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And it¡¯s time for government policy on post-study work to change, says Nick Hillman 

The interdisciplinary advisory panel spent 18 months debating the best way to define and assess interdisciplinary research in the REF. Now it¡¯s up to the research community to decide if we are right, says Athene Donald 

Market-like mechanisms within ÖйúAƬ are unpopular with academics but can have positive effects, say Rebecca Natow and Kevin Dougherty

A greater willingness from facilitators to listen to feedback could transform collective decision-making, say Liana Kreamer and Steven Rogelberg 

For those reliant on EU funding, seeking appointments at continental universities is the only sensible course, says Peter Coveney

Deep political division suggests that post-Brexit negotiations around research collaboration and talent mobility with the EU will drag on, says Chris Husbands 

Sal Jarvis identifies the catch-22 universities can find themselves in as they aim to widen participation and tackle grade inflation

The advice offered to PhD students by career diversity programmes often isn¡¯t picked up by faculty members. Here Alfredo Cumerma proposes three tools faculty can use to make their students more visible to employers

Regional networks and corporate collaborations built up over decades will help universities weather the Brexit storm, say Alex de Ruyter and Vangelis Tsiligiris

Higher salaries enjoyed by many graduates are offset by sky-high living costs in many cities, but this quality of life metric is entirely absent from policy debate, says Charlie Ball

Upholding the ideal of free speech on campus knowing that conservative politicians hold the keys to the safe puts college presidents in a difficult position

Subsidising accommodation and providing bursaries for student essentials can go a long way in helping care leavers realise their potential, says UK universities and science minister Chris Skidmore

Recruiting a five-year, full-time president could transform the umbrella body¡¯s ability to defend the sector, says Sir Anthony Seldon

Academic autonomy is too often used as an excuse to ignore suggestions from students that could improve their education, says Janadari Wijesinghe 

Complaints about depictions of contentious historical figures should be met with sensitivity and a firm grasp of the facts, says Felipe Fern¨¢ndez-Armesto 

Cutting the number of people who benefit from a university education will do nothing to improve the lot of those who do not, says Graham Galbraith

Too often, the life-changing work of less prestigious universities goes overlooked. THE¡¯s University Impact Rankings aim to change that, says Phil Baty

Louis Theroux¡¯s interviews with those accused of sexual assault at US campuses should be a wake-up call to UK universities who have ducked this issue for years, says Graham Towl

Ministers love talking about grand government-directed projects, but Philip Hammond must reaffirm tomorrow the UK¡¯s support for open-ended research using quality-related funding, says Stephanie Smith

Royal Statistical Society vice-president Guy Nason explains why it has taken the unusual step of reporting the Teaching Excellence Framework to the UK¡¯s statistics watchdog

Cage Boons explains why he and other University of Hertfordshire students decided to run their own careers fair for ethnic minority undergraduates

Degree apprenticeships are helping to alter perceptions of earn-as-you-learn courses, but universities must demonstrate their value to students and employers, says Jane Turner

Ministers are right to question student recruitment practices in some universities, but restricting loan access to those who fail to hit three Ds at A level would be a retrograde step, says Tom Richmond

On International Women¡¯s Day, Jocalyn Clark and Imogen Coe ask why universities have been so slow to adopt meaningful change to improve gender representation

Male voices are over-represented in our pages. We know that we have more to do to better reflect all those in the sector, but we need women¡¯s help

Universities¡¯ vocal opposition to government plans for vastly increased international fees has yielded only minor concessions, says Juliette Torabian 

A student¡¯s mysterious accusation of racism saw P. K. Newby removed from her course ¨C and another woman lost from the leaky pipeline

Marketisation, precarity and global competition have combined to create a vast market for academic ghostwriting, says an anonymous scholar

This growing but still unacknowledged phenomenon in ÖйúAƬ is badly in need of ethical oversight, says an anonymous academic

Ahead of International Women¡¯s Day on 8 March, Selina Sutton explains what universities are doing wrong (and right) when supporting PhD candidates during pregnancy and beyond

Robert Zimmer explains why the US president¡¯s threat to deny federal funds to colleges that fail to protect free speech is a bad idea

Any reduction in university fees will hurt students from under-represented backgrounds the most, argues Colin Bailey 

The progress of science will not be impeded if the number of flights academics take is reduced, argues J¨¹rgen Gerhards

Universities¡¯ openness, broad research remit and long-term local commitments are at risk when they align too closely with ever-changing industry, says Jason Owen-Smith

Higher education is constantly evolving ¨C and so is THE, says Trevor Barratt 

The hidden costs of application fees could dissuade low-income students from applying to postgraduate courses, says James Muldoon

Cutting-edge scientific research requires freedom from political constraint. To maximise progress, both Asia and the West should reflect on their priorities

Efforts to improve work-life balance must address the significant amounts of time that many scholars spend travelling, says Rachel Moss

The difficulties even of obtaining a scholarship to study in the West amount to systemic exclusion, says Rudrani Dasgupta

US universities must think harder about how to make the poorer students they admit feel like full community members, says Anthony Abraham Jack

As the cost of ÖйúAƬ rises, the onus is on universities to show their community that they are using public and private investments effectively, says Liz Bromley 

In the wake Sally Hunt¡¯s resignation and pay ballot turnout, the UK¡¯s University and College Union needs to come together to discuss its long-term strategy, says Matt Waddup 

Record turnouts and consistent support for industrial action in the past two pay ballots is something to celebrate, says Jo McNeill 

So far the negotiations have had minimal impact on cross-border research opportunities, but any dismantling of education links would be detrimental to both countries, says Denis Simon 

Openly discussing academic successes and failures is the first step to alleviating impostor syndrome among women in academia, says Ashley Vaughn 

Bradley Moon says that without access to a ÖйúAƬ diploma course, he wouldn¡¯t now be considering a career in research 

Philip Rodenbough sets out a rule to help those writing up research dial in a balance that can pique public interest without boring scholarly peers

The increased scrutiny of university finances and governance is proof that universities continue to play a critical role in society and economic growth, argues Robert Van de Noort

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The recent exodus of vice-chancellors from UK universities raises questions over what is going on in the sector. Is inadequate governance the root cause?

The government¡¯s new ¡®national interest¡¯ test for research proposals is another damaging symptom of short-termism, says Margaret Sheil

Some awards are unfortunate, but abolishing this time-honoured practice would throw out the baby with the bathwater, says Richard Willis

Regions¡¯ struggles to provide appropriate land and resources is undermining quality, says Debananda Misra

Multilateral efforts can leverage the resources and capabilities of individual institutions into world-changing collaborations, says Christopher Tremewan

Despite talk about Australia¡¯s international education boom, the country¡¯s sector has reason to be wary, as Phil Honeywood explains

On many fronts ¨C research, international collaborations, entrepreneurship, student learning and more ¨C HKUST is active and eager to advance, says Wei Shyy

If UK universities are serious about improving the diversity of their staff, they must begin by assessing their recruitment strategies and interviewing processes, says Roshan Doug 

Trans people deserve visibility that recognises them as unique individuals, not whether they fit society¡¯s expectations of them, says Pippa Catterall 

If history has taught us anything, it is that out of conflict comes collaboration, says Carel Stolker