ADVERTISEMENTOpinionThis is the letter I would like to receive from my new v-cUCU Left’s Trotskyist politics are driving UK HE’s perennial strikesLack of communication skills leaves UK graduates naked in the workplacePoor-quality presidential searches lead to poor appointmentsEditing companies are stealing unpublished research to train their AIThere is no legal conflict between protecting data and students’ livesUniversities must transform to ensure no one is left behind in the era of AIPlagiarism policing serves democracy, not white, Western supremacyScholarship organisations should stop looking for reasons to say noCampus security is deepening institutional racism in UK HEGay resignation must prompt reform of US university codes of conductThe view from the bridgeIf you’re worried about censorship, blame ‘adults these days’White-walled lecture theatres are a missed teaching opportunityPreventing gender-based violence is up to everyoneThe Netherlands has passed the high water mark of internationalisationUkraine’s war is not over, but Putin has already lost the futureThere is nothing wrong with using lawyers in sexual misconduct casesIf international students are welcome, UK policy and rhetoric must show it In the bleak midwinterCampus leaders shouldn’t be judged on their political pronouncementsSo you want a chair for Christmas. Are you sure?UK universities must do far more to develop skills for an AI-first worldStudents are ‘learning’ about Israel-Hamas from TikTok. We must step upCollege usually pays – but we must collaborate to ensure it always doesWhy do academics feel the need to speak out about political crises?Dismissing ‘privileged’ views is myopic and unethicalAll of the REF – not just 25% of it – must drive a better research culture Closing the UK’s graduate route will hit Indian enrolment and UK growthAcademics must help prepare ministers to make better decisionsThe demise of modern languages has been greatly exaggeratedBiting the hand that feeds higher educationUK, US law must fix clash between privacy rights and protection of lifeJournal editors are like gods – but I would rather be a mere mortalEnglish universities have a central role to play in the devolution agendaScience in Gaza was always hard. Now it’s impossible1232425470
