Jack Grove from Boston