Scholarship policies are preserving barriers to low-income participation
Universities and colleges should not cut their own financial support if a student receives an external scholarship, says Wyatt Deihl
Universities and colleges should not cut their own financial support if a student receives an external scholarship, says Wyatt Deihl
For university students, living matters as much as learning. Piling pressure on local private rental markets helps no one, says Lorna Fox O’Mahony
As university libraries invest heavily in digital resources, Caroline Ball explains why physical books are still vital for research, teaching and the preservation of knowledge
University educators may not fully understand generative AI or its long-term impact on society, but they must seek to integrate the technology into degree courses, says Stephanie Marshall
Collective effort can combat misinformation, respond to climate change and harness the power of AI for the good of mankind, says Rocky Tuan
From just 200 universities to almost 2,000, the World University Rankings have become more global and more inclusive. Ellie Bothwell goes through the archives to examine the most noteworthy...
Seven years after he took the ‘big leap’ out of academia, John Ankers explains what he’s learned from life coaching other scholars who are mulling a change of career
As attentions turn to manifestos for the coming election, higher education should ramp up communication with MPs and ministers, says Anne Milton
Every day that the prime minister delays further diminishes the UK’s reputation in Europe, says Scottish first minister Humza Yousaf
If AI can perform or simulate a competency being assessed, is it really appropriate for students to use it, asks Andrew West
Politicians, the public and judges have grown tired of deferring to universities’ opaque decision-making processes, as illustrated by Supreme Court’s ban on affirmative action in admissions, say...
Reducing the number of universities in South Australia would fly in the face of the Universities Accord’s call for more differentiation, says Warren Bebbington
The curricula of the most advanced science and technology subjects contain little space for moral and social insight, says Andy Miah
The mutual suspicion of autonomous bureaucracies ignores the multifarious needs of living, learning, maturing young people, says Harvey Graff
There is an important place for such training, but it is markedly at odds with many of the established values of the university, says Ian Pace