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The uncapping of student numbers may not result in a surge across the sector - but things are changing all the same

Context and motive are key to concerns about limits on freedom within and without the academy

Students need to understand assessment criteria in order to spot weaknesses in their own work, says David Carless

Practitioners of the genre are undervalued in the selfie era, argues Sally Feldman

Alan Ruby wishes students would use their economic clout in a more politically and morally meaningful way than purchasing organic burritos

Scientific publishing has a noble history of tolerating tiny profits. We need a bit more of that spirit today, suggests Aileen Fyfe

The former leader of the University of York on how his new role’s focus on technology made the decision an easy one

A different method of funding study could allow institutions to raise fees and also save the state money, argues Alfred Morris

The pay gap between men and women is an issue that never goes away. It’s time for action, not more reassuring words

One scholar imagines a university league table that puts the emphasis on fairness and diversity

Attracting young people from the People’s Republic is vital for UK universities and a secure future, says Keith Burnett

Christopher Bigsby considers their changing nature

Winfried Stöcker, an honorary professor at Lübeck, has views on immigration that conflict with German universities’ self-image. Brian Bloch writes

The history of binary arithmetic shows that we should be concerned about pressure to demonstrate the immediate value of discoveries, says Lloyd Strickland

A whistleblower’s account of how an institution manipulated graduate employment statistics made for sobering reading, but it also drove the Twitterati to drink-related puns

George Osborne’s ambitions for northern research powerhouses may be undermined by post-REF funding allocations

The headline crises are just the start, observes Alan Ryan

Martin McQuillan on the critical theorists shaking up Syriza and Podemos

Top academics will be increasingly reluctant to come to the UK, says Hirono, who is being forced to quit Britain despite her permanent post

Protracted battle to retrieve a computer centre’s seats for the elderly and handicapped at Bremen says much about the bureaucratic mindset

The case for research funding in the humanities is stronger if we recognise the similarities, argues David Eastwood

This flawed publication is symptomatic of a deeper malaise in business and management studies, says Dennis Tourish

PhD candidates and bloggers offer hard-won advice on self-care

Overseas students are key to universities’ success, bringing valuable fee income and adding value for home students, too

John Gilbey remembers the gifted, generous and genial creator of the Discworld universe

Felipe Fernández-Armesto laments our giant-killing culture

Universities must understand what employers want from graduates, argues Kevin Kruger

Economist Andrew Oswald counsels against despair over the Universities Superannuation Scheme reforms

The UK sector gathers to hear and debate the major parties’ poll positions on higher education

University terror inquiries flag the vital role of strong pastoral care and good tutoring in guarding against disengagement

A legal battle in Germany over a contentious dissertation on Martin Luther and anti-Semitism raises key questions about academic decisions

For teachers, the border between the two is porous, says Shahidha Bari

A claim of academic immunity is not the trump card it was, say David Lawson and Leon Glenister

Be open about your health, an academic advises. It could be the surest way to get the workplace support you need

Dominic Dean has a plan to make future assessment exercises easier, quicker and better

South University of Science and Technology of China wanted to buck the system. Did it succeed? asks Hong Bing

A physicist on the ‘shameless exploitation’ of low-pay sessional lecturing that leaves his family officially classed as ‘poor’

Labour’s proposal to cut tuition fees will be funded by removing a perk from the UK’s super-rich, writes the professor of geography

Creative writing, often seen as a heretical branch of English studies, is split into sects. But such schisms are no sin, says Jonathan Taylor

Labour has given birth to its £6K tuition fees baby but doubts still remain about the costs and benefits of the policy

University examinations teach students how to compete but teamwork is the vital life skill, says Kevin Fong

Judith Ackroyd and Jill Robinson explain why they are dramatising material from confidential interviews with university leaders

As Ed Miliband announces Labour’s policy on university tuition fees, the shadow universities minister sets out his party’s plans for higher education

We need an honest conversation about unconscious prejudices and how they can hold back individuals and their work

John Warren and colleagues warn of the serious decline in graduates with sound identification skills

Paul Ashwin unpicks some cherished nostrums, from Hollywood-style star turns at the podium to the much-exaggerated death of the lecture