Should the wealthy repay more of their student loans?
Australian legislation proposes to lower the country’s generous loan repayment threshold – but some argue that it should rise even higher, says Andrew Norton

Australian legislation proposes to lower the country’s generous loan repayment threshold – but some argue that it should rise even higher, says Andrew Norton

Tributes paid to land law expert who became Leicester pro vice-chancellor

The Italian scholar discusses how Machiavelli might have appraised current politics, the benefits of birdwatching and discovering Stevie Wonder

The publication game that researchers are obliged to play has stripped the purpose out of social research. Time to change the rules, says Yiannis Gabriel

Aarhus University has signed up companies to fund fundamental research in what it calls a ‘patent-free playground’

John Morgan witnesses a pioneering collaboration between two Sheffield universities, drawing upon the city’s manufacturing heritage to become a hub of industrial innovation and a model of civic...

The professor of history discusses the ‘crisis of multiculturalism in Europe’

Book of the week: A cancerous, consumer-driven capitalism has weakened higher education, says David Wheeler

Dip in number of applications puts students in the driving seat, say sector experts

The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media

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Institutions are feeling under attack; they need to counter their critics by showing proudly and publicly the immense good work they do
Re the feature “Fuzzy logic” (3 August) and the debate about whether critical thinking skills give graduates an edge in the jobs market. Lost in this is the question of when and why universities...