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Kevin Fong argues that cutting science funding will be bad for Britain

Across the academy, scholars must stand by their colleagues, especially those deemed ¡®non-priority¡¯, and assert the value of all subjects in enriching our lives, argues Keith Burnett

The CSR proposes shifting the burden of university spending from the state to the student. The academy must probe coalition weaknesses and stop the plans before it¡¯s too late, argues Pam Tatlow

The CSR¡¯s savagery is the latest chapter in a narrative first articulated by Labour: the neoliberal university. Andrew Blake writes

In a time of shrinking funding, librarians¡¯ savvy use of time- and space-shifting podcasts can aid diverse groups of students and scholars and highlight valuable resources, argues Tara Brabazon

Insight and independent thinking are truly vocational skills, argues Alan Ryan

Each week, Dr Margot Feelbetter poses a dilemma and offers advice for readers to respond to online. This week: Room 101 here we come

UK universities are regularly exhorted to learn from the US, but we can teach them, too, writes Matthew Partridge

Why are Americans happier to pay fees than Britons? Cary Cooper looks at the possible consequences of adopting their model here

Born of UN efforts to prop up the great powers, the Declaration of Human Rights' legacy matches its odd origins, argues Jon E. Wilson

Lord Browne's review could herald a bloody shake-out and damage the fabric of a sector that 'matters' to all of society

Alasdair Smith sees the Browne review as a golden opportunity to halt the academy¡¯s distorted focus on research output

Alan Ryan proposes that there should be no cap on tuition fees, grants for the talented poor should return and universities should lose their safety net

Each week, Dr Margot Feelbetter poses a dilemma and offers advice for readers to respond to online. This week: Frock horror

Computers can auto-generate processes, so can we really use them for scientific research if we can't control them? asks Aleks Krotoski

The sector needs agreement on pensions and job security if it is to resist savage coalition cuts, argues Sally Hunt

Mike Boxall and Paul Woodgates explain how universities can thrive despite mass retrenchment and pressure from private competitors

Changes ahead on the higher education horizon may prove the making of some institutions and the breaking of others

Felipe Fern¨¢ndez-Armesto deplores scholarly reviewing's tarnished golden rule

We all collude in the hype cycle that turns shiny ¡®new media¡¯ into forgotten, junk-generating ¡®dead media¡¯, and it¡¯s time to look at the costs, argues Tara Brabazon

To secure our future in hard times, we must make tough choices and ensure that society is aware of higher education¡¯s value, argues Paul Marshall

Each week, Dr Margot Feelbetter poses a dilemma and offers advice for readers to respond to online. This week: Playing away

Higher fees should reflect an institution's quality, rather than status, so we should start measuring it, argues Graham Gibbs

Does religion give us purpose, or has history been tailored to give one version of events, asks Gary Day

UK research is not in decline, but to secure its future we need to spread the word about its benefits, says Alan Thorpe

Malcolm Gillies applies the rules of lane swimming etiquette to funding

In the wake of Benedict XVI¡¯s British visit, Robert Segal deconstructs the Pope¡¯s protestations about the potency of religion

Each week, Dr Margot Feelbetter poses a dilemma and offers advice for readers to respond to online

Big bursaries are not enticing the poor into elite institutions; targeted outreach may be an answer, says Sir Martin Harris

University research generates ideas and keeps the country competitive - so we must protect its funding, argues Paul Wellings

The politics of the North-South divide gave material for many gritty novels of the 1960s, says Gary Day

Tim Birkhead on universities' courtship of their next cohort of students

Tara Brabazon shares her 10-step regime for steering emotionally drained postgraduate students through the final stages of their thesis

If Jane Austen can flout the rules of grammar so can I, writes Sally Feldman

Each week, Dr Margot Feelbetter poses a dilemma and offers advice for readers to respond to online. This week: Body, not mind

George Watson defends a much-maligned institution that is simply the best political idea mankind has had

John Henry Newman's vision for university revolutionised the global academy. David Grumett discusses its development and impact

Gary Day finds that some people survive disaster and war through sheer luck and improvisation

Each week, Dr Margot Feelbetter poses a dilemma and offers advice for readers to respond to online. This week: There are always alternatives

Employee ownership could help preserve the university as a site of research and teaching, suggests Steve Fuller

Kenneth Baker calls on universities to seek financial independence from the state, and for the state to handle a precious asset with care

Gary Day on a harrowing tale of modern-day slavery that he fears will have no impact on its reality

For-profit providers need scrutiny, but so do their non-profit cousins, to ensure the delivery of quality education efficiently

Kevin Fong¡¯s inability to resist his smartphone threatens his family vacation

The creative industries must be given as much support as STEM subjects to keep the UK at the forefront of the world economy, argues David Docherty

Social media allow academics to support students and colleagues, network and explore new intellectual connections, argues Tara Brabazon

US for-profits are a mixed bag but they meet a real need, says Alan Ryan

Your chance to advise on academic dilemmas. Each week, Dr Margot Feelbetter poses a dilemma and offers advice for readers to respond to online. This week: Let the new era of austerity commence?

If Lord Browne uncaps fees, the Golden Age of the English university may well come to an unseemly end, writes Paul Benneworth

Gary Day finds the presenters of Secret Britain intrusive and marvels over Anglo-Saxon treasures

Each week, Dr Margot Feelbetter poses a dilemma and offers advice for readers to respond to online. This week: More smoke than fire?

Student life gave Roxanne Pallett a blank canvas from which to reinvent herself and the confidence to follow her dreams