Scramble for Africa The continent’s burgeoning economies could prove a major source of future student recruitment, says Marguerite Dennis 4 April
Halt fraud before it hits the headlines Universities should vet research outputs before they get to the publishing (and scandal) stage, say Roger Watson and Mark Hayter 4 April
Offer sandwiches for a taste of work The UK must build work experience into higher education with the same vigour as it did in the 1950s, Quintin McKellar argues 4 April
Public good, public service The public-private balance of funding sources needs to be adjusted to protect the public interest, says Roger Brown 28 March
A greater currency than cash When pension pots are full, generosity would fit the zeitgeist better than salary top-ups By John Gill 28 March
Open Access confusion Open-access terminology needs to be employed accurately, argues Cameron Neylon 28 March
David?Nutt on pharma brain drain Without a shot in the arm for commercial drug development, our science base will suffer, argues David Nutt 28 March
Life after Aimhigher: access from the ground level The sector should take the lead on the mooted national widening-participation framework, says Graeme Atherton 21 March
NUS can rebuild links between education and citizenship Despite hard times and fruitless protest, there is still power in a union, argues David Reed 21 March
Sex scandals and false accusations of abuse Felipe Fernández-Armesto calls for clearer protocols in cases of suspected abuse 21 March
Employability agenda isn’t working Steve Sarson’s first-years were tasked with a CV exercise on study time, so he reminded them of the alternatives to the market 21 March
Still sing the songs of protest Attempts to crush dissent, silence alternative thinking and promote conformity jeopardise higher education’s future By John Gill 21 March
Stick your oar in or we'll sink By providing moral and intellectual leadership, university heads will help to protect the bottom line By John Gill 14 March
The advantages of being freelance Sian Lawson extols the virtues of independence from the academy 14 March
Anthropology cut to the core when two tribes go to war A feud at the heart of the discipline is undermining efforts to build a unified science of humanity, warns Camilla Power 14 March
Chávez's socialism at the heart of the system Venezuela’s revolution will not die with its leader, but will live on in its academy, says Mike Cole 14 March
Australia’s drive for international students Asia is the focus of new pathways to study, says Malcolm Gillies 14 March
Polyglots required if we want a place in the global academy English cannot be the only acceptable language of scholarship, says Toby Miller. It’s arrogant, impractical and anti-intellectual 7 March
Untangling creation myths Artistic practice may count as research within the academy but it must be treated carefully if innovation is not to be stifled By John Gill 7 March
Open-access policy scrapes the barrel A disastrous open-access policy lashes the promise of the digital age to an outmoded buggy of a model, laments Martin McQuillan 7 March
Time for GPA, says John Raftery Add grade point averages to honours classification for a better snapshot of student achievement, says John Raftery 7 March
Soft power drain Confused political rhetoric on student visas threatens one of the UK’s greatest global assets, says Martin Davidson 28 February
Care: a higher calling? Ann Gallagher asks how the higher education sector should respond to the challenge set out by the Francis report into NHS failings 28 February
Rotten to the core? Far from it Bad apples who cheat may at times beat the system, but their misdeeds should not taint the honest and ethical majority By John Gill 28 February
Thomas Docherty argues for the demise of mission groups The mission groups divide the academy, argues Thomas Docherty, and their demise could usher in a more rational, democratic sector 28 February
THE Scholarly Web - 28 February 2013 Weekly transmissions from the blogosphere By Chris Parr 28 February
THE Scholarly Web - 21 February 2013 Weekly transmissions from the blogosphere By Chris Parr 21 February
Talk of fair play is not enough David Cameron can court India’s students all he likes, but the UK’s immigration policy is hardly bowling them over By John Gill 21 February
Surprise order of Bath has landed us with a right royal chancer Joanna Lewis asks whether appointing ‘a decent enough upper-class numpty’ as chancellor is the best her alma mater can do 21 February
Big picture from all angles Humanities must embrace interdisciplinarity and reclaim their key role in our fractured world, says Michael Worton 21 February
