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Courage, or lack of it, can spur people to achieve, but everyone must decide for themselves how far out to stick their neck

Ahead of the annual Battle of Ideas Festival, we asked you to tell us what you think is missing from the country-wide canvassing of university student views

The territory¡¯s young people have bravely asked the question that its universities have ducked, observes Bruce Macfarlane

Why keep on assessing how students feel? asks Joanna Williams

Sally?Feldman on the fashion choices available to female scholars

Hefce¡¯s decision to invite external bodies to bid for work undertaken by the higher education watchdog carries risks, warns Peter Williams

Education lawyer Smita Jamdar on the danger of piecemeal change to the regulatory regime

Private not-for-profits don¡¯t deserve to be tarred with the same brush as some Johnny-come-latelys, says Phil Deans

There is no dumbing down with a professor¡¯s Caltech Parallel Session - how do campus and online students feel about the shared course?

Maintaining a stable university income while writing off a third of student loans could save money and win votes, John?Cater suggests

Mike Cole ponders how to promote research culture and social democracy in Cambodia

Universities know well the value of international students, but myopic politicians struggle to see past electoral expediency

With utilitarianism on the rise, we must reaffirm the value of the liberal arts, says Frank Furedi

Christopher Bigsby reflects on an age of innocence, sherry and tenure

Nathaniel Adam Tobias Coleman on the long shadow cast by Francis Galton¡¯s theory

Lack of diversity and intolerance of minorities are disputed by groups of students at Colgate University, New York State

Institutions have long served as community anchors, and their role in local growth has scope to expand, says Madeleine Atkins

Alan Ryan on fears that Silicon dreams and start-ups might leave humanities in the dark

Ferdinand von Prondzynski foresees some separation of English and Scottish higher education after the referendum, but overall a shared future

Paul Wordsworth warns that the privatisation of visa applications is hampering academics¡¯ ability to be part of an international community

Planning to win top laurels is a fool¡¯s errand, so how should research be structured to best produce far-reaching results?

Christopher Davidson, who has 120,000 Twitter followers, on how to use social media as an academic

Rankings editor Phil Baty join Chris Parr to discuss the results of the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2014-2015

Discussion about enforced retirement for older academics to make way for younger colleagues was hotly debated over the internet

In Germany as elsewhere, says Brian Bloch, the economic crisis has shown the limitations of neoclassical economics

Tackling inequality and broadening access to higher education has knock-on benefits for the whole of society

Boris Johnson was a popular shadow HE minister but universities might not find him so cuddly in the top job, writes Wes Streeting

Felipe?Fern¨¢ndez-Armesto on academic Steven Salaita¡¯s angry postings about Israel

Will higher education be better protected or was a chance for accountability lost? David Bell and Willy Maley on the referendum

Institutions offering women-only posts have drawn criticism¡­and a fair number of male applicants

As the new academic year approaches, Shahidha Bari reflects on the restorative nature of the summer break

Former minister warns Labour¡¯s Liam Byrne that lowering tuition fees will cause him no end of grief

In the 2015 election, says NUS president Toni Pearce, students will be seeking a fairer future, not revenge for fees hikes

Chris Longman argues for universities to hold mandatory pre-course exams

With falling numbers of home postgraduates, the issue of who should pay for this vital study, and how, is an urgent one

Hong Bing considers whether compulsory military training in Chinese universities has a place in the modern world

Online courses may have been over-hyped, but they will still be a valuable part of the future

Kevin?Fong tries to find a little order among the chaos

Single-sex study is declining in the West, but in many other regions it offers a space where women can thrive, says Kristen?Renn

Who in higher education gains from commercialisation? The values it promotes do not chime with the ethos of the academy

Valparaiso University¡¯s message of knowledge, understanding and faith means that it attracts a global student base, says Alan Ruby

¡®Going private¡¯ is no financial panacea, say Barry Glassner and Morton Schapiro

As the new academic year begins, Emma Rees awakes from drowsy reveries of new school shoes

Being an academic and a parent is harder than it should be, but not all want children while others make it work regardless

We need policy to foster foreign language study at all levels of education, says Jocelyn Wyburd

Revolutionary leaders will make do and mend, says Thomas Harrison