ADVERTISEMENTOpinionI thought I was a creative scientist – until AI worked out my trickFour stories that illustrate why whistleblowers need more protectionIrish university leadership’s gender rebalance may not persistMore and better vocational education could help address India’s skills gapOpen access should be for writers as well as readersInternational education must not be caught in the UK’s electoral crossfireIncreased pension costs could take modern universities to the precipiceHard-pressed UK academics should take pride in educating the worldUS universities’ engineering colleges are anything but collegiateEnforcing new English free speech rules needs proper consultationIf we’re going to vanquish climate change, the time to charge is nowGutting the humanities imperils democracy and human rightsSupporting student entrepreneurship could also boost lecture attendanceWhy aren’t we acting on the evidence of what works for gender equality? Doctors, scientists, did the quacks get your tongue? Time to take it backWhy are social scientists so uninterested in the super-rich?Academic leadership is important – and it has many pleasuresThe REF is ruining UK researchUniversities need to help improve AI-driven internet searches Science prizes can be a catalyst for innovationPeer review is broken. Paying referees could help fix itAbstracts matter more than you think – and writing a good one is hardPoison attacks are threatening Iran’s gains on women’s education Researchers embracing ChatGPT are like turkeys voting for ChristmasGlobal partnership would help tackle sexual and gender-based violenceThe endless churn of administrators leaves faculty feeling dizzyStudent accommodation: little room for manoeuvre Should the UK replace journals with a REF repository?Frog soup: higher education’s anxieties about AI’s advanceFemale leaders need support – not the abuse they currently endureThe odds are stacked against the UK’s small and specialist providersCasuals, let’s resist universities’ monstrous, penny-pinching ‘systems’If live lectures die, how will the magic of shared endeavour be conjured? India must better balance graduate supply with demandA legalistic approach to bias incidents on campus is not enoughThe US government must offer match funding for higher education1303132470
