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Academics are expected to engage in rigorous intellectual sparring but do some scholars overstep the mark?

Our cultural values, media and education system are pushing science to the margins, Dame Athene Donald warns

The Universities Superannuation Scheme is in deficit but has healthy assets, says Michael Bourn

There is an essential difference between saloon-bar provocation and paradigm-shifting scholarship, argues Terence Kealey

On Halloween, Richard Sugg reveals how early stories of death from paralysing nightmares morphed into tales of vampires

His portfolio safe, David Willetts can enjoy some stability and clarity, the very things v-cs would like from the minister

Jim Northover considers whether the next global ¡°mega-brand¡± could be a UK university

Cosmo Graham considers the possible outcomes

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Christopher?Bigsby struggles to see the point of travelling to give a lecture

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Blame the ¡®father of the Constitution¡¯ for the mess in the US, says Alan Ryan

The current regime can¡¯t last for ever, says Andy Westwood

Willetts, like Robbins, envisages more graduates, but he is similarly reluctant to explain how expansion will be funded

Panagiotis Tsigaris found the online learning tool to be a positive addition to his courses

Some institutions¡¯ appeals panels deny students a chance of justice, says Daniel Sokol

Steve West warns that vice-chancellors¡¯ duty to engage in debate is not straightforward

Gareth Williams laments the decline of ÖйúAƬ research since its heyday following an influential report

The unhealthy drive to score maximum REF points can cause universities to lose perspective as well as humanity

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Felipe?Fern¨¢ndez-Armesto on the inanity of questionnaires assessing teaching

With interest in Ralph Miliband¡¯s work high after the Mail¡¯s attack, could Marxism regain academic ascendency? asks Martin McQuillan

More and more prestigious US liberal arts colleges are making it?voluntary for applicants to submit standardised test scores and say they will not favour the high achievers who do submit. These institutions hardly lack for excellent applicants. What¡¯s up?

Shoddy treatment of foreign students plays into the hands of continental rivals taking us on at our own anglophone game

Malcolm Gillies hesitates before marking any documents ¡®For your eyes only¡¯

David Latchman welcomes reforms for restoring funding for some upskilling students, but argues the government should go further

Teachers will be motivated to improve if internal assessments are made public, says John Colley

Douglas Anderson on the results of his active approach to pedagogy

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After the hype is over, e-learning will be the norm, predicts Stephen Haggard

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The ¡®golden triangle¡¯ is a ringing success in the World University Rankings, but the UK needs every region to play its part

An ¡®unconference¡¯ inspires Kevin Fong to rethink his lecture material

If the line you have drawn in the sand is crossed, resign

Emma Rees offers a time-sensitive account of the start of term

Emran Mian on the questions that bothered him while working on the Browne Review, and which bother him still

Harvard¡¯s huge fundraising and the US¡¯ big lead in Moocs show that we can only learn from the American ¡®can-do¡¯ spirit

Generalists on fair terms would offer the flexibility the sector needs, argues Philip Roddis