Discussions with students about how marijuana can affect studies and health and talks about its place on campus are needed before the drug becomes legal in Canada, say Alexandra Burnett, Rodney A. Clifton and Gabor Csepregi
Matthew Reisz meets Andrea Pet?, recent recipient of the Madame de Sta?l prize, a scholar at Hungary¡¯s Central European University whose feminist probing into the dark corners of Hungary¡¯s past is provoking strong reactions in the ¡®illiberal democracy¡¯
He may once have disdained older scholars, but, having reached seniority in a managerialist age, John Brinnamoor now values their ability to say what others can¡¯t
Senior management has its perks but it also comes with a host of new practical, philosophical, psychological and even physical challenges. Here, seven people who have lived through that fiery baptism tell their tales
Precarity is a significant feature of the academy worldwide, creating a feeling of ¡®academic apartheid¡¯ as it grows. Ellie Bothwell explores its impact
Lincoln Allison was inspired to teach by academics who loved what they did and communicated this to students. But has all passion for teaching been eliminated by creeping assessment and instrumentalism?
Pakistani lecturers and students tend to be similar in age, which makes romances inevitable. Universities must do more to raise awareness of the potential fallout of such relationships, say Abur Rehman Cheema and Mehvish Riaz
With about one-third of Earth¡¯s 7 billion inhabitants on a social network, it is an inevitable part of scholars¡¯ lives. While many academics find Twitter and Facebook useful means of disseminating their research, Sara Custer finds that the addictive seeking of ¡®likes¡¯ has its perils
When the alt-right made highly dubious claims about historical Irish slavery, Natalie Zacek realised that a rebuttal from an expert would make no difference
Determination to make your own way is key to success in academia, but scholars¡¯ research, teaching and even their lives can be transformed by a chance encounter or event
A home-grown alternative to the research assessment exercise would better reflect local practice and sit better with the special administrative region¡¯s new political reality, says Michael O¡¯Sullivan
For insight into the ¡®pervasive dislocation¡¯ of people¡¯s lives today, the sociologist Jeff Ferrell rode the rails across the US. He tells Matthew Reisz about life on the road and the limits of mainstream research
The Booker prizewinning author talks about novelists and academic historians¡¯ ¡®complementary trades¡¯, ¡®less subtle¡¯ scholars and studying for a lifetime
Efforts to reclaim imperial history from so-called ¡®politically correct¡¯ professors have little to do with genuine academic debate, argue James McDougall and Kim Wagner
From MI5 recruiting, to students spying on each other and intelligence agencies funding research, Matthew Reisz explores the long and often uneasy relationship between espionage and the academy
The UK's first-ever Twitter-only teaching and learning conference shows academic symposia with international reach can be organised on a shoestring, say Natalie Lafferty and Pat Lockley
The framing of the Peter Horrocks row misses the bigger issue underlying the conflict and the opportunity to sketch out a vibrant future for this important national institution, say Mark Brandon, Joe Smith and Martin Weller
The protests against pensions reforms reflect not just self-interest but also anger about working conditions and a sense that universities are losing their way. Jack Grove explores how proposed changes to the USS strained and broke bonds of trust
Academic gatherings may be fun, but they do little to advance knowledge. To justify the public spending that supports them, such events must do more to provide benefits to those who don¡¯t attend, argues Nicholas Rowe
Women and their clothing are scrutinised more closely because men are seen as the norm in academia. Emma Rees considers the codes at play in what is supposedly a radical space
