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Bullying and harassment is still widespread in our institutions, and this must change, say science leaders

It is wrong for UK ministers to set up higher and further education in opposition to one another, says former education secretary Justine Greening

Male security guards are the workers most at risk of dying from Covid, but George Bass is happy to be one of the ¡®expendables¡¯

The halting of trials for a coronavirus treatment following the publication of dubious data highlights the perils of opacity, says Ron Iphofen

Falling staff-student ratios and low quality in some graduate programmes are prompting concern that more will mean worse, says Zhang Ruomei

Now is the time to build a research infrastructure that harnesses and nurtures the energy, creativity and enterprise of the third sector, says letter

Teaching-focused institutions need to concentrate on the aspects of faculty research that contribute to the student experience, says Neil Clarke

Higher education is no panacea, but critical thinking is the best antidote to inequality, say Chris Cunningham and Colin Samson

The lockdown has illustrated that we don't need to sacrifice academic interaction to save the planet, says Adnan Aj?i?

Physical events are not going away but they must open up and embrace the best of the digital world, says Jim Woodgett

If policymakers are worried about the cost of degrees, why aren¡¯t living expenses taken into account?

Daily tweets, cake baking and discussion of James Bond film titles have all helped keep Anthony Smith sane

Still on mute? Then let¡¯s begin, says Emma Rees

Academic research is not having any significant impact on the national economy or health of society, laments Tahir Shah

The government¡¯s tinkering with red tape is welcome but it won¡¯t be enough to overcome Covid-19 uncertainty, says James Pitman

Young scholars¡¯ lack of reputation and digital prominence risks seeing them excluded from online conferences, says Scott Rich

Covid-19 has underlined the need for more coordinated and comprehensive engagement with policymakers, say David Price, Sarah Chaytor and Andrew Wathey

The pandemic is accelerating debates about fundamental issues that universities cannot brush aside if they are to keep politicians and the public on their side

Steering the innovation currently taking place in educational institutions could have major long-term benefits, says Fernando Reimers

Progress will be very difficult if there is a loud cohort of academics who remain fundamentally opposed to it, says James Blackwell

The cash injection announced by the government last week is the most ambitious plan of its kind Ed Byrne has seen in 40 years

Universities are in a powerful position to help societies address history in a way that informs the present and shapes the future, says Andrew Thompson

The rapid shift to online learning could threaten the survival of some institutions, but others could build on it to introduce teaching innovations, says Ana Fanelli

Pathological corporate branding is detrimental to the very image universities want to portray to students, says Philip Moriarty

Understanding students¡¯ individual needs and concerns during this pandemic will go a long way to helping them progress academically, says Cathy Sandeen

There are simple ways that the publishing process can be made easier for academics with educational needs, says one early career researcher 

Institutions and scholars must serve society, and the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile was more than willing to join efforts to tackle the country¡¯s coronavirus outbreak, says Pedro Bouchon

Anthony Seldon reflects on his time leading the University of Buckingham as he prepares to step down 

Now is the time for universities to interrogate the inequities of traditional classroom settings to ensure they aren¡¯t repeated online, says Jessica Rowland Williams 

Cross-border knowledge sharing is core to ÖйúAƬ and must be preserved, say 33 university leaders in a joint statement on global academic mobility 

There¡¯s no evidence that lower fees will lead to more enrolments, and employability for ¡®work relevant¡¯ degrees is low, says Gavin Moodie

The challenges of the future won¡¯t respect disciplinary boundaries, so why would we teach and research within them? asks Tan Eng Chye

Challenging students to collaborate on course content will help them learn better and develop essential skills, say Cathy Davidson and Christina Katopodis

They have an obligation to engage in diversity education because it is the flip side of the intercultural work in which they are experts, say Harvey Charles and Darla Deardoff 

In the wake of the George Floyd killing, institutions should prioritise health and well-being over armed enforcement, says Michael Sierra-Ar¨¦valo

But auditing such efforts will be difficult, while unintended consequences are always a risk, warns Athene Donald

There are benefits to running a young institution like the University of Duisburg-Essen, says Ulrich Radtke 

We will need wisdom and common purpose to update multiple layers of norms, says Jinghai Li

The Sydney university¡¯s roots in the aftermath of the Second World War means the institution is used to being practical, inclusive and unwilling to compromise on standards, says Ian Jacobs

Selling income-contingent stakes in the future earnings of graduates is the best way to address the student debt crisis, says Paul Oslington

International research and community service are not mutually exclusive, and young universities can easily and productively combine both missions from the outset, says Yaroslav Kuzminov

Doctoral graduates¡¯ occupation of ÖйúAƬ Ministry will do little by itself to solve a structural problem, says Kenneth Nsah

Stephen Thomson outlines his evidence of ¡®letterhead bias¡¯ in legal academic publishing and suggests ways to dismantle it

Moving paper tests online increases access and security problems. Rather, online exams should be ¡®digital first¡¯, says Burr Settles 

Rishi Trikha says his experiences of racism and homophobia in a conservatoire show that creative fields have to be part of anti-racism conversations, too

With Covid-19 imposing huge strain on universities¡¯ digital course development, collaboration is the obvious solution, says Alexandra Mihai

Historical data from New Zealand give cause for optimism on student demand. But how much is unclear, says Roger Smyth

The UK¡¯s international education strategy must be more ambitious if the country is to remain globally competitive, writes Jo Johnson

Women and racial minorities are more likely to introduce valuable scientific novelty. Why are their ideas not taken seriously? Bas Hofstra and Daniel McFarland ask

The volume of Covid-19 publications raises questions of legitimacy and risks public trust in science, argue Jaime A. Teixeira da Silva and Peter Tsigaris

In the post-Covid world we have a chance to increase our use of data to better understand research opportunities and student learning, says Dawn Freshwater

Research from a team at Henley Business School highlights the funding, time and location constraints on academic research during the pandemic 

An inadequate response to the death of George Floyd will diminish universities in the eyes of their increasingly diverse students, says ¡¯Funmi Olonisakin

Michael Jordan was a superstar, but he didn¡¯t play alone. Science, like basketball, is a team undertaking, and must continue to refresh its roster

The global race against coronavirus to develop a vaccine cannot be won by principal investigators alone, says John Tregoning

Universities¡¯ divestment policies are undermined by the USS¡¯ continued investment in oil companies, says Bill Spence 

Posts on social media aren¡¯t enough to dismantle institutional and structural racism in the academy, say Marcia A. Wilson and Lurraine Jones

Even students on remote atolls face familiar problems around inequitable access to the internet and family support, says Geoff Goodman

The reboot of universities post-Covid against a backdrop of anti-racist protests makes decolonising the curriculum imperative, says Priya Rajasekar

A plan to put foreign students in supervised quarantine before studying could rescue international programmes, says Roger Smyth