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Proposed reforms in the US are based on the incorrect assumption that student concern is overstated and hysterical, writes Yvette Russell

Kate Sang on how fear of embarrassment and perceived lack of professionalism are impacting academics' lives

Helen Carasso on the inconsistencies of England's fees system, ahead of her appearance at the Treasury Committee's investigation into student loan systems

Paul Ashwin sees reasons for concern in the government's latest teaching excellence framework guidelines

Josiah Marineau on the importance of giving a purpose to students’ passion

Initiatives by the mayor of London and the Department for International Trade are welcome as the UK HE sector seeks reassurance on Brexit, writes Sarah Stevens

Transcript of the speech delivered by Jo Johnson, universities and science minister, at the 2017 annual conference of the Higher Education Funding Council for England

Removing university status from post-92 institutions would disproportionately impact already marginalised and vulnerable social groups, says Ben Whitham

In the past six years, the number of new part-time students in England has fallen by 56 per cent, writes Peter Horrocks

Phil Baty on why the results of the 2018 Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education US College Rankings, published on THE today, matter so much

John Morgan looks at how an old argument may become pressing in future funding debates

Lord Hunt on how to ensure the higher education sector retains its competitive edge post-Brexit

Billy Hunter responds as publishers seek the removal of millions of papers from ResearchGate

Early career researchers are the ‘working class of higher education’, writes Elisabeth Julie Vargo  

Jessica Johnson on the challenges of arranging maternity cover

Universities talk the talk on diversity, but seldom walk the walk, says Geoff Thompson

Ali Milani believes that the NSS in its current form could be a threat to students’ unions

Pam Tatlow returns from the 2017 Conservative Party conference with food for thought (and beer to drink)

Universities were never far from the top of the agenda at this year’s Conservative Party conference, writes Diana Beech

What brings joy? This week, as part of our week of articles on #HEhappiness, academics from five disciplines address this most difficult of questions

Matthew Reisz considers different styles of scholarship and whether we are forced to choose between them

John Morgan looks at the key issues a review may cover and the big worries for the sector

John Morgan asks whether laments for the polytechnics may have policy impact

What brings joy? This week, as part of our week of articles on #HEhappiness, academics from five disciplines address this most difficult of questions

Fringe events debate funding, Brexit and the social capital of knowing Jo Johnson, John Morgan reports

Viewed by many academics as an impostor subject, media studies is more critical than ever, says Louise Byrne

What brings joy? This week, as part of our week of articles on #HEhappiness, academics from five disciplines address this most difficult of questions

John Morgan looks at Theresa May’s plans for reforms to England's system

Andy Green weighs up the three main parties’ higher education policies and suggests his own solution to the funding question

Data from the World University Rankings shows that on research performance, the region is among the world’s best

How one Nobel winner instilled belief in Erika Mancini

Publishing is part of the academic game, says Mike Smith, so you’d better get good at it 

Labour still fixed on pledge as political gold dust, but may score policy impact nevertheless, writes John Morgan

Pam Tatlow finds a lively political conference buoyed by talk of abolishing tuition fees

Adam Szetela has been speaking to some high profile scholars about how to write well, and this is what he found out

Unlike in the UK and the US, German graduates tend to vote in quite similar ways to other citizens. But not in the case of the AfD, writes David Matthews

Education debate at the Labour conference in Brighton has gone beyond the easy headlines, says Andy Westwood – but important questions remain unanswered

Nick Hillman writes from the Labour Party Conference in Brighton, where – happily – he finds fewer lobbyists and more activists

Elite universities must expand their intake to combat rising resentment directed at higher education, says Catharine B. Hill

Downplaying the vital role that universities play in encouraging creativity could endanger the main engine of economic growth, say Luca Cacciolatti and Soo Hee Lee

Atrocities in Myanmar expose how universities have unnecessarily risked their reputations by partnering with corrupt political systems, says Peter Brady

Social scientists are innovating to ensure their research is relevant, but more must be done, says Rick Delbridge

For National Postdoc Appreciation Week, we take a look through our archive of advice and information for early career researchers 

Christopher Cripps offers a French perspective on how universities can develop their position in the international academic community

The loss of Supporting Professionalism in Admissions would be bad news for students, says Les Ebdon

Chris Parr picks through some of the highlights from the tuition fees debate between David Willetts and Andrew Adonis

The whole Science and Technology Committee should be disbanded, and the process of establishing it restarted, says Dame Athene Donald

Critics of vice-chancellor pay levels have a point, and universities need to acknowledge that, says Gordon McKenzie

Freedom of speech is not the same as accepting ‘petulant’ professors’ views, says Kerrie Thornhill

If universities want to get more disadvantaged students into university, they need to help them access the support their better-off peers take for granted, argues James Grant

The way in which academic departments are typically formed creates more barriers than benefits, says Zahir Irani

The capital’s universities must use increased tuition fee revenue to improve access for disadvantaged students, says Tony Halmos

Joy Carter urges universities and policymakers to embrace the ‘joy of learning’

Sally Hunt lambastes university employment models, which she says would be more at home in Sports Direct

Competition for students and the cash brought in by increased tuition fees explain why universities want to invest in leadership, writes Andrew McRae

John Last believes that UK schools policy risks damaging the flow of creative students into universities and jobs

The solutions to the predatory publishing problem are known, we just need to implement them, say Larissa Shamseer and David Moher

Despite putting more money into improving access, the top universities still struggle, finds Emilie Sundorph