Opinion

In the third blog from nominees for Most Innovative Teacher of the Year at the THE Awards, Philip Drake recalls his experience of setting up a legal advice clinic

The Watt review’s recommendations are timely and sensible, says David Lloyd

When universities chase ‘excellence’, argues Michelle Stack, ‘big capital’ calls the tune and some students go hungry

Lecturers are more likely to opt for sparkling water at lunch these days, argues Athene Donald

The Green Paper must recognise the diversity of England’s higher education sector, says John Cater

Raul Pacheco-Vega offers six tips on how to keep the words flowing and hit your deadlines

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What lessons are there for public policy from anecdotes about ‘the best years of your life’? asks Nick Hillman

The odds on acceptance for pupils from comprehensives should force us to tackle interview bias and adopt quotas, says Anthony Costello

With PowerPoint presentations and group work dominating, we would do well to remember the pedagogic power of a voice

Modern languages needs to become a broader interdisciplinary field unbound by national limits, argues Charles Burdett

Selling yourself can sometimes be quite difficult for academics, but as John Tregoning argues, scientific salesmanship could be vital for career progression

In the second blog from nominees for Most Innovative Teacher of the Year at the THE Awards, Luke Burns calls on lecturers to embrace technology and a sense of theatre

Higher education must look beyond financial gain to help solve the Middle East crisis, says Zahir Irani

US PhD applicant Sabine Parrish recalls an unpleasant encounter with UK immigration

Patrick O’Malley shares the secrets of his success in the first of a series of blogs from nominees for Most Innovative Teacher of the Year at the THE Awards

Jem Bloomfield doesn’t recognise the picture of a higher education system that panders to female students and glories in marginalising their male peers

Countries like Singapore are turning to broad-based education just as the US turns away from it, says Trisha Craig

Higher education institutions are ready to do their bit but are being held back, say Maureen Glackin and Claire Taylor

Leading novelists tell Matthew Reisz about life under the academic spotlight

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Like Volkswagen, MBA programmes have fostered harms as well as benefits. They need to rehumanise management, says Douglas Board

The country’s ambitious goals for its universities can’t be hit quickly or cheaply, says Philip Altbach, but they can be achieved

Universities are finding that feeding the growing worldwide hunger to learn requires an international team effort

From Rhodes’ statue to radical speakers, the young and old understand, and cope with, offence differently, argues Felipe Fernández-Armesto

Being part of a 'Big Science' collaboration was challenging but exhilarating, says Martin Hendry

The creative industries are a good career choice now, and higher education should respond, says Anne Carlisle

HE staff in Sheffield are working on access targets and Green Paper consultation, John Morgan hears

Ministers must ensure the death of a Cambridge PhD student in Cairo is properly investigated, say Hannah Waddilove and Neil Pyper

Recalling his childhood in Wales prompts Sir Keith Burnett to muse on the opportunities for today’s youth

Technology-enhanced learning must have quality and a sound business model at its core, says Rajay Naik

As 14 February approaches, Tim Worth looks at a couple of choice Collinses and remembers what Georgian ladies had to put up with

Can academics’ prior experiences of employment help them with the day job? asks Matthew Reisz

With a module on diversity to teach, law academic Steven Vaughan muses on his decision to out himself to his students

Global higher education programmes should respond to our unstable world, says Martin Hall

Why are researchers preoccupied with 'lad culture' when the under-representation of men among students is the real problem, asks Joanna Williams

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New models of scientific discovery eschew the principle of basic research first, says Ben Shneiderman

The forced departure from the UK of a US PhD graduate is a wake-up call to universities, which must respond, argues Martin McQuillan

We need more time to road-test the TEF, develop the right metrics and get everyone on board, argues Bill Rammell

While buoyant student numbers may imply that £9K is OK, the jury is still out on the ‘right’ split between student and state

Australian academic Benjamin Habib reflects on the worst public embarrassment of his career

The gap between the perceptions of governors and academic staff about the key challenges facing institutions need to be plugged, says Janet Legrand

The idea that UK research and higher education could flourish post-Brexit is an illusion, argues Rolf Tarrach

A recent report shows the potential for learning analytics in higher education, says Jisc chief executive Paul Feldman

Alison Baverstock, director of The KU Big Read, offers a dozen tips for anyone trying to engage a whole university community

Does the fall in UK applicants revealed this week spell trouble for universities, asks Jack Grove

David Cameron’s plans on university admissions data will combat inequality only if they force top universities to publish more detailed data, which take into account variables such as BME students’ A-level scores and course choices, says Kurien Parel

As increasing attention is paid to the under-representation of black and minority ethnic academics in Britain, Kalwant Bhopal weighs the process and aims of the sector’s new diversity initiative

More can be done in the UK to encourage study abroad, but the anglophone world may continue to attract the lion’s share, says David Willetts

A rapidly changing higher education sector is urged to ask who benefits from reforms

Good managers will digest the full spectrum of responses in our workplace survey to protect the system’s creative heartbeat

Martin Paul believes that the advantages of teaching some courses in English far outweigh the disadvantages for students in the Netherlands

The prime minister's suggestion that top universities are at fault for their low admission of BME students is not borne out by the evidence, says Athene Donald

White students are over-represented compared with young UK population, but there is huge variation for other groups

High-pressure courses are particularly likely to take a toll on students, says Helena Diffey

Any tables must reflect the nuances of the region, says Mohamed Salem

Andrew W. Robinson on the sound pedagogical reasons to swap the industrial, identikit approach to teaching and learning for something less bloody boring