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Systems have the data to track students, the leverage to facilitate collaboration and the authority to create transfer policies, says Nancy L Zimpher

War has helped to fan inflation and wither universities’ resources. With scant prospect of let-up, all eyes are watching the horizon for hopeful signs

In developing nations deemed too rich for fee waivers, subscription journals are the only publishing option, say three Brazilian scientists

After years of resisting university managers determined to graduate students at all costs, one US professor decided it was time to quit

If authors had to find the money themselves, they would have a big incentive to check their sources thoroughly, says James Stacey Taylor

New programmes must dovetail with higher technical qualifications and higher apprenticeships, says Graham Baldwin

Links to journals’ genuine websites should be added to the government’s database of reputable publishing outlets, says Rameez Mahesar

Mobile phones may distract students, but apps can bring the past alive for students and the public alike, says Fabrizio Nevola

Legitimate concerns about publishers’ grip on the academy will not be addressed if open access debate remains so polarised, says Amy Brand

Only a handful of UK universities maximised their public profiles during the pandemic because press officers were diverted towards internal crises or social media engagement, says Fiona Fox

The ambitious goals of online education cannot be achieved unless universities prioritise student mentoring and pastoral support, says Chandralekha Singh

Labyrinthine university administration is causing unnecessary stress for scholars and students but beware red tape cutbacks, says Maree Martinussen

Accepting industry money risks distorting research and allowing polluting firms to greenwash their reputations, says Zak Coleman

Universities and colleges have such a range of histories, missions and demographics that proposing single solutions is misguided, says Harvey Graff

Some topics are lightning rods for disagreement, but there are ways to insulate yourself against online vitriol, say Kristine Maloney and Teresa Valerio Parrot

Members lack expertise and groupthink is a constant peril. Better to entrust scrutiny to expert lawyers and ethicists, says Adrian Furnham

If universities were mainstream businesses they would be in the category of bloated, oligopolistic conglomerates, says Timothy Devinney

It is doubtful that a management consulting firm could avoid throwing the baby out with the bathwater, says Grahame R. Dowling

Unreliable internet connections and underdeveloped pedagogies will blunt the potential impact of online options, says Mukhtar Ahmad 

Complicity of Russian universities in the savage assault on Ukraine must lead to severe punishments, write four Ukrainian academics

The University of GdaÅ„sk is housing hundreds, and expects thousands. But couldn’t the burden be shared more widely, asks Agnieszka Piotrowska

Emilia Åžercan has exposed a vast array of senior public officials for plagiarising their theses, writes Július Kravjar

The pandemic underlined the value of international university alliances for sharing problems â€“ and solutions, says David Eastwood

With the future of globalisation in question, are long-debated divisions over institutional autonomy and academic freedom inching closer to reality?

Standard mentoring is not enough if we want a resilient, compassionate and happy research workforce, says Mark Reed

The default mode of human problem-solving is to add complexity. But we must try harder to resist, say Leidy Klotz and Robert Sutton

Universities’ oligarchic control of degree provision and metrics’ misguided focus are shortchanging both students and academics, says Murdoch Gabbay

Mental illness has been depicted as the primary occupational health hazard of UK student life since the 1950s, says Sarah Crook

University educators must not be blind to other life goals – like building a savings account, says Brent Lucia 

As war descends on Europe again, how many of the idealistic young scholars defending their country against invasion will live full lives, muses Keith Burnett

For the new technical qualification to be a success, every university must encourage applicants from these courses, says David Gallagher

Boycotting Russia will hinder research, punish the innocent and damage the prospects of a peaceful future, says Binoy Kampmark

The latest cataclysm is a reminder that certainties about the world, and even about international research collaboration, aren’t certain after all

Teaching students to hack is necessary to show them how to defend against it â€“ but we need to do more to instil ethics, says Andy Farnell  

Guards are adept at taking escalating student consumerism in their stride. Coffee may also be served, says George Bass 

Inducing shame and humiliation is not a blood sport. It is the very life blood of the academic profession, says Michael Marinetto

Trials suggest that far from being mutually exclusive, both can play an important role, says Kim Eggleton

Any attempt to address regional inequalities must recognise the role of post-92 universities as anchor institutions, says Ian Campbell

A few electronic mailing lists still thrive in the academy, reminding us that peer communication need not be all about ‘building the brand’, says Kate Eichhorn

The 10-year Idex process to reconfigure French universities and make them more internationally visible has reached its conclusion, writes John Ludden

Students need help to make better course choices and lifelong learners need a flexible application system, says Graeme Atherton

The attempt to improve the country’s universities was stuttering even before the war broke out, says Ararat Osipian

Transparency, institutional accountability and continual change are all essential, says Georgina Randsley de Moura

Vice-chancellors and presidents must deliver fully inclusive environments from which female leaders will emerge, says Lucy Meredith

Mathematicians have no excuse. We, of all disciplines, have the expertise to gather and analyse the data, say the heads of four mathematics societies

Inclusive language, clear expectations and a genuine spirit of collaboration will make academia a more humane sector to work in, says Harvey Graff

Local authorities should work in close collaboration with academic institutions to make international students feel welcome, says James Pitman

A large new survey gives the lie to the idea that liberal arts colleges are more responsive to students’ needs than universities are, notes Samuel Abrams

The furore over the John Comaroff letter means discussions that could boost understanding of sexual harassment won’t occur, says Jonathan Zimmerman 

After a four-year wait, views vary on whether the government’s Augar response can usher in a truce on university funding in England

The Augar response highlights ministers’ hopes that rising costs will make certain courses economically unviable, says Alexis Brown

Frozen fee levels must rise eventually, but universities need to deliver efficiency gains through hybrid learning, says David Willetts

The unrelenting social pressure to take on all domestic duties leaves women little time for professional advancement, says Sabrin Ramadhan

Universities have a duty to protect students from the power imbalance inherent in a personal relationship with a staff member, says Cara Aitchison

As the Christ Church saga underlines, college trustees must ask probing questions if they are to fulfil their responsibilities, says Gill Evans 

Flexibility, speed and resources are needed to ensure that refugee scholars and students can continue their work, says Jan Palmowski 

Unless pay and conditions improve at UK universities, quality and diversity will enter a downward spiral, says Maria Sobolewska

Long before students became potential vectors of infection, academics were inclined to shun their presence, recalls Laurie Taylor

Canadian universities must also provide the resources to support students through their studies with more scholarships and bursaries, says Opiyo Oloya

An unsustainable strategic choice has been made to worsen the university offer for future students and graduates, says Chris Husbands