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Ahead of the prime minister¡¯s speech on reforming university funding, Charles B. W. Prince suggests four routes to improving student finance

Getting professional experience puts postgraduates in situations that they are unlikely to have faced in their university life, says Alfredo Cumerma

The evidence used to compile Spiked Online¡¯s Free Speech Rankings is not to be trusted, says Carl Thompson

Sarah Stevens looks at how universities are endeavouring to deliver the skills and learning the UK needs

Analysis of government data reveals that Australian universities¡¯ surpluses have effectively halved over the past six years, says Conor King

The UK Border Agency¡¯s treatment of non-EU musicians is undermining vital cultural exchange, says Michael Edwards

US universities¡¯ public approval is best guaranteed by boldly defending non-partisan values such as tolerance and free speech, says Darren Linvill

The concept of the graduate career is breaking down as university leavers spread across the employment spectrum, says Gerbrand Tholen

Ignore the politicians¡¯ jibes: history is crucial to develop critical minds, make sense of the present and prepare people for the future

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Compound interest rates of 6.1 per cent on student loans are unfair and create a debt trap responsible for today¡¯s worsening mental health crisis, says Estelle Clarke

The ¡®leaky pipeline¡¯ metaphor for the lack of women at senior levels of academia can demotivate those whose professional paths meander, says Aileen Fyfe

A law graduate¡¯s attempt to sue the University of Oxford for ?1 million over ¡®inadequate teaching¡¯ sheds far more light on how students learn than current TEF metrics, says Gill Evans

Successful trials of a robot tutor should encourage universities to ask which roles can never be replaced by artificial intelligence, argues Robert MacIntosh

Attending the criminal trial of a dissident scholar brings home the inhumanity of Turkey¡¯s academic purge, says Masi Noor, and underlines the importance of showing solidarity

Universities must resist the urge to make knee-jerk cuts after disappointing application numbers ¨C better times are on the horizon and we must be prepared, says Zahir Irani

Universities¡¯ demands are taking too great a toll on individuals¡¯ health and happiness, as our first work-life balance survey shows

The former Soviet state¡¯s National Academy of Sciences is too focused on its own survival to improve its research performance, says Ararat Osipian

Books offer an experience, evidence trail and egalitarianism that could never be digitised, say Al Martinich and Tom Palaima

Suspension is a legal and emotional minefield that can blow up in managers¡¯ faces, says a wrongfully suspended scholar 

Academics routinely offer praise and encouragement to their students. Why are they so reluctant to offer it to each other? asks Terri Apter

New Office for Students guidance hints at a more adversarial approach to sector that most wish to avoid, says Gill Evans

Accepting that your doctoral studies will sometimes take second place to family commitments is part of the journey of a PhD student mother, says Annabelle Workman

Universities must dramatically increase their levels of technical training to close the skills gap and deliver social justice, says Robert Halfon

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China¡¯s Southern University of Science and Technology puts an overriding emphasis on knitting together talented people from all regions and levels, says its president, Shiyi Chen

Futao Huang considers the five nations trying to compete with China, Asia¡¯s higher education superpower

Just as the ¡®little red dot¡¯ city state has made an indelible mark on the global stage, president of Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Subra Suresh examines how his institution has garnered attention

Growing interest in the student mental health crisis is welcome, but it is overburdened hourly paid lecturers who are most at risk of stress in universities, says Sam Christie

Qatar is improving its university system faster than any other world economy, explains Cesar Wazen

Universities must do more to tackle the class privilege that is still rife in the ranks of academia, says Louise Morley

Long-held beliefs about the UK¡¯s hierarchy of institutions do not stand up to scrutiny, and hold back progress, argues Edward Peck

As Theresa May concludes her trade visit to China, Tim Bradshaw reflects on how research-intensive universities have paved the way for increased East-West trade

But sophisticated New Zealand analysis also belies assumption that highly educated international students are most likely to find local employment, says Roger Smyth

India has made clear that education is key to a future trade deal; the UK must take note, says Lord Bilimoria

Asian universities in particular are embracing a technological future, but they should bear in mind the words of two wise Americans, says Alice Gast

Better policy would result from improved global scrutiny of student migration, says Rajika Bhandari

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The plans for SUSTech capture the boldness of the country¡¯s ambitions to create in years universities that can match century-old powers

The huge economic benefits of international students to the US economy must not be ignored by President Trump, warns one US university leader

It is incumbent on the government to help build better ties between companies such as Google and the university sector, says Alex Acland

Not every course takes three years to complete, says Charles Prince, so we must look at ways to deliver accelerated programmes

The University of London¡¯s Leading Women campaign is celebrating the pioneering women who joined the university 150 years ago, writes Philip Carter 

Dorothy Bishop wishes people would stop reinforcing the idea that universities are places of privilege where the staff sit idly around thinking ¡®great thoughts¡¯

The teaching of ethics in drama overlooks how theatre-makers should be treated, and how they should treat one another, while doing their jobs, says Daniel Foster 

Canadian scientists¡¯ impressive campaign for increased basic science funding risks splintering as victory looms, says Jim Woodgett

Barring controversial speakers has a long heritage and the Office for Students should be very wary of cracking down on it, argues Evan Smith

A year-long experiment convinced Michael Marinetto that carving out research time is a fun but unwinnable game 

Collaboration within the Gulf region was rare but now the few oases in the desert risk running dry, says Hilal Lashuel 

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Knowledge exchange sits low on academia¡¯s menu, overshadowed by meatier mains, but could the assessment of universities¡¯ third-stream activities tempt some to make it a signature dish?

David Pitt-Watson and Hari Mann believe there could be a way to settle the ongoing pensions row amicably

With student numbers falling as fees rise, drastic action is needed to widen participation, says Claire Callender

Scott Anthony takes issue with claims that Singapore¡¯s leading universities have neglected local intellectual life

Muddled thinking behind the creation of the new Office for Students risks damaging the UK's world-class universities, says Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

Joel Mullan shares some of the ways that digital technologies could address the challenges posed by accelerated degree courses

The stressful postgraduate environment often leads not to solidarity but to the impoverishment of research, says Alfredo Cumerma

Almost 2,350 academics from non-UK European countries have resigned from UK universities in the past year, and Layla Moran fears that could be just the tip of the iceberg

Unconditional offers harm A-level performance, but contextual offers do not ¨C and they better target social mobility, says John Law

Pakistani journals lack the professionalism and expertise to support a thriving knowledge economy, say Abdur Rehman Cheema and Mehvish Riaz