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Northampton vice-chancellor on his visits to Iraq – and the problems they have caused him with US immigration authorities

Say Burgin says that universities lack the will to make the changes needed to tackle inequality

Sally Hunt explains why employers must change their ‘counterproductive’ attitudes towards risk to avoid further cuts to academic pensions

John Morgan looks at the Tory manifesto pledge to keep students in net migration target and to hold ‘major review’ of tertiary funding

Giving employee rights to doctoral candidates seen as key step to make life in academia more attractive, Holly Else writes

This week, Times Higher Education is publishing a series of stories about life on campus with a disability. Here, Brenda Jo Brueggemann writes about hearing loss

This week, Times Higher Education is publishing a series of stories about life on campus with a disability. Here, Farah Mendlesohn writes on the problems caused by poor disability access on campus

This week, Times Higher Education is publishing a series of stories about life on campus with a disability. Here, Anna Nibbs writes about her autism

John Morgan looks at the detail behind Jeremy Corbyn's manifesto pledges

Scholars' inboxes are a minefield of spam, newsletters, and the odd invitation to meet a very important person

Ronald Schuchard looks at how Eliot’s time at the University of London shaped his work

This week, Times Higher Education is publishing a series of stories about life on campus with a disability. Here, Nigel Lockett talks about being a dyslexic professor

UK universities may be among the most autonomous, but they need international cooperation to make their voices heard, says Paul Boyle

Academics should get out of their bubbles and engage, not deride, says Rachel Carey

John Morgan looks at errors and inadequacies in leaked plans for higher education

Sir Keith Burnett writes from the US on the country’s mixed – and sometimes misleading – immigration history

Claire Taylor’s approach to change in her institution has been inspired by the French president’s rise to power

The definition of a university called for by the Lords never really materialised, writes Gill Evans

Bashir Makhoul tells of his inspiring journey from a tiny village in Palestine to university leadership

Forget affirmative action, says Sami Mikhail; universities are right to recruit on academic merit

Despite the economic downturn following the last recession, a real-terms fall in pay at UK universities since 2010-11 was still surprising, writes Simon Baker

Yusra Mouzughi on the many dilemmas faced when recruiting staff to a brand-new university

On International Jazz Day, Mark Laver hits back at the US government’s views on arts education

Baroness Amos and Toyin Saraki on why Soas is using its centenary to highlight the importance of leveraging female education to improve development

John Cater believes his Higher Education Policy Institute report offers some answers

The Duke of York’s support for London Met shows how the Royal Family can make a difference in higher education, says Jack Grove

Covering interview travel expenses creates financial hardships for early career academics, says Rachel Yoho

Institutions that succeed in helping regional growth deserve being included in measures of performance, says Simon Baker

With academics reluctant to take sick leave, universities must become more aware of the dangers of ‘presenteeism’, says Gail Kinman

Military might and border walls are of more importance than compassion in Trump’s America, says John Fea

If the outcomes of ‘active learning’ are so much better than those for traditional lectures, why stick with the old format? asks Simone Buitendijk

The Excellence Initiative in Germany and the UK’s TEF may bring only bad news for universities’ reputations, says David Matthews

Fiona Dobbie is loving life as a PhD student, and hopes any midlife crisis it represents will end on graduation day

Thousands of France’s most educated minds are now based abroad – luring them back could be a boon for its ambitious plans for higher education, Jack Grove writes

Crowd scientist Keith Still on his time providing live analysis on Donald Trump’s inauguration – and the ensuing media storm

Heads of US universities unite to condemn US president’s executive order

Leading universities from the around the world are hitting out at the US president, writes Chris Parr

Immigration restrictions jeopardise traditions that made US universities great, writes John Morgan

Paul Fain on the university leaders and senior HE figures responding to Trump's executive order

Open University vice-chancellor Peter Horrocks on why his institution will not be in the teaching excellence framework this year

Gill Evans laments the financial cases universities make for entering the teaching excellence framework

Lecturer Rachel Moss on the casualties of a demanding academic culture

Duncan Wu reports from Washington as he attends the inauguration of Donald Trump

Abraham Lincoln, a history of the Roman Empire and an EU flag feature in scholars’ Trump Day plans  

The US has long been losing its popularity with overseas students, says Marguerite Dennis

A letter from David Sanders, Regius professor at the University of Essex, to Anthony King, professor of government and a leading authority on British politics who died earlier this week

Although remuneration slipped off the top of the agenda at UK universities last year, generous salary rises for v-cs will not be overlooked, says Jack Grove

Niall McCrae and Jules Gomes investigate the disappearance of an ex-archbishop

Ellie Bothwell hears from students at the THE BRICS & Emerging Economies Universities Summit in Johannesburg

The US election result shows the shortcomings of higher education, says Dan Sarofian-Butin

Curt Rice's election night party turned sour, but the morning after provided much-needed reassurance

Stephen Hunt explores what The Donald means for for-profit universities 

Funding conference attendance out of your own pocket? Don't worry – there are ways to make back the cash through other academic activities. Catherine Fletcher explains.

A more international approach will boost higher education in the region, write Marco Zago and Raul Machado-Neto

Bairbre Redmond considers the importance of international collaboration ahead of the BRICS & Emerging Economies Universities Summit

It would be 'arrant snobbery' to dismiss Trump supporters as bumpkins, writes Duncan Wu, who predicted the Republican's election win

We need to make America think again, say Simona Aimar and David Egan

Sir Keith Burnett reflects on what he learned about international students while in India with the UK prime minister

The amount of learning that goes on outside the classroom makes quantifying what students have learned very difficult, says Jon Scott 

What is the point of generating knowledge if universities cannot articulate it? asks Janice Kay