ADVERTISEMENTOpinionUniversity leaders have a responsibility to speak outPractising conference presentations is vital – even for native speakersBrexit is hurting UK innovationWe are helping students bear the cost of living – but government must, tooIt is time to break the Home Office’s hold on student immigration policyFunding and regulation are slanted against Birkbeck, so we must adapt Heavy lies the crownAcademic freedom is not freedom of speech for academicsIf machines do the writing, students will stop doing the thinkingIt is time to stop talking about digital educationIndia’s new university entrance exam will not fix capacity or fairnessAfter 20 years of low pay and neglect, I’ve quit academia to make it betterEuropean university alliances need more sustainable fundingThe moral outrage about plagiarism belies our educative failureThe US’ new open access mandate must not line the pockets of griftersThe Autumn Statement must not cut the UK’s R&D budgetRaising regard for the academic enterpriseUniversity reputation in a rapidly changing world Forget values statements. Universities need to support academic freedomFor a strong reputation, universities should face uncomfortable truthsEurope is ahead of the US on gender equity. So why is abuse in HE rife?The craft of reputation building and maintenanceWhy do UK universities have no vision for their future? The UK’s Freedom of Speech bill needs an exemption for hecklingThe evidence is in: liberal arts faculty connect better with their studentsCash-strapped Birkbeck must not axe social mobilityLives in the balanceCutting the lifelong loan entitlement would do the UK a disservice We must free tomorrow’s scientific leaders from grant captureActivism is a legitimate and necessary form of scholarshipManagers must recognise that the working week is finiteRadical transparency can fix bad behaviour by academic journalsThe ‘growth, growth, growth’ model is bad for students and communitiesPolish academia must not fall into authoritarianism’s potholes of fearUK universities have little to fear from Rishi Sunak’s ThatcherismInstitutional diversity cannot flourish without tuition fee variation1353637470
