Trust breakdown: Willetts’ sales drive is car-crash politics The universities minister has ruined his relationship with the sector, Simon Szreter argues, and it will take more than speeches to fix it 7 March
Blogconfidential: Blag on? Each week, Dr Margot Feelbetter poses a dilemma and offers advice for readers to respond to online. This week: Blag on? 3 March
The end is not nigh Those in the humanities and social sciences must be less paranoid and more precise in identifying threats, argues Adam Roberts 3 March
Easy as ABC? Too late now Data for applicants? The sector should have taken a leaf out of the newspaper publishing book, Philip Cowan laments 3 March
D'oh! State of anxiety as coalition realises fees sums don't add up Universities' intention to charge £9,000 fees has undermined the government's plans. Bahram Bekhradnia considers its options 3 March
Blogconfidential: Any bloody lie will do Each week, Dr Margot Feelbetter poses a dilemma and offers advice for readers to respond to online. This week: Any bloody lie will do 24 February
We've been here before Calls to save Egyptian cultural heritage ring hollow when those making them are blind to the past, argues Christina Riggs 24 February
Time to spread their wings To keep up with the global sector's rising stars, the UK must encourage its young to study abroad, says Martin Davidson 24 February
Urgently required: a White Paper to carry out the Browne vision We must move beyond partisanship and seize the chance to make our higher education system truly sustainable, David Eastwood contends 24 February
That sinking feeling US undergraduates' lack of learning bodes ill for the UK, says Alan Ryan 24 February
Urania's lessons for Clio Felipe Fernández-Armesto on the humanities' need for scientific insights 17 February
Blogconfidential: Leaving it all behind Each week, Dr Margot Feelbetter poses a dilemma and offers advice for readers to respond to online. This week: Leaving it all behind 17 February
Britain needs talentopolis Universities have a key role to play in supporting and boosting the economy in areas hit by public sector cuts, claims Jonathan Wright 17 February
'F' for 'effort' Harriet Jones, Kay Yeoman and Helen James offer their insights into the dos and don'ts of feedback terminology 17 February
Quit the quotas: only competitive tension will keep fees down Market discipline must be introduced to ensure that universities deliver the best deal for students and taxpayers, argues Tim Leunig 17 February
Leader: Count the collateral damage We must not let the high-stakes political game being played by ministers and v-cs overshadow the human toll change can exact By Ann Mroz 17 February
Blogconfidential: Forms of torture Each week, Dr Margot Feelbetter poses a dilemma and offers advice for readers to respond to online. This week: Forms of torture 10 February
Better together In the UK's increasingly multidisciplinary academy, joint appointments are a must, Thom Brooks argues 10 February
Access denied: tuition-fee regime may make Oxbridge myth a reality For years, Brendan Burchell worked hard to widen participation: now he fears that all the gains made in this vital area will be lost 10 February
Beyond the boundaries Institutions will not get the best employees if limits regarding language or nationality are imposed, argues Ryszard Piotrowicz 10 February
Gee up the global vision Higher education is still far from borderless, argues Malcolm Gillies 10 February
Tara Brabazon: Written evidence of the workings of the mind Students could vastly improve their assignments, and marks, if they followed a few important rules. Tara Brabazon offers a 20-point checklist 9 February
Irrational numbers John Hearn and Alan Robson urge universities to refocus on the reality of individual missions, not rankings' absurd lists 3 February
Cutting foreign student visas is the wrong move at the wrong time Politically driven plans to reduce access to UK higher education will seriously harm a £5bn-a-year success story, says Nicola Dandridge 3 February
Sage concern Managerialist attacks on the humanities must be resisted if public thinkers are to flourish in our universities, Peter Geoghegan argues 3 February
Too small to fail Tim Birkhead ponders the optimal size and location of the conference venue 3 February
Blogconfidential: Do blame yourself Each week, Dr Margot Feelbetter poses a dilemma and offers advice for readers to respond to online. This week: Do blame yourself 3 February
Blogconfidential: Flatter to deceive? No thanks Each week, Dr Margot Feelbetter poses a dilemma and offers advice for readers to respond to online. This week: Flatter to deceive? No thanks 27 January
Here a prof, there a prof They're everywhere now. John Warren recalls when it was a rare honour to receive the academy's highest accolade 27 January
Foreign student fees: discrimination that cannot be justified William Evans is not convinced by the arguments put forward for charging higher tuition costs in the UK for students from abroad 27 January
What happens in Vegas ...is cheer and courtesy, says Sally Feldman, and we could do with a little here 27 January
Irreconcilable differences Demand-led funding and growing state regulation may leave the Australian system with the worst of all worlds, says Steven Schwartz 27 January
Tara Brabazon: Networking opportunities Now is a fertile time to be conducting research among the proliferating forms of social media, writes Tara Brabazon 26 January
Blogconfidential: Manning up Each week, Dr Margot Feelbetter poses a dilemma and offers advice for readers to respond to online. This week: Manning up 20 January
Too important to act rashly Why did the sector capitulate so readily to coalition policies without considering long-term impact? asks John Coyne 20 January
Expectation inflation: as demands rise, ability to meet them declines Browne's consumer revolution will drive a wedge between scholars and students, with bleak consequences for all, argues David Beer 20 January
Scholars, come home Philip G. Altbach and Wanhua Ma assess China's initiatives to persuade its academics working abroad to bring their expertise back 20 January
The cruellest cut of all Kevin Fong ponders the pleasures and pains of science broadcasting 20 January
Opinion: The giant school’s emancipatory lessons Mike Cole and Sara C. Motta defend the record of post-Chávez Venezuela, a country that offers a vision of genuine participatory democracy in stark contrast to the West’s cynical politics 14 January
Universally unhelpful The coalition's consensus policies manage to benefit no one, says Alan Ryan 13 January
Blogconfidential: Dangerous liaisons Each week, Dr Margot Feelbetter poses a dilemma and offers advice for readers to respond to online. This week: Dangerous liaisons 13 January
An immigration bar too far Border Agency plans to exclude students on grounds of nationality are shameful, declares Geoffrey Alderman 13 January
Shopping around for a better way to operate? Try John Lewis A partnership model would cut management and make mission key again, say Rebecca Boden, Penelope Ciancanelli and Susan Wright 13 January
Heavenly tasks Routine work can open channels of creativity, inspiration and insight that theory cannot begin to offer, believes George Watson 13 January
Tara Brabazon: The science of seeing Visual media educators have a great choice of technological wizardry they can employ to enhance their teaching, writes Tara Brabazon 12 January
Blogconfidential: Behind closed doors Each week, Dr Margot Feelbetter poses a dilemma and offers advice for readers to respond to online. This week: Behind closed doors 6 January
The elephant in the scheme Stephen Cowley and Susan Cooper hope employers do not see pension reform solely as a cost-cutting opportunity 6 January
A chance to break free of administrative and regulatory tyranny The new funding regime may allow universities, led by a British 'Ivy League', to refocus on their missions, argues Peter Oppenheimer 6 January
