ADVERTISEMENTOpinionAdministrative empire-building may have sealed Yale-NUS’ fateCovid recovery funds offer an unprecedented opportunity for Italy Has Covid changed everything in education? Don’t bet on itInterdisciplinarity is not about the humanities aping the sciencesWe need authoritarian-proof higher education modelsUK universities’ withdrawal from teacher training would be a disasterThe integrity arms race is expensive and unsustainableUKRI’s new open access policy will hinder open scienceIs the REF still useful?The sins of authors should not bar their works from reading listsUniversities must rediscover the value of listening to those beyond the campusRe-examine Western universities’ pasts, but not their academic valuesWhat now for Afghan universities?The push for open access is making science less inclusiveEurope needs a ‘digital university act’ to safeguard sector’s independenceIndia’s rush to teach in native languages may be prematureRecord student numbers but still no plan: a recipe for more campus chaos We need better incentives for knowledge transfer and teaching innovationPsychological safety is crucial to diversity and inclusionParenting is the mother of gender inequality in scienceAustralia needs a new model of international education for the post-Covid eraThe fieldwork shutdown is damaging both research and equityThere is no going back to pre-Covid edtech scepticismUniversities should help break the wall between facts and valuesThe job of a university president is tougher than ever‘Global Britain’ is slamming the door on scholarly ‘citizens of nowhere’We must support the diversification of academia’s media faceStudent start-up culture has hit new heights in pandemicSuperhuman workloads cannot become the new normalAustralia must start readmitting international studentsPeer review is not the best way to promote major breakthroughsPandemic burnout will slow restart of researchAre student references just smoke and mirrors?Presidential control of university councils is a recipe for chaosOne-size-fits-all A-level system is failing students and universitiesAll universities need to be both local and global1495051470