Faint heart never won fair access Failure to evaluate the impact of widening participation funding - and to fight for its retention - has left it vulnerable to the axe By John Gill 20 June
The bottom line is that journals cost money Open access is a utopian pipe dream, says Richard Hoyle 20 June
Alma mater earnings data: ground zero sums? Martin McQuillan warns of a possible Manhattan Project for the sector 20 June
Sex and power: Aston women lead the way Dame Julia King explains how her institution is tackling gender inequality 20 June
America’s unthinking majority US politics is not keen on the theoretical, Alan Ryan discovers 20 June
Dear Michael Gove: a letter from a ‘bad academic’ Teacher-turned-scholar Jon Berry sends a message to the education minister on the theory behind best practice 13 June
Welcome breaches of discipline Let’s penetrate the academic boundaries, says Felipe?Fernández-Armesto 13 June
Fast, local relief for complaints When it comes to resolving student grievances in the high fees era, it is best if universities can nip them in the bud By John Gill 13 June
Howard Davies on French plans that could cost UK dear Howard Davies and Maria Zhivitskaya say critics of a new law allowing foreign-language instruction are fighting lost Proustian battles 13 June
Parental guidance required When toddler-wrangling there’s no time to procrastinate, John Kaag discovers 13 June
PM sticks to populist numbers Boris Johnson and Vince Cable both see the harm being done by the hard line on immigration, but Cameron is unlikely to budge By John Gill 6 June
Immigration is a positive, not a negative The academy must repel UKIP’s charges, argues Christopher Phelps 6 June
China’s polite society Austin Williams on eager-to-please students fired by a passion for knowledge 6 June
Green open access can work for the humanities Transition is both desirable and inevitable, Gabriel Egan argues 6 June
Dig deeper for victory G. R. Evans’ rallying cry: scholars, do the spadework to defend the sector 30 May
Open-access initiatives to benefit the academy A variety of schemes would allow the academy to reclaim control of its knowledge and labour, says Steffen B?hm 30 May
A little healthy criticism The principle of challenging accepted views is vital for the administration of banks, universities, even medicines By John Gill 30 May
State control to Major Tim The final frontier to UK space exploration is political but exhilarating nevertheless, says Kevin Fong 30 May
Sally Hunt: Time to get our act together Call to put differences aside, ahead of UCU Congress in Brighton 28 May
Not what the doctor ordered Moving health research and education funding to the Department of Health may mean higher education loses its voice By Simon Baker 23 May
Take the rough with the smooth Adrian Furnham has had his share of peer review nightmares, but the frailties of the system have also worked in his favour 23 May
Why hiring academics should not be left to other academics Decisions based on gossip and favouritism make the scholarly job market unmeritocratic 23 May
NYU president on global universities, ‘idea capitals’ and ‘talent snowballs’ Universities are more important than ever to the development of great cities and knowledge economies, argues John Sexton 22 May
Nul points for agency standard The gulf between the QAA benchmark on study time and the hours students put in raises questions about its judgement By Simon Baker 16 May
'Serfs' up The Russian Academy of Sciences (RAN) produces the majority of Russian research - but are its members, set to vote for a new president, “serfs”? 16 May
Human psychology (with emphasis on the human) Technology augments but cannot supersede intuition, argues Annette Karmiloff-Smith 16 May
