51³Ô¹Ï

Decline is not inevitable: there is plenty that university leaders can do to shore up students¡¯ interest in these crucial subjects, says Kathryn Shailer

Self-employment teaches valuable skills and offers more flexibility to fit work around academic and domestic demands, says Robert Phillips

Abundant myths and historical stereotypes are sustaining the harmful notion that girls just don¡¯t like mathematical subjects, says Athene Donald

Experts must push back against politicians who feel free to supplant or distort their views for ideological gain, says Arthur Caplan

Disparities of wealth are becoming ever more extreme, yet researchers continue to focus their attention on the poor, laments Michael Marinetto

Good people who fail to put themselves forward are in no position to carp about their ¡®overlords¡¯, says Bruce Macfarlane

Short time horizons and a focus on cost-efficiency are limiting production of truly groundbreaking research, say Moqi Groen-Xu and Peter Coveney

It is vital for librarians to work proactively with tech firms to address the limitations and biases of the likes of ChatGPT, says Leo S. Lo

Raising the visibility of scientific breakthroughs with high-profile awards builds public trust and inspires the innovators of the future, says Richard Friend

Offering payment has risks, but it could expand the pool of willing reviewers beyond those on permanent academic salaries, says Duncan Money 

Even academics, never mind practitioners, will rarely read beyond an underwhelming and uninformative summary, says Maia Chankseliani

The recent protests by Iranian women appear to have sparked a conservative backlash against schools and universities, says Roohola Ramezani

The technology threatens to impoverish research and destroy humans¡¯ ability to understand the social world, says Dirk Lindebaum

Other countries could learn a lot from the various initiatives adopted in India since 2013, says Adrija Dey

Just as deans and provosts start to realise their visions, they are often gone, leaving everyone else to pick up the pieces, says Elizabeth Lehfeldt

The inadequacies of student accommodation used to be a bit of a joke. Today, with both the system and students under strain, it¡¯s no laughing matter

Immediate review of outputs by a REF reviewer could be more efficient, transparent, informative and, above all, fair, says Martin Lang

The recent leap forward in AI capabilities has us all gripped. But digital transformation is slow and steady as well as fast and scary

The barrage of personal abuse faced by women in leadership positions risks our gains on gender equality, says Dawn Freshwater 

Challenger institutions offer innovation and dynamism, but ignorance and monopolistic behaviour is holding them back, says Edward Venning 

Doing admin is a poor use of your time as an expert. Make sure you invoice for it at your highest rate, says Andy Farnell

The sense of being part of a learning community is important ¨C and you don¡¯t get that from ¡®captured¡¯ lectures, says Michael Merrifield

Oversupply of poorly trained workers in some fields contrasts with undersupply in others. Universities and students need better information, says Pushkar

Even when speech is legally protected, the harm that it can cause must be addressed, say Neijma Celestine-Donnor and Lara Schwartz

Medicaid spending commitments are driving cuts in appropriations for public universities, say F. King Alexander and Stephen Katsinas

Bibliographic databases¡¯ default ¡®sort by relevance¡¯ listings perpetuate bias towards white, Western men, says Katy Jordan

There are few professional roles that would not benefit from a broad and complex humanities foundation, says Harvey Graff

Kenneth Griffin¡¯s $300 million donation to Harvard is unusual in not being tied to pet ideological causes, says Naomi Oreskes  

Ancient India and China were the first civilisations to educate young people to become whole individuals, says Kyaw Moe Tun

Publishers, libraries and funders must do what they can to ensure that no one is priced out of open-access publishing, says Mandy Hill

We can¡¯t discourage scientific opportunism without providing information about which publishers to avoid, says Natalia Letki

University funding systems are complex and misfiring. A sustainable future requires root-and-branch review, with politics removed from the equation

Projects that pose no risk to participants are being distorted or prevented by regulations designed for medical interventions, says Martyn Hammersley

Will those charged with telling students that their student union card is not an approved form of ID for voting be branded fascists, wonders George Bass

Assessment needs rethinking, but ChatGPT et al could streamline processes, improve tutoring and highlight collaborations, says Nick Jennings

The aspiration is commendable, but the downsides of running short, flexible courses must be considered from the outset, says David Spendlove

A COP-style UN forum to coordinate and promote public education could help prevent natural hazards from becoming disasters, says Afroz Shah

Basing teaching around the fundamental challenges faced by society will benefit both the humanities and humanity itself, says Doug Haynes

To retain students, US institutions must give credit for learning that occurs in professional settings, say Stephen Handel and Eileen Strempel

The theft of more than $800,000 by hackers prompted uncomfortable conversations about preparedness ¨C or lack of it, says John Cox

Universities should do all they can to expand students¡¯ horizons by exposing them to the transcendentally vast, says Andy Tix

Many such journals are on government-approved lists and indexed in mainstream bibliographic databases, says Emanuel Kulczycki

Encouraging graduates into teaching would bring a ready-made army of advocates for university study into daily contact with pupils, says Jane White

ChatGPT must compel humanities scholars to rethink their acceptance of intellectual mediocrity and lax standards, says James Walker

Constant rejections for academic jobs took a bigger emotional toll than anything they encountered during their PhDs, says Michelle de Souza

Most presidents don¡¯t get fired, and those who do typically go on to rewarding new positions, says Holden Thorp

When and how a leader¡¯s tenure comes to an end can be down to many factors ¨C what lessons can be learned from others who have served their time?

An image of massed ranks of anatomy faculty giving the Nazi salute is a reminder that academics are not immune to extremism, says Jonathan Leo 

Senior faculty are trying to prove their worth by making the lives of others so unpleasant that they agree to leave. It is time to call them out, says Aymen Idris

In the absence of domestic fee hikes and full-cost grants, world-class facilities will help maintain international student flows, says Ian Walmsley

T levels are an alternative to A levels, not to level 1-3 vocational courses. Students need both options, says Sam Parrett

No policy initiative within research-intensive universities can be sustainable without researchers perceiving clear added value, says Sari Lindblom

EDI claims should be treated with the same curiosity and scepticism as anything else in academic life, says Maximilian Werner

Incanting managerial buzzwords in response to a handful of free comments is not a strategy for improvement, says an anonymous academic

The lost golden age of hiring and wider social appreciation of the disciplines never existed, says Harvey Graff

States, which all need a well-trained workforce to thrive, must contribute more to reducing the cost of public higher education, says Nancy Zimpher

With the right policies in place, the university can repeat the past 25 years¡¯ economic return within the next decade, says Anthony Freeling

The exascale machine referenced in the budget will be expensive, but the price of strategic missteps is higher, say Peter Coveney and Roger Highfield

Universities need guidance on providing voter registration opportunities and using work-study funds for civic engagement, says Mike Burns

Higher education leaders are often reluctant to enter the political realm, but now this prudence carries the stench of cowardice, says Michael Roth