Opinion

Educators need to do more to help students reassess the meaning they attach to labels such as “female engineer”, says Elena Liquete

Providing skills, creating opportunity and training the teachers and nurses the UK needs: modern universities stand ready to deliver, says Rachel Hewitt

Off-campus trips have manifold benefits, especially for poorer students. We mustn’t lose them to technology or cost-cutting, says Robert Phillips

Instead of viewing GenAI only as a threat, we should embrace it as an opportunity to reform our outdated approaches, says Dorottya Sallai

We should not deprive numerous hard-pressed students of valuable flexibility merely to ensure that the ‘undeserving’ don’t skip classes, say five experts

While there are ethnic, class and gender penalties, Sean Brophy found no evidence of an extra penalty for falling into more than one category

Modern universities make up over half of the UK sector, yet their vital work flies under journalists’ and politicians’ radars, says Amanda Broderick

A new government interested in solutions not dogma should be fertile ground for those with ideas to sow – but there will be limits on blue-sky thinking

Those who take on vital academic housekeeping should be acknowledged as champions of good practice and rewarded accordingly, says Eleanor Baker

I concentrate on the joy I get from working with the students who do show up, rather than feeling slighted by those who don’t, says Anna Meier

Persistent earning gaps by gender, ethnicity and socio-economic background are unfair to individuals and a drag on the economy, says Omar Khan

The government must recognise that lower international revenues will make research costs unsustainable, says John Carroll

One of the advantages of a large majority is that there is more generous political cover for experts brought into ministerial roles, says David Willetts

The sea change in ministers’ educational backgrounds should prompt more action to get poorer students into selective universities, says Jon Datta

Without increased support, many RAs may choose to leave for other opportunities that provide more job security and benefits, says Bre-Anne Fifield

Ease of entry encourages access, and most universities have enough places to guarantee entry without requiring personal statements, says Tim Leunig

Ministry support will be vital, but a lack of political imperative could limit motivation, say Hyejin Kim, Erik Mobrand and Sylvia Schwaag Serger 

The instinct to err on the side of non-transparency is understandable, but the accused get more protection than the victims, say five experts