Opinion

Conceptual artist Bashir Makhoul reflects on the benefits of combining art and higher education leadership

Nada Kakabadse asks if tuition fees, degree standards or teaching methods are contributing to the mismatch in performance data

If anyone should be leading the charge to tackle the world’s biggest issues, it is academics. But toxic debates are derailing them from their original purpose

It is inexcusable that some people graduate from UK universities without a basic command of mathematics or grammar, says John Warren

Tokenistic and irrelevant assessments of research’s social value are holding back progress, say Clarence Tam and three others

Academics should not sneer at Simon Birmingham’s appeal to what ‘most Australians’ would think about projects, says Hannah Forsyth

High-cost meritocracy à la française will cut little ice with discerning international students, says Juliette Torabian

Matthew Flinders thinks this mythical mammalian hybrid could serve as a guide through a complex higher education funding landscape

Part-time education is a driver of economic growth and widening access to higher education, argues David Latchman 

Scientists must push an agenda that is free of ideology and celebrates scientific merit, argues Rick Wilson 

The rise of technical metrics for accountability has managers straitjacketed to best practices and could overlook the human factor in decision-making, argues Alfredo Cumerma

Understanding the barriers female scientists have historically overcome could help to increase women’s participation in scientific fields, argues Claire Jones

Don’t be afraid to reveal that you’re a dyslexic in academia; Ben Marder – a ‘busyness academic’ – explains the benefits of ‘coming out’

New ambitions to increase Pakistan’s higher education capacity and collaborations with the UK are reason enough be hopeful for the country’s future, says Cara Aitchison

As universities are warned of the risks of being politically partisan, Sam Gyimah’s resignation may leave the sector without a champion to defend it

The furore over Brian Wansink’s data handling overlooks the fact that science should above all be about explanation, argues Martin Cohen

Maintaining a breadth of curricular offerings is crucial if subjects outside the sciences are to retain their attraction in the digital age, says Dean Forbes

Overseas programmes are rarely money-spinners, but as power shifts east they will be crucial for Western universities’ continued relevance, says Matt Durnin

Both the rationale and the mechanism for redistributing research activity around the regions are far from clear cut, say Sarah Chaytor and Graeme Reid   

A sobering visit to Auschwitz reminds Giles Carden and Jonathan Grant of the role universities must play in eradicating hate 

The Republic of Ireland’s action plan to accelerate gender equality in higher education is about breaking down the status quo and extending more opportunities to proficient women, says Mary Mitchell O’Connor

The relative lack of flipped learning across Europe compared with the rest of the world could be the result of misconceptions around what it is, say Caroline Fell Kurban and Muhammed Şahin