Opinion

Universities have developed a Covid vaccine; helping to restore economic purpose to hollowed-out regions like the US Midwest is no less urgent

My student is right to wonder out loud why learning in college must be a forced march rather than a playful adventure, says Gregory Skutches

It won’t be long before we’re all looking to immersive technology to further students’ learning, says Mary Matheson

Universities should partner with students instead of treating them like passive recipients of our superior knowledge, says Simone Buitendijk

Only losers focus on excellent science. Better to cook the books, spin the wheel and trust to cronies, say Robert de Vries and John Jerrim

Russia may still have no universities in the world’s top 100, but its 5-100 Project has made progress, says Philip Altbach

Providing opportunities for entrepreneurism and learning from start-up culture is no longer a cool optional extra for universities − it is a necessity, says Sam Robertson

Life in the age of Covid does not lend itself readily to students internships, but there are alternatives, says Benjamin Tak Yuen Chan

The way US graduation figures are calculated misses out those with a non-traditional path through higher education, says Corey S. Bradford

Legislation is urgently needed to ensure good governance and fair pay and conditions, says Nahid Neazy

It is often forgotten that this group suffers from even worse educational outcomes than white, working-class boys, says Nick Braisby 

The new coronavirus variant means that the costs to public health outweigh any pedagogic benefits of reopening campuses sooner, says Simon Williams

Amid mass online instruction, universities need to up their game around digital safeguarding and student welfare, say Andy Phippen and Emma Bond

Senior administrators should serve the greater good, not pander to their most powerful stakeholders, says Kathy Johnson Bowles

Cyberpsychology expert Linda Kaye says it’s crucial that we understand the personal, social and educational implications of the shift to online teaching and learning

New research shows that inadequate oversight is leaving institutions dangerously exposed, says Andrew Kakabadse

With new lockdowns upon us, it’s time students received the financial relief they deserve, says David Green

The president-elect may have academic connections, but the path from campus to cabinet is rarely travelled successfully, say three political scientists

Having surveyed thousands of instructors on their lockdown experiences, James T. Walker discusses two key findings and their practical implications

The European programme’s globe-spanning successor, the Turing scheme, is more suited to meeting today’s challenges, says Louise Nicol

The Turing scheme’s focus on outbound mobility will take the UK off the map for most European exchange students, laments Barbara Lorber

Nurturing talent via teaching and research is a well-established pathway to building an innovative, prosperous society, says Dawn Freshwater

Universities may think they have more pressing priorities than the UN’s SDGs. But they don’t, say Martha McPherson and Kate Roll