ADVERTISEMENTOpinionArchaic examination culture of UK universities must be reformedUKRI’s support for green open access is the right way forwardDon‘t diss this year’s A-level results: predicted grades have many virtuesUK universities will suffer badly if pandemic-hit language schools failPreventing student cheating will require more than AI or legislationHigher education is entrenching limited thinking on climate changeUniversities must deploy their full armoury to target net zeroA plan for all scenariosPartners’ financial support is holding female academics backGoing for gold must be UKRI’s open access priorityForcing needless grant applications is a waste of public moneyBanning journal impact factors is bad for Dutch scienceFor lifelong learning, England’s ELQ rule must be scrappedScholars departing for industry must not feel aloneScholarships for EU students will aid post-Brexit admissions rebuildOnline education avoids the ‘hidden curriculum’ of cultural expectationsUniversities should not offer the false hope of ‘fertility’ benefitsR&D for creative technology must be stepped up post-CovidArts cuts are false economiesDodging the ethics of educating in repressive regimes is unsustainableOutsourcing online learning is selling students shortTraveller students need more than new roads into higher educationAsian/American studies programmes are key to combating discriminationWhy I’m dreading this summer’s university conference season Scientists should stop seeing doubt as a PR liabilityWelcome to the Committee of NoGood universities have nothing to fear from the OfS’ quality crackdownAcademic freedom should not end at disciplinary boundariesIndia’s new education minister must push for university autonomyPost-pandemic recovery requires radical interdisciplinarityCritical race theory’s demonisation bodes ill for social justice research Academic freedom must include the right to criticise employersUniversity curricula cannot be decolonised unless research is, tooDon’t fixate on promotionWe need an honest appraisal of what went right and wrong during CovidTackling Latin America’s social problems demands Covid-era collaboration1505152470