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Infrastructure might be repaired, but the loss of historical artefacts and Sudan¡¯s reputation for safety are irreparable, says Kuyok Abol Kuyok  

Funders and administrators regularly praise the benefits of cross-departmental research, yet damaging schisms remain, says Jonathan Goodman

International collaboration on tackling global problems has never been more important, say Chris Husbands and John Dewar 

Carrying out this increasingly herculean task effectively is beyond most universities¡¯ capacity. The burden should be shared, says David Hardstaff

It is widely accepted that Indian curricula need to become more relevant. Links with the business community are key, says Amarjit Singh

Tracking doctoral alumni in other sectors would inform departments about what their specific training allows graduates to do, says Patrick Walsh

So far, Russianists have been strangely resistant to confronting imperialistic, Russocentric narratives, says Nataliya Shpylova-Saeed

Our report suggests the discipline is struggling in the UK amid low funding and methodological clashes, say four academics

The route will ease the staffing crisis by widening access, but apprentices will have to pass the same professional exams as everyone else, says Nichola Hay

Ministers¡¯ metric-based boasts about the country¡¯s scientific prowess are belied by the reality, as a recent incident illustrates, says Roohola Ramezani

Outrage at cases of falsely claimed Native identities is fuelled by the conflation of positionality with academic merit, says Jonathan Zimmerman

With a UK general election potentially less than a year away, there is no better time for academics to influence political thinking, says ex-MP Natascha Engel

Parents have been misled by UK universities about the support available to students, and Parliament must intervene, says Lee Fryatt

The University and College Union has empowered a militant minority to push through divisive policies that will alienate its membership, says Julia Bell

Aligning Kurdistan¡¯s ÖйúAƬ system with European norms has given hope to Iraq¡¯s students, but international help is still needed, say Aram Mohamad Qadir and Amanj Saeed

Historically black colleges offer a useful blueprint on how academic administrators can support progressive change, says John Silvanus Wilson Jr

With just 50 sub-Saharan journals listed in Scopus, it¡¯s time to consider how citation indexes are holding back scholarly publishing in Africa, argue David Mills and Natasha Robinson

Having discussed the gender critical philosopher¡¯s work with students, it¡¯s hard to accept her gloomy assessment of silenced people, says Tony Lang

Strong financial health at sector level conceals wide institutional variation. If growth is choked off, whole universities could fail, says James Brackley

Universities are places where ideas are proposed and improved. It shouldn¡¯t be so hard to discuss an issue with far-reaching implications, say 20 academics

While other nations are reaching saturation point, the US has the scope to derive greater benefit from international education, says Allan Goodman

International students spend billions in the UK and the vast majority return home. So why do anti-immigration measures target them, asks Ben Moore

Reaching out to a trusted community reminded Karen Spierling why she values academia enough to defend it in the public arena

Tackling racism within institutions is a crucial first step, says Nick Braisby, three years on from a murder that shook the world 

The banning of scientific messages about risks in pregnancy is yet another damaging imposition on academia, says Roohola Ramezani

Even journals that have removed paywalls retain their bias towards certain types of author ¨C and their prejudice against others, says Katie Stripe

Reinforcing public support for student immigration is vital amid increasingly hostile rhetoric from politicians, says Wendy Alexander

Increased contributions to the Teachers¡¯ Pensions Scheme will require cuts to student support services, warns Graham Baldwin

Even temporary immigrants can easily be blamed for social ills, but we need political solutions, not crackdowns, says Keith Burnett 

A misinformed rush to churn out employable graduates combined with a zero-sum budgeting approach is denuding other departments, says Harvey Graff

A new registration condition, complaints scheme and system of penalties all require careful thought, says Jamie Roberts

If academics are serious about tackling global warming, they can¡¯t wait for the cavalry to show up ¨C they are the cavalry, says Tony Chan

Decline is not inevitable: there is plenty that university leaders can do to shore up students¡¯ interest in these crucial subjects, says Kathryn Shailer

Self-employment teaches valuable skills and offers more flexibility to fit work around academic and domestic demands, says Robert Phillips

Abundant myths and historical stereotypes are sustaining the harmful notion that girls just don¡¯t like mathematical subjects, says Athene Donald

It is vital for librarians to work proactively with tech firms to address the limitations and biases of the likes of ChatGPT, says Leo S. Lo

Raising the visibility of scientific breakthroughs with high-profile awards builds public trust and inspires the innovators of the future, says Richard Friend

Offering payment has risks, but it could expand the pool of willing reviewers beyond those on permanent academic salaries, says Duncan Money 

Even academics, never mind practitioners, will rarely read beyond an underwhelming and uninformative summary, says Maia Chankseliani

The recent protests by Iranian women appear to have sparked a conservative backlash against schools and universities, says Roohola Ramezani

The technology threatens to impoverish research and destroy humans¡¯ ability to understand the social world, says Dirk Lindebaum

Other countries could learn a lot from the various initiatives adopted in India since 2013, says Adrija Dey

Just as deans and provosts start to realise their visions, they are often gone, leaving everyone else to pick up the pieces, says Elizabeth Lehfeldt

Immediate review of outputs by a REF reviewer could be more efficient, transparent, informative and, above all, fair, says Martin Lang

Challenger institutions offer innovation and dynamism, but ignorance and monopolistic behaviour is holding them back, says Edward Venning 

Commercialising research is daunting. Academic founders can¡¯t and shouldn¡¯t be expected to do this alone, say Diarmuid O¡¯Brien and Maina Bhaman

University leaders are likely to be more concerned about the reputational risks of misconduct than state bureaucracies are, says Ararat Osipian

Even when speech is legally protected, the harm that it can cause must be addressed, say Neijma Celestine-Donnor and Lara Schwartz

Medicaid spending commitments are driving cuts in appropriations for public universities, say F. King Alexander and Stephen Katsinas

Bibliographic databases¡¯ default ¡®sort by relevance¡¯ listings perpetuate bias towards white, Western men, says Katy Jordan

There are few professional roles that would not benefit from a broad and complex humanities foundation, says Harvey Graff

Kenneth Griffin¡¯s $300 million donation to Harvard is unusual in not being tied to pet ideological causes, says Naomi Oreskes  

Ancient India and China were the first civilisations to educate young people to become whole individuals, says Kyaw Moe Tun

Publishers, libraries and funders must do what they can to ensure that no one is priced out of open-access publishing, says Mandy Hill

We can¡¯t discourage scientific opportunism without providing information about which publishers to avoid, says Natalia Letki

A COP-style UN forum to coordinate and promote public education could help prevent natural hazards from becoming disasters, says Afroz Shah

Basing teaching around the fundamental challenges faced by society will benefit both the humanities and humanity itself, says Doug Haynes

To retain students, US institutions must give credit for learning that occurs in professional settings, say Stephen Handel and Eileen Strempel

The theft of more than $800,000 by hackers prompted uncomfortable conversations about preparedness ¨C or lack of it, says John Cox

Universities should do all they can to expand students¡¯ horizons by exposing them to the transcendentally vast, says Andy Tix