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Racist government policies hurt the higher education sector, says Kevin?Fong, but the harm doesn¡¯t stop there

The impact of transnational education on host countries is overwhelmingly positive, according to a major research project

Sector-endorsed routes aid publishers, not scholars, say journal editors Harvey Goldstein and John Bynner

David Kemp and Andrew Norton call for state cash for all institutions and pre-bachelor¡¯s courses

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A concordat aimed at ending secrecy in animal testing will allow for debate that should benefit researchers and subjects

The Higher Education Academy must regain sight of its original priorities and reconnect with its members, says Sally Brown

Hate meetings? You need them more than you think, says Sally Feldman

Alan Ruby asks academics at Florida State College at Jacksonville what they have to offer that an online course does not

Listen to reporter Chris Parr¡¯s interviews with keynote speakers at the event in Miami

Australian education minister sets out vision during UK visit

Ryan Shorthouse argues that institutions should play a greater role in financing undergraduate students

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I¡¯ve had it with university enterprise: beam me up, Scotty, says Christopher Bigsby

Emma Rees on the self-absorbed musings of Adrian Mole, the much-loved creation of the late Sue Townsend

Academics have internalised research assessment to such a degree that the effects may be irreversible, fears Thomas Harrison

Postgraduate study is a financial struggle for most, and low pay for graduate teaching assistants does nothing to alleviate it

Campus lifestyles and easy access to guns can create the perfect storm, say Deborah D. Rogers and Howard P. Segal

Review of the demand-led system right to address the ¡°sameness¡± that bedevils Australian higher education, argues Warren Bebbington

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If faith in the comparability of standards is not maintained across UK higher education, the system will be devalued

US institutions, students and athletes must strike the right arrangements to stay afloat, says Alan Ryan

The performance of the domestic press has fallen short of expectations, says Hong Bing

Universities can improve their procedures by studying themselves instead of others, says Stephen Yorkstone

The academy¡¯s greatest gift is in cultivating a critical citizenry who cannot be treated as fools, argues the former Archbishop of Canterbury

It¡¯s misguided to think the tactic used in 2006 will succeed in today¡¯s altered environment, says Paul Curran

Ferdinand von Prondzynski ponders possible outcomes should Scotland opt for independence

Felipe Fern¨¢ndez-Armesto bristles at the stifling effect of peer review

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Years after Thatcher, says Simon Marginson, commerce is marginal to the sector. True competition would destroy its essence

Vice-chancellors and those who select them might learn from the successes ¨C and notable failures ¨C of politics

A course from the UK can¡¯t simply be transplanted overseas even if the language used is the same, says Rebecca Hughes

The minister hopes to sink his teeth into higher education but his political stock is falling, argues Christopher Prendergast

Libya¡¯s education system requires reform, but effective change can come incrementally, says Darren L. Linvill

Malcolm Gillies celebrates a watershed moment on the long road to equality

Many lecturers will not even consider the ¡®nuclear option¡¯ of boycotting marking in the pay dispute, says Bill Ashraf

As vice-chancellors¡¯ salaries creep up, do university heads risk the same fate as bankers in the court of public opinion?

Good communication is vital when dealing with allegations of harassment, says Luke Brunning

Universities won¡¯t be sustainable or fulfil their missions if they manage academics using research metrics alone, says a senior manager

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If Labour does adopt a graduate tax policy it will be making a grave mistake, says Emran Mian