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Goldsmiths’ reduction of people to expendable costs corrodes the necessary conditions for learning. I’m leaving, says Les Back

The push for lifelong learning should revive the ‘I can’t decide which of these exciting subjects to study next’ model of learning, says Andy Grayson

As the Indian and the US examples both show, openness and flexibility is easily limited by parochialism and provincialism, says Saikat Majumdar

Enormous surpluses underline the extent to which universities prioritise their own welfare over that of future graduates, says Hannah Forsyth

Graduate careers are long and pay varies by region – so why measure course value on graduate salaries 15 months in, asks Neal Juster

The idea that revisionism is something to be ashamed of harks back to a mythical golden age of classics, canons and objective truth, says Harvey Graff

Giving adjuncts biweekly payments, internal status for permanent vacancies and tenure on promotion would all help, say Lisa Carver and Samantha King

UK government schemes that purport to guarantee disabled applicants an interview are not working, says Becky Alexis-Martin

Food insecurity is evident among both international and domestic students at all types of universities, say four academics

Students get an advantage if they are steeped not just in particular industries but in particular firms, says Nick Isles

The bumper increase in QR funding for England may sound like heaven. But with doubts over the future of Horizon, UK research is stuck in purgatory

To better respond to regional need, England’s higher and further education sectors should be unified and devolved, says Michael Shattock

With UK academics no longer on call, the dispensing of assurance in the small hours has been left to guards, says George Bass

If authors are no longer required to justify their fundamental assumptions, where does that leave referees, asks Martyn Hammersley

If transferable skills must be taught at all, an anxiety-ridden exercise frequently done very poorly is not the way, says Gary Thomas 

University managers’ role in industry collaboration should be that of cheerleader and facilitator – not auditor, says Chani Imbulgoda

Measures on student outcomes, high-quality provision and impartiality could all be wolves in sheep’s clothing, says Jennifer Hastings

Both journals and funders need to do more to support the gold route that authors want and open science needs, says Steven Inchcoombe

We need a vision of how to foster the knowledge base and creative mindsets on which new thinking depends, says Jan Palmowski

Efficient and effective short-cycle higher education programmes could provide students with better outcomes and supply the region with a skilled workforce, says María Marta Ferreyra

Liberation issues and bread-and-butter issues do not sit on opposite ends of an imaginary relevance spectrum, say Ben Vulliamy and Pierrick Roger

As well as supporting societies, tackling loneliness and offering advice, unions have no problem amplifying the student voice, says Ben Ward

Higher education in Venezuela has suffered with the rest of the country, but Juan Carlos Navarro identifies pockets of hope in the sector

Fracturing audiences and commercial priorities are diverting resources for science communication and leaving expertise unrewarded, says Helen Jamison

The consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic still pose challenges to higher education systems with structural inequalities, says Mónica Marquina

The doctorate must remain an apprenticeship. Better to cut PhD students’ teaching load by hiring more teaching staff, says Ruth Machen

Agency and incomplete information imperil data-driven assumptions about how to personalise teaching and learning, say Kate Ames and Colin Beer

The perception of technicians as non-intellectual workers contributes to the undervaluing of technical career paths, says Urszula Pawlicka-Deger

Boosting individual academics' awareness of the risks of collaboration in certain areas is also crucial, says Fiona Quimbre

Precarity is a debilitating condition that often proves fatal to research careers. And it affects even the most lauded research groups

Advanced papers replace blunt reliance on markets and financial incentives with nuanced mechanisms for efficiency, say Jeff Frank and Norman Gowar

Analysis reveals that UK scholars tend to move to jobs that bring them into closer conformity with disciplinary standards, says Juan Pablo Pardo-Guerra

Emphasising the value for money offered by a vibrant learning community is a much better pitch to potential students, says Aaron Basko

Despite being the second largest REF submitter, business ranks 30th of 34 disciplines on research income per FTE, says Robert MacIntosh

Working with just one company to deliver a service belies the variety of international students’ needs, says Tony Gao

A new scheme will see West African and Australian universities co-create courses that can be replicated across the region, says Joanna Newman

A two-year hiatus in educational activities following the military coup is threatening the country's post-conflict future, says a professor in Yangon

If the balance of the £300 million promised by the UK government is not delivered, a broad swathe of research will suffer, says Ulrike Tillmann

As Pride Month draws to a close, Nick Braisby reflects on what it means to him 

We distract from the debate on the importance of the arts if we don’t review and re-energise our humanities offerings, says Chris Husbands

The higher their performance, the more interdisciplinary scientists are penalised by colleagues as a threat to the status quo, find four researchers

When employers and governments state preferences for particular universities, it further overheats entry competition, says Hiroshi Ono

While the results may be difficult to hear, they might provide some pointers on how universities can improve their image, says Zachary Michael Jack

Ad-hoc modules that bear little relation to a student’s degree are too easily forgotten – especially if they aren’t road-tested, says Boris Walbaum

Academics rejected by university presses may turn to hybrid or self-publishers. But Harvey Graff’s experience suggests they should tread very carefully

Universities are too often used for political point-scoring. Finding a way to implement and protect long-term plans for the sector would benefit all

A constant demand for more evidence increases the chances of discovering something nobody has been looking for, says Gerd Gigerenzer

There is always more to a research question than the underpinning science. So work with the people you are studying, says Nicola Ray

Loss of an institutional position closes too many doors for those whose passion for research outlives their academic careers, says Maria Cohut

It matters that non-donating alumni are missing out on much of the aftercare value they could be receiving, say Andy Shaindlin and David Williams

The University of Juba has emerged strong from decades of turmoil, topped by a pandemic. But other institutions are suffering, says Kuyok Abol Kuyok

Researchers need to be confident enough to lift the veil on the debate that is at the heart of scientific progress, says Rebecca Lawrence

Barring collaboration with 236 Russian universities raises more questions than it answers, says Ararat Osipian

The myths underlying politicians’ insistence on a blanket return to face-to-face teaching must be busted carefully, says Alistair Jarvis

Humanities benefit individuals, societies and economies. They should be accessible to students from all backgrounds, says Neal Juster

High costs, opaque contracts and the difficulty of finding peer reviewers all point to the need for a divorce, says Robert Kaplan

Low-quality studies waste resources, abuse patients and undermine trust in science. Ethics committees should be more stringent, says Edzard Ernst

A reliance on critical thinking alone will fall foul of students’ cognitive biases, says James Southworth

If the emphasis in the job market is on skills-based hiring, a college transcript ought to reflect that, says Darren Catalano

Our higher valuation of scarce commodities and our aversion to losing things we value now play in digital education’s favour, suggests Paul Penn