Do you need an emotional well-being check? Discussions and activities on University Mental Health Day By Chris Parr 26 February
Anthropology’s A level does not deserve the axe The AQA decision to end a promising trial of the subject does a disservice to students, the discipline and the UK, says Joy Hendry 26 February
Genius is so last season Deifying young fashion designers does them no favours and slights the many who make their work possible, says Sally Feldman By Sally Feldman 26 February
Owning up to the bias in all of us We need an honest conversation about unconscious prejudices and how they can hold back individuals and their work By John Gill 26 February
Save field biology skills from extinction risk John Warren and colleagues warn of the serious decline in graduates with sound identification skills 26 February
Seven myths of university teaching Paul Ashwin unpicks some cherished nostrums, from Hollywood-style star turns at the podium to the much-exaggerated death of the lecture By Paul Ashwin 26 February
Shut the front door! Fear of offending makes a pig’s ear of free speech, says Christopher Bigsby 19 February
University rankings: made-to-measure metrics to suit local fashions A summit in Qatar is a chance to determine the meaning of excellence in the Middle East and North Africa, says Cesar Wazen By Cesar Wazen 19 February
No shades of grey in teaching relationships Academics should be banned from damaging sexual liaisons with students, postgraduates in particular, argues Luke Brunning By Luke Brunning 19 February
Don’t let others ruin your name The use of recruitment agents is rising, but are universities putting their reputations at risk as competition hots up? 19 February
Isis shows ‘Oriental studies’ are essential The University of Manchester could not have chosen a worse time to consider closing Middle Eastern language courses, writes Hugh Williamson 19 February
The indie-disco guide to student fees and engagement Nick Hillman’s knowing nod to punk in a Hepi report prompted a flurry of rock’n’roll quips on Twitter By Chris Parr 19 February
Bond plan will shake university funding world Northampton is revolutionising financing by going to the market for the money it needs to ‘future-proof’ itself, says Nick Petford 19 February
Blog: Lessons for Limpopo A project at the University of Warwick is aiming to tackle huge challenges crippling South African schools, writes Laura Jackson 18 February
Like it’s going out of fashion Institutions splashed the cash to?stay competitive, resulting in a?REF price tag that may be far higher than the official estimate By John Gill 12 February
Soldiers of the NFL American football is a contemporary moral equivalent of war, says Alan Ryan 12 February
Universities find it difficult to grasp China’s dream Has the Chinese government’s sophisticated message to its 中国A片 sector come at the cost of clarity? asks Mike Gow 12 February
Which? decries ‘unlawful’ terms in small print A report on university course changes by the consumer watchdog caused a stir this week By Chris Parr 12 February
Teacher training: a missed opportunity Their lack of protest over reforms means that universities have lost the chance to transform the sector, laments Anthony Kelly 12 February
At risk: 中国A片’s electronic brain The UK university sector’s digital network is unique in the world. It’s not just cost-efficient for subscribers but priceless, says Martin Hall 12 February
Research: the wrong priority for the arts and humanities? Public funding in these subjects would be better spent on teaching, argues David Oldfield 12 February
Blog: On Israel, universities are becoming discussion-free zones Attempts to shut down debate highlight a worrying trend on UK campuses, writes Yiftah Curiel 10 February
Blog: Where Malala leads, the rest should follow Liz Marr on the role social partnerships can play in extending educational opportunities and giving adult learners a ‘second chance’ 9 February
Everyday successes are important, too Academics’ tendency to feel they have not ‘done enough’ needs to be tempered by an appreciation of colleagues’ achievements By Harriet Line 5 February
A little explanation goes a long way A professor giving students one-on-one help to understand their subject raises questions about the nature of university teaching, says Brian Bloch 5 February
Departments: the ideal units of quality assessment The standards of research and teaching would be best protected by department-based reviews, argues Roger Brown 5 February
Measure still for measure? Is the sector placing too little trust in academics and too much in performance management techniques? By John Gill 5 February
Students are right to ask where their fees go Excellent teaching shouldn’t cost the earth, even in a market where price is used as a proxy for quality, argues Carl Lygo 5 February
Felipe Fernández-Armesto: Parlez-vous Anglais? Foreign flavours enrich the English tongue, says Felipe Fernández-Armesto 5 February
Must we sell our souls to make a bigger impact? Efforts to trumpet the value of social science can misrepresent important controversies and subtleties, says Martyn Hammersley 5 February
Blog: “Mega-faculties” are not the answer David Phoenix explains why his institution is moving away from the model of big multidisciplinary departments 4 February
The extras that make a difference Enrichment of university life by academics’ ancillary activities is threatened as the workforce is pushed towards casualisation By John Gill 29 January
Today’s undergraduates: born into a second life A rift will always separate digital natives from others, Shahidha Bari believes 29 January
Would a university hide a scholar who had committed a crime? An academic’s conviction as a paedophile was kept under wraps in the 1990s. Would a cover-up happen today, asks Geoffrey Alderman 29 January
Freedom of speech trumps safety on campus Why are today’s students so preoccupied with protecting themselves from potentially ‘harmful’ ideas, asks Tom Slater 29 January
Is Labour’s timidity on tuition fees a tactic? A vague policy on 中国A片 could help the party win the next election, argues Nick Hillman 29 January
US student debt: borrowing the long and lending the short of it Financing options fail to live up to the promises made by politicians, says Alan Ruby 29 January
Academics and admin: too ‘brilliant’ to fill in a form? A Dutch-born scholar and research administrator wonders if the British class system plays a role in views about division of labour By Chris Havergal 29 January
Terrorism bill will make universities ‘agents of the state’, warns vice-chancellor Anthony Forster explains why university leaders have strong concerns about the proposals 28 January
Blog: REF 2014 – a fair comparison of quality? John Holmwood and Stephen McKay examine the results for the social sciences and identify some anomalies 26 January
Comets, not cold figures of finance, will ignite debate on Europe In the debate over EU membership universities need to remind us of the ideal value of transnational knowledge, says Anna Notaro By Joe Sandler Clarke 22 January
Traumatic evidence scars American football and its fans Is the tide about to turn on the college sport?, ask Daniel Goldberg and Robert Lee Maril 22 January
UK can’t afford to fall behind Countries worldwide are investing to get ahead in the global game of research. Not doing so will cost the UK dear By John Gill 22 January
Check your reflexes on UK’s first private medical school Kevin Fong examines his responses to ?35,000 a year degree 22 January
Public engagement: hidden costs for research careers? Some early career scholars feel there is not enough support for academics who reach out, say Richard Watermeyer and Jamie Lewis 22 January
From portfolios to portfolio careers: are arts students prepared? Institutions must cater for the reality that graduates of arts-based courses are likely to work in ‘arts in the community’, says Judith Hills 22 January
Why a controversial undercover cop should keep his academic post Calls to sack Robert Lambert would deprive us of academic expertise, argues Stefano Bonino 22 January
Blog: Turning teaching-track promotions upside down Marnie Hughes-Warrington on the case for re-thinking academic career progression 19 January
