Be here now, or else: lamentable effects of student 'presenteeism' Forcing undergraduates to attend class retards their capacity to develop as mature, independent learners, warns Bruce Macfarlane 13 December
Hang the expenses In this age of austerity, delaying reimbursements owed to external examiners is inexcusable, opines Iain Stevenson 13 December
All we want for Christmas Malcolm Gillies awaits a sleigh and nine tiny (UKBA-compliant) reindeer 13 December
Consumer self-interest An Oxford survey into attitudes to marketisation offers food for thought on our intellectual future, says Teresa Morgan 6 December
Cycle of domination of top roles by men must be broken More women attend university now, but there are still too few in senior posts. It's time to tackle the barriers, says Louise Morley 6 December
Let morals exact change Statutory regulation is not the answer, says Tim Luckhurst of the Leveson report. The press must be free and control itself 6 December
Enter the disruptive dragon Moocs promise to strike at the heart of traditional higher education delivery, but it needn’t mean the chop for universities By John Gill 6 December
Credential crisis Universities’ monopoly on certifying expertise is at risk, warns Tamson Pietsch By Tamson Pietsch 6 December
Loud and clear Researchers didn't hold back when EPSRC head Paul Golby asked for feedback on the council's workings. Things will improve, he vows 29 November
Opportunity blocks Racial equality is sliding down the government’s agenda, says Sally Feldman 29 November
Join us in the big tent The CDBU is a broad church that aims to represent all who care for higher education, Mary Margaret McCabe writes 29 November
No argument, Vince - just coalition cant and puerile propaganda Fred Inglis responds to the secretary of state for business' defence of the 'swift and absolute destruction of the idea of a university' 29 November
Red top reckoning: end press licence to bully and lie with impunity Politicians, pay heed: if you bottle the post-Leveson chance to reform the nationals, heaven help British public life, warns Steven Barnett 22 November
Leader: Goldilocks had the right idea Rather than assuming bigger is better, we must trial research laboratory effectiveness before concluding which size is just right By John Gill 22 November
Firm footing Technicians, the academy’s ‘Cinderellas’, play vital roles and deserve proper recognition and support, argue Kelly Vere and Roger Murphy 22 November
White knight defence The CDBU’s set-up is too narrow, too limiting: to fulfil its aims it must reach out and diversify, argues Alice Bell 22 November
Money and old tropes The academy is paying too much, not too little, heed to calls for adaptability to the market, says Hannah Forsyth 15 November
The new motto for the marketplace: all for one and none for all Mission groups are bearing the brunt of institutions' growing need for a strong individual identity, find Julian Beer and Wendy Purcell 15 November
Bruising but beneficial The coalition's controversial higher education reforms are delivering a more progressive and sustainable system, argues Vince Cable 15 November
Leader: The self-censor may not hold New-found restraint over research council applications should be praised but will it survive further funding cuts? By John Gill 15 November
Inconvenient truths Alan Ryan asks: how many Sandys will it take for us to change our ways? 15 November
Forced marriage A state-imposed merger of three Welsh institutions threatens self-government in the sector, Barbara Wilding warns 8 November
Strategy for American humanities: blow them up and start again A declining, out-of-touch discipline and its vocational counterpart must merge to offer a thriving third way, argues Toby Miller 8 November
It's all in the balance The growing middle classes will place huge demands on resources; universities have a pivotal role to play in the solution, says David King 8 November
Not on their lives Obamacare is undemocratic; we will resist, vows Felipe Fernández-Armesto 8 November
Suitable address Casual wear is not inimical to seriousness, Sue Norton says, but formal titles do have their pedagogical merits 1 November
Leader: Universal lesson to be learned In the high fees era, debates about teaching qualifications will be just as pointed in the lecture hall as in the classroom By John Gill 1 November
How publishers feather their nests on open access to public money Not a peep from Finch as scholarly journal firms fly off to tax havens and grow ever more profitable. Simon Lilley does the sorry sums 1 November
Open to question OERs are touted as the answer to all manner of global ills, but much work is needed before they fulfil the promise, writes Jeremy Knox 1 November
Reports of the West's demise and East's rise are greatly exaggerated The THE World University Rankings do not signal a power shift, but rather show just how far Asia still has to go, Michael Cox argues 25 October
Conduct: becoming As a long career closes, Steven Schwartz is eager to discover what lies ahead 25 October
Twists, turns and tributes The fate of best-laid plans: Ivor Gaber on high fees, elite casualties and the integrity of a sorely missed journalist 25 October
Leader: A cloud of uncertainty over ABB With so little hard data about, the decision on taking more places out of the numbers cap is tough. It might all come down to cost By John Gill 25 October
Fearless symmetries Sciences and the arts are re-entering each other’s orbits in a burst of boundary-blurring creativity, Arthur I. Miller observes 25 October
Quantitative easing The UK's data-skills gap must be filled for the good of the social sciences and society at large, argues Ian Diamond 18 October
Pack a moral compass when branching out or risk losing your way Bruce Macfarlane asks UK universities involved in the overseas gold rush: what price profit if you abandon your values? 18 October
