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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

Ahead of the 2018 World Academic Summit, speaker Nicolas Pejout looks at entrepreneurialism in universities

Eric Royal Lybeck says the Russell Group and UUK do not represent academics and calls for a comprehensive voice representing the professional interests of scholars

Matthew Reisz reflects on the radio programme that proves many people still have a passion for seemingly obscure academic knowledge

Universities must support and help the next generation of working-class researchers come through academia, says Lisa Mckenzie

Edward Peck looks at the findings of UUK’s Review of the Teaching Excellence Framework

Julie Devonshire calls on universities to help students to bridge the gap between entrepreneurial aspiration and action

Community contribution matters as much as teaching and research, says Karen Stanton

More work is needed to understand the mental health needs of researchers, say Susan Guthrie and Catie Lichten

Mike Smith reveals six of the most useful pieces of advice he has been able to give his PhD students over the years

Peter Mathieson is a big believer in the merits of globalisation, and wants universities to instil this belief in their students

The battle is not over for universities, but this week’s figures on international students are vindication for an embattled HE sector, says Sir Keith Burnett 

Hungary is making ‘dubious history’ by reversing the expansion of universities, writes David Matthews

Variations in the Russell Group demonstrate a mixed national picture, write Joshua Stubbs and Paul Wakeling