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Working to the exclusion of all else is unhealthy, but a one-size-fits-all limit is hard to set when careers and reputations are on the line

As China’s influence grows, UK scholars question how best to collaborate. A post-Brexit transition may offer change to more than our EU relationship

Letting go of acrimony is not easy after three years of trench warfare. But post-Brexit Britain needs academics and their evidence-led approach

Matthew Reisz talks to Grayson Perry and an academic expert on performance art about the limits of student artistic expression in higher education 

Mid-career learners, and some of the world’s biggest employers, are looking beyond the ‘graduate club’ for laser-targeted courses and skills

Matthew Reisz considers the researchers who keep on top of the issues we most want to avoid

Where scientists led, society is finally starting to follow. But higher education can and must do more to address the climate crisis

As Conservatives turn towards non-graduate voters, they may find universities a tempting target for economic and cultural hits, writes John Morgan

Chinese students’ economic contributions aren’t always matched by the support they get. More must be done to understand and integrate this group

A decade dominated first by austerity and then by Brexit has brought UK higher education to a tipping point as the election looms

Association to Horizon Europe would also be positive, but hostile mood music over immigration still reverberates 

Higher education is not unaffected by the chokehold on press freedom in Australia, says John Ross 

In a marketised system, student numbers are rising. Small universities offer a collegial approach and, for some, better, not bigger, is the key to excellence

Across the world, vice-chancellors’ statesmanship is being put to the test because no campus can escape the intrusion of politics, domestic and international

Political purity is a badge of honour in the hashtag age. But the real world is nuanced and messy, as universities should know better than most

Rejection can be felt more intensely in academia because of the level of personal investment – but it is a normal and necessary aspect of any career

Some are wary property development will detract from core missions. But it can provide helpful home improvements and boost community partnerships

The REF is a prime example of the sort of elaborate, burdensome process that potentially adds comparatively little value

As student numbers pass the 50 per cent mark, it is more important than ever to promote the value of HE, and counter perceptions that more means worse

Obama’s election supposedly heralded a ‘post-racial’ era, yet inequalities persist for the black community. Today, HBCUs have lessons for us all

Universities should be engines that drive social well-being and mobility, but this noble purpose can so easily be hampered by inappropriate incentives

Corbyn’s speech on setting ‘the people’ before ‘the privileged’ expressed a mood of anti-elitism already feeding through into education policy, writes John Morgan

A policy to recruit genuinely the brightest and best students would have to look beyond revenue maximisation

Underinvesting in universities in the face of international competition and political upheaval will be to countries’ social and economic detriment

Top universities demand the best in the world as leaders. But when does a fresh international outlook outweigh domestic knowledge and experience?

John Morgan looks at why the universities and science minister’s comeback was so short and what his exit means

Are today’s students really self-absorbed snowflakes or are lecturers merely experiencing the other side of the intergenerational perspective?

Betting the farm on international students is a gamble – but what’s the alternative? asks THE’s Asia-Pacific editor John Ross 

The prime minster’s speech offers a reminder of Vote Leave’s pledges on UK science, and misleading words about EU support, John Morgan writes

Technological advances mean an ever evolving workplace. While no one can predict the future, HE investment in lifelong learning will surely help us adapt

Conversations with students at the failed for-profit provider reveal much about its business model and the Department for Education’s judgement, writes John Morgan

Brexit will be a disaster for HE, but do the new prime minister’s past utterances offer clues on what else universities might expect?

Matthew Reisz considers the tools we need to explore the wilder shores of performance art

GSM London’s slide into administration leaves difficult questions for DfE on why it granted the college continued loan access last year, writes John Morgan

The fate of big alternative providers has implications for the future of English for-profit HE, writes John Morgan

Our Impact Rankings are global proof positive that universities do a power of good, writes Phil Baty