Academic publishers and AI do not need to be enemies
Generative AI firms should stop ripping off publishers and instead work with them to enrich scholarship, says Oxford University Press’ David Clark
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Bemoaning students’ need to work is short-sighted and counterproductive
Students see benefits to paid work beyond the money, but they would welcome help in advocating for better pay and conditions, say six academics
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Navalny’s killing highlights the need for HE to help preserve democracy
Russian studies is one of many disciplines that can and should loudly tell the story of how authoritarianism strips people of citizenship, says Ani Kokobobo
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Universities should not hide in ‘year of elections’
Higher education might not be doorstep issue for voters but the importance of universities in tackling the world’s biggest problems has never been higher, argue Amanda Broderick and Patrizio Bianchi
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Maths degrees need a new formula – but not greater specialisation
To make maths programmes viable, we must make them more attractive to a wider pool of applicants, says Jens Marklof
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The OfS’ free speech guidance for English universities goes too far
The regulator’s example scenarios fail to acknowledge the harm that even lawful speech can cause on campus, say Naomi Waltham-Smith and James Murray
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Why even a physicist like me should shudder at Goldsmiths’ predicament
The humanities- and social sciences-focused institution is the canary in UK higher education’s increasingly explosive coalmine, says Sir Keith Burnett
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English higher education needs to start taking lifelong learning seriously
When it launches next year, the lifelong learning entitlement could boost both university finances and social mobility, says Zahir Irani
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Proper self-care is impossible in the modern academic environment
I realised that I was sacrificing my best years – and those of my child – for a dream that did not have my back. So I quit, says Helen Lees
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Your students won’t read any more? Are you sure you’re paying attention?
Simplistic analyses belie the complex evolution of students, instruction, reading practices, college regulations and communications media, says Harvey Graff
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Universities are not effective instruments of soft power
Chinese students in the Anglosphere want to develop their careers and learn English, not to be lectured about how terrible their homeland is, says Sibei Sun
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Academic freedom should not be restricted to supposed core expertise
The broad approach taken by the OfS’ guidance on free speech will safeguard orthodoxy-challenging work, say Abhishek Saha and Ian Pace
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How the anti-apartheid movement failed black South Africans
Thirty years ago this month, apartheid’s opponents declared victory and signed out. Yet racist legacies persist to this day, says Noam Schimmel
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Compassion fatigue is limiting academics’ ability to care for students
University managers must be committed to cultivating a compassionate culture and building trust in the workplace, says Andrew Woon
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UK universities are self-harming by exploiting Chinese students
Recruiting underprepared students is damaging the classroom experience and is soul-crushing for teachers, says a UK lecturer