Graduates and guests, raise a plastic glass... Christopher Bigsby on the markers and measures of a journey’s end By Christopher Bigsby 25 June
Dead-hard study, then a very final exam Mortuary science finds the dead in good spirit, discovers Christopher Bigsby 14 May
Shut the front door! Fear of offending makes a pig’s ear of free speech, says Christopher Bigsby 19 February
Some cheats are enterprising, if not moral Christopher Bigsby on those who take a creative approach to academic rigour 8 January
Counting university contact hours is a waste of time Discoveries made off-campus are as valuable as lectures, says Christopher Bigsby 20 November
Academia then and now Christopher Bigsby reflects on an age of innocence, sherry and tenure 9 October
The wonder years: a journey to independence Christopher Bigsby reflects on being a Fresher and the transition from the classroom to campus 28 August
Overseas branches serve it sunny side up Christopher Bigsby on the pleasures and pitfalls of internationalisation 17 July
All literary festivals great and small Christopher Bigsby on the hardships and high points of life under canvas 5 June
What’s Klingon for ‘impact’? I’ve had it with university enterprise: beam me up, Scotty, says Christopher Bigsby 24 April
Ashes to ashes, universities to dust Universities are now like Jeremy Bentham, hollow husks of their former selves, laments Christopher Bigsby 30 January
Art and science: ‘two cultures’ with shared values Forcing students to choose sides leaves them, and society, poorer, says Christopher Bigsby 12 December
Lecture abroad? Talk to my avatar Christopher Bigsby struggles to see the point of travelling to give a lecture 31 October
A breath of ‘fresh’ air Christopher Bigsby loved Aberystwyth, despite the respiratory hazards 27 June
'Are you experienced?' If so, finds Christopher Bigsby, a Master of Arts of deception could be yours 21 February
Name, rank and number Christopher Bigsby can’t keep up with the proliferation of new universities 10 January
Economy of expression Christopher Bigsby is as qualified as any chancellor - and less harmful 19 July
