Opinion

Institutions, in Iran or elsewhere, are not obliged to reshape their research to avoid attacks, say Alireza Qaiumzadeh and Sara Gordafarid

The ruling in the Sussex case only strengthens our argument that restrictions at religious colleges are worse, say Chris Higgins and Keith Sharpe

For the initiative to fulfil its potential, we need funding incentives, clearer understanding of demand and better policy alignment, says Jamie Roberts

Letting the judgment against the OfS stand is the best way to achieve freedom of speech and academic freedom across English HE, says Josh Fleming

Students currently need to find at least £10,000 from somewhere else to cover the cost of living. This is beyond the reach of most, says Alexis Gkantiragas

Accessibility is not simply about whether procedures exist. It is about whether people can realistically understand and navigate them, says Helen Megarry

This week’s budget confirmed the government’s unwillingness to improve PhD students’ dismal pay, say Jesse Gardner-Russell and Maxim Jon-Buckley

We discuss the fallout from tens of thousands of layoffs across UK higher education after a THE survey exposed the anger, fear and stress that pervade the sector

Modern societies need universities that connect discovery with application. We think we can do this much better together, say Karen Holford and Shitij Kapur

They are not perfect, but they are less imperfect than the alternatives – including internal review systems, say Nicolai Foss and Michael Mol

Without correction by a higher court, the likely result will be confusion about what the Freedom of Speech Act requires, says Abhishek Saha

To support equity and retention, campus employment must align with students’ economic realities, say Robert Glover, Ben Cotton and Tamra Benson

Universities and researchers alike are currently able to distort the truth with impunity. Attaching consequences to retractions could help, says Pushkar

The verdict wrongly overlooks the Equality Act’s role in determining what universities can be expected to do to protect free speech, says Maya Forstater 

The FT’s list of ranking-worthy publications undercuts research into power, inequality and corporate responsibility, say Carl Rhodes and Alison Pullen 

Such votes have costs even when the grievances are justified, hardening factions and stifling compromise, say Michael Nietzel and Charles Ambrose

We haven’t been idle since the 7 October massacre, but I’m not convinced it’s made a meaningful difference to the direction of travel, says Vivienne Stern

Stretching the GSA’s remit into politically charged and operationally ambiguous terrain risks paralysing the higher education sector, says Amy Stambach

The handover from the interim government has sparked a revival of ministers’ urge to treat public universities as political fiefdoms, says Nahid Neazy

I expected scientific ignorance, right-wing pandering and victimisation claims from Jay Bhattacharya. I was not disappointed, says David Sanders

As the University of Sussex celebrates legal victory against the Office for Students, we discuss what the ruling means for the future of the regulator

The OfS’ approach was opaque, highly discretionary and appeared to lack basic procedural safeguards, says Smita Jamdar

The legal tools given to the OfS since the Sussex case occurred should make it better able to conduct the vital task of protecting free speech, says Ian Pace

But the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ decision to stop updating its journal ranking list is a hopeful sign, says Bruce Macfarlane 

I found myself consoling the people who had come to console me. I filed these moments privately under unexplained results, says Hamideh Rezvani Alanagh

It often falls to security staff to douse the flashpoints – but it behoves everyone to know where the fire exits are, says George Bass

Shared, reasonable costs should be directed towards greater diversity of provision, say Chris Husbands and David Laws

Recent police raids underline that Ukraine’s longstanding culture of embezzlement appears to be bombproof, says Ararat Osipian

Northumbria’s novel cost-cutting scheme is no better than the subsidiary arrangements others are using to avoid pension obligations, says Jon Bryan

Péter Magyar is likely to end the funding of foreign influence operations – but ideological control at home will be harder to overcome, says Liviu Matei

Repairing the mega-fractures caused by Brexit matters for the EU. But it perhaps matters even more for the UK, says Francesco Billari

Political ambition is not enough. Stable funding, coherent regulation and realistic institutional differentiation are also vital, says Kyuseok Kim

We are witnessing the collapse of the idea that, as civilian institutions, universities should not be targeted in wartime, says Roohola Ramezani