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Five academics talk about the issues associated with various disabilities and what should be done to improve support
John Morgan looks at the Tory manifesto pledge to keep students in net migration target and to hold ‘major review’ of tertiary funding
The need to accommodate foreign students undermines domestic practices, says Lincoln Allison, spying parallels between UK universities and global sports bodies such as Fifa
Steven Rose on an eloquent explanation of the rapid mechanisms of human cognitive evolution
Jonathan Mirsky on a complex history of a country struggling to regain control of itself
Luna C. M. Centifanti on the problems surrounding research practices in psychology and how they can be corrected
While the Higher Education and Research Act seeks to level the playing field between providers, an unregulated category could spook future politicians and see the law retightened, says Nick Hillman
Archaeologist who introduced innovative tuition fee structure as university president is remembered
Vice-chancellors need to be less demanding and more collaborative and constructive if they want concessions from the government on issues such as immigration, says Lord Lucas
Objections to co-authorship with juniors display a misguided sense of ethics, say Mark Hayter and Roger Watson
As higher education costs rise inexorably, students or governments will inevitably have to pay more, says Peter Coaldrake
Universities around the world looking closely at employment rights and research engagement of doctoral candidates
Giving employee rights to doctoral candidates seen as key step to make life in academia more attractive, Holly Else writes