ADVERTISEMENTOpinionIIT Jodhpur’s Hindi experiment is a step backwardUniversities must play a central role in von der Leyen’s second termA good student experience is not just about fulfilled expectationsAs the father of four students, I think far too many people go to universityUK research’s islands of excellence need flood defencesPeer review will only do its job if referees are named and ratedWhat if classes are empty because students dislike faux-interactivity?English regional devolution could enhance opportunities for HEWhatever the funding pressures, universities must not cut sportsThe UK can’t continue its shambolic stop-go approach to supercomputingEven a reformed OfS will make little difference if English funding isn’t fixedBangladesh’s students paid a high price for a freedom that may not lastThe USS’ money down the drain on Thames Water should cause a stinkThe freedom of speech act may be gone, but existing law is strongAt last, students in England must be protected from staff abusing powerAs a victim of the Tories’ culture war, I hope Starmer will impose a ceasefire For more civil campuses, involve students in running themMuseum research is Exhibit A for impact and interdisciplinarityThe likely repeal of England’s free speech act is a tragedyAutomatic green cards for overseas graduates of US HE is a bad ideaThe identity deficit is the cause of engineering’s broken female pipelineHow Labour can harness the power of HE in its first 100 daysResidential courses should still have a home in university programmingAssessment and curriculum design can’t ignore how students use AIBanning lecture capture would not free students from lonelinessFocus on intersectionality won’t close the UK’s degree-awarding gapsFor better sector PR, we must update popular views of university successThe age of the influencer?Academic success should not depend on cultivating strategic incompetenceI stopped taking student attendance personally and haven’t looked backNot everyone benefits economically from UK HE. And this mattersWith fewer overseas students, Australia must fully fund researchAs a former science minister, I see Patrick Vallance as a great appointeeLabour’s mostly state-educated Cabinet must push fair HE accessResearch assistants are vital – so why is their funding so precarious?Civic universities should offer places to all locals who make the grade1171819470
