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Dartmouth College president discusses seeking criticism, prioritising mental health and getting more women into engineering

Sheffield vice-chancellor discusses including innovation in promotions criteria and carving a distinct identity for the university

Outgoing Erasmus University Rotterdam president discusses the underappreciated value of the social sciences, managing student protests and the differences between Dutch and German higher education

University of Technology Sydney head on achieving impact on policy and sustainability by building partnerships, fossil fuel divestment and boosting Indigenous enrolment

The head of Hong Kong Baptist University shares his solution to the rapidly changing jobs market

As overhaul presses staff and students to broaden horizons, president discusses handling faculty pushback, maintaining a vital Samsung partnership and dealing with disgruntled alumni

The interim president of Michigan State University shares her approach to healing the campus community after a deadly shooting and sexual misconduct crises

Ebrahim Adia¡¯s journey through modern universities indicates their power to transform lives, but they face growing financial pressure

Michel Mawad fights to keep the lights on at Lebanese American University and its teaching hospitals, and to keep staff while supporting students amid economic and political crisis. But he¡¯s not giving up

Lund University vice-chancellor discusses the challenges of working with business, creating an innovation valley in the Baltic region and managing one¡¯s friends

University of Southern Queensland head makes case for teaching students in remote towns regionally to keep them and their skills in the community

Outgoing EdUHK head reflects on a decade-long stint leading Hong Kong¡¯s teacher training university

The rector of ORT Uruguay, cradle to the country¡¯s first ¡®unicorns¡¯, talks about fostering an entrepreneurship mindset in a risk-averse society

Auckland v-c wants to use M¨¡ori knowledge and research on misinformation to help tackle UN goals

New chair of global guards¡¯ association on being the first port of call for emergencies, helping students with their mental health and planning for terrorist attacks

Nazarbayev University president is ready to stop being envy of post-Soviet system, where centralised governance is still the norm

NYU economist reflects on stumbling into her field, using data for the public good, and lessons from four decades in academia 

Quantum physicist describes breaking stereotypes about age in science, her venture into the start-up world and how she ultimately chose academia

The product of a warm and happy childhood spent tinkering with computers explains how soft expectations created a personal drive that startled lab colleagues

The museums expert explains how every historical artefact has not just one story, but many

The higher education professor discusses totalitarian Romania, his academic inspirations and a fascination with folk music

Mozambique PhD candidate explains how she overcame extreme poverty, bereavement and daily beatings to study in the UK

The Cundill History Prize winner talks about uncovering a forgotten archive to tell the story of a slave rebellion ¡®from the inside out¡¯

Monsoon physicist talks through her journey resisting pressure to be ¡®ladylike¡¯ and becoming the only woman of 54 in chemical engineering class

The historian raised in a military family talks about her interest in both war and community, and the formative class which shaped that

Cambridge professor discusses swapping engineering for history, why researchers overlook the Indian and Pacific oceans, and what it means to offer ¡®an environmental lens¡¯ on imperial history

Musicologist waxes lyrical on homeschooling, white fragility and the narrowing of intellectual enquiry

The winner of the Philip Leverhulme Prize talks about the importance of ¡®mass photography¡¯ and her experience of studying as a single parent

Sports corruption investigator on feeling sorry for drugs cheat Marion Jones, ¡®barely graduating high school¡¯ and how sport might clean up its act

The Nottingham historian discusses founding a library in the Indian village where he grew up and the need for alternatives to the ¡®false promises of neoliberal education¡¯

Embracing economics after an iconic mountain climb, a daughter of the Deep South takes an optimistic outlook to promoting racial progress

The winner of this year¡¯s Leverhulme Medal discusses what it means to be a feminist historian and how contemporary politics, and a surprising find in Jamaica, changed her research

The glaciologist discusses falling in love with ¡®ice rivers¡¯, how emergency brain surgery changed her outlook, and the tragedy of global warming

Ashoka University professor and novelist discusses academic life in the US and India, as well as his next novel, which explores ¡®the ethics of education¡¯

Crawford Medal-winning historian on why New Zealand doesn¡¯t have borders, big screens are a good thing and research grant applications are too long

Former Hong Kong v-c and expert on the overseas Chinese experience talks about living through nearly a century of Asian history

Wolfson History Prize winner explains how Toussaint Louverture was a ¡®spiritual ancestor¡¯ of Black Lives Matter

The former Austrian molecular biologist explains how a boring childhood was an advantage, why he switched careers and how designing board games is like basic research

The retiring UBC scientist on inspirational partners, the precarious state of career options, and the formative value of stink bombs

Embattled university president in staunchly conservative state sees business-world allies valuing benefits of under-fire course

The computational biologist and Royal Society prizewinner on empowering neurodiversity, academic humour and why emotions are key to problem-solving

Theoretical astrophysicist explains how early home computers nurtured a fascination with the universe, and busts the myth that most stars are single

Artist and researcher Anthony Schrag on the importance of interdisciplinarity, how university changed him and why art will be even more important in the post-Covid world

The LSE management expert describes how workers can gain confidence to speak up, the culture shock of academia and what she learned from a drag king workshop

The British sinologist talks about the book that sparked her interest in China, and why she decided to translate an ancient epic

Winner of award for women in science in the developing world discusses growing up in a family of eight in Ghana and ¡®feeling like Christmas¡¯ when she is on a podium

The Canadian indigenous law expert on listening to rocks and learning from a Hollywood ¡®bad guy¡¯ grandfather

The Yale professor talks about racism in post-war Britain, mixing the personal and the academic in her writing and her advice to her younger self

The British artist on working with refugees, the similarities between art and science and growing up next door to Twiggy

Epigeneticist on searching for life¡¯s secrets, distinguishing stem cell science from snake oil and pondering the perfect size for a university

Sociologist who has shone light on some of India¡¯s most oppressed people explains why she keeps up the good fight

The crime writer on how to teach mystery writing, why she loves self-help books, and the literary appeal of a campus murder

Scholar of Native American history shortlisted for two major non-fiction prizes discusses why the US needs a ¡®reckoning¡¯ with indigenous dispossession

The epigeneticist and new Max Planck vice-president on a global childhood, the pleasures of buses running on time, and why young researchers are more stressed than ever

The human rights barrister and author reflects on his path into international law, the university course that changed history and what the UK¡¯s ¡®lazy¡¯ and ¡®narcissistic¡¯ prime minister could learn from Keir Starmer

The child refugee and business prodigy discusses racial prejudice and personal perseverance, and the prospects for Kamala Harris

Simone Buitendijk emphasises that efforts to improve diversity must not be left to under-represented groups as she takes top job at Yorkshire powerhouse

Animation academic and Peppa Pig voice actor reflects on her character Miss Rabbit and why we need more female characters in children¡¯s TV

The wildlife veterinarian discusses balancing the academic and field-based elements of her career, unfortunate smells and misconceptions about zoos

The ecologist with more air miles than most on alternative pathways to the professoriate, Australia¡¯s natural boom-bust cycles and whether there is hope for the platypus