Howard Davies on French plans that could cost UK dear Howard Davies and Maria Zhivitskaya say critics of a new law allowing foreign-language instruction are fighting lost Proustian battles 13 June
PM sticks to populist numbers Boris Johnson and Vince Cable both see the harm being done by the hard line on immigration, but Cameron is unlikely to budge By John Gill 6 June
Immigration is a positive, not a negative The academy must repel UKIP’s charges, argues Christopher Phelps 6 June
China’s polite society Austin Williams on eager-to-please students fired by a passion for knowledge 6 June
Green open access can work for the humanities Transition is both desirable and inevitable, Gabriel Egan argues 6 June
State control to Major Tim The final frontier to UK space exploration is political but exhilarating nevertheless, says Kevin Fong 30 May
Dig deeper for victory G. R. Evans’ rallying cry: scholars, do the spadework to defend the sector 30 May
Open-access initiatives to benefit the academy A variety of schemes would allow the academy to reclaim control of its knowledge and labour, says Steffen Böhm 30 May
A little healthy criticism The principle of challenging accepted views is vital for the administration of banks, universities, even medicines By John Gill 30 May
Sally Hunt: Time to get our act together Call to put differences aside, ahead of UCU Congress in Brighton 28 May
Take the rough with the smooth Adrian Furnham has had his share of peer review nightmares, but the frailties of the system have also worked in his favour 23 May
Why hiring academics should not be left to other academics Decisions based on gossip and favouritism make the scholarly job market unmeritocratic 23 May
Not what the doctor ordered Moving health research and education funding to the Department of Health may mean higher education loses its voice By Simon Baker 23 May
NYU president on global universities, ‘idea capitals’ and ‘talent snowballs’ Universities are more important than ever to the development of great cities and knowledge economies, argues John Sexton 22 May
'Serfs' up The Russian Academy of Sciences (RAN) produces the majority of Russian research - but are its members, set to vote for a new president, “serfs”? 16 May
Human psychology (with emphasis on the human) Technology augments but cannot supersede intuition, argues Annette Karmiloff-Smith 16 May
AstraZeneca’s move will increase North-South divide Research facility clusters mean the benefits are too localised, say Henry Overman and Christian Helmers 16 May
Disconnect the narcissistic network The humanities classroom offers reflection of a healthier sort, says Robert Zaretsky 16 May
Nul points for agency standard The gulf between the QAA benchmark on study time and the hours students put in raises questions about its judgement By Simon Baker 16 May
Physics veterans bring harmony to different universe Reformed graduate rock band provokes reflections on how much has changed since the heyday of ‘Spontaneous Emissions’ 10 May
The first lesson of higher education: be prepared The work of making students ‘college-ready’ must begin sooner, says Alan Ryan 9 May
Groupings with the X Factor As research intensives band together to pool resources, they could be showing us the best way to weather the downturn By John Gill 9 May
UUK shows Britain losing ground in foreign enrolments Nicola Dandridge says mixed messages on immigration aid competitor nations’ university sectors 2 May
Fay Weldon speaks up for creative writing If creativity can’t be taught, the invaluable craft of writing can, says novelist and Bath Spa professor 2 May
Evidence and insight be damned In the training of teachers, ministers seem determined to sideline universities with little thought for the consequences By John Gill 2 May
Painful admission All across the US, colleges and universities are sending out their letters of acceptance and rejection. There will be tears 2 May
