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Ahead of the 2018 World Academic Summit, speaker Nicolas Pejout looks at entrepreneurialism in universities

Eric Royal Lybeck says the Russell Group and UUK do not represent academics and calls for a comprehensive voice representing the professional interests of scholars

Matthew Reisz reflects on the radio programme that proves many people still have a passion for seemingly obscure academic knowledge

Universities must support and help the next generation of working-class researchers come through academia, says Lisa Mckenzie

Edward Peck looks at the findings of UUK¡¯s Review of the Teaching Excellence Framework

Julie Devonshire calls on universities to help students to bridge the gap between entrepreneurial aspiration and action

Community contribution matters as much as teaching and research, says Karen Stanton

More work is needed to understand the mental health needs of researchers, say Susan Guthrie and Catie Lichten

Mike Smith reveals six of the most useful pieces of advice he has been able to give his PhD students over the years

Peter Mathieson is a big believer in the merits of globalisation, and wants universities to instil this belief in their students

The battle is not over for universities, but this week¡¯s figures on international students are vindication for an embattled HE sector, says Sir Keith Burnett 

Hungary is making ¡®dubious history¡¯ by reversing the expansion of universities, writes David Matthews

Variations in the Russell Group demonstrate a mixed national picture, write Joshua Stubbs and Paul Wakeling

In the last two decades the number of mainland students going abroad to study has increased more than twentyfold, but what does this mean for employment, asks Ka Ho Mok

Threats over content available in China reveal difficult line academic community must tread

Yusra Mouzughi on the challenges of doing business when universities take a break

Southampton Solent University¡¯s Tere Daly responds to the former political adviser¡¯s article in today¡¯s Daily Telegraph

Key figures from the university sector respond to the 2017 A-level results

UK needs an antidote to London dominance and toxic deindustrialisation, says John Morgan

Think carefully about treating students differently because of their backgrounds

Together, FE and HE can become a dynamic force for skills development in the UK, writes Alison Whittle

Taking in a refugee student posed more challenges than Sharon Maxwell Magnus was expecting, but the effort was well worth it

Phil Baty has the latest on the publication of the 2018 Times Higher Education World University Rankings, which will be launched in London in September

The effectiveness of the NSS boycott means it is now time for universities to sit up and listen, says Sorana Vieru

Joanne Taylor and Genefor Walker-Smith on the importance of scholarly rigour ¨C even when the media want answers fast

The success of the student boycott of the National Student Survey is not necessarily a success for students, writes Andrew McRae 

Vitriol directed at Cambridge professor of Classics on Twitter is part of wider battle to politicise diversity, says Conrad Brunstrom

Post-Brexit university funding issues are about more than the big pots of research cash, writes Gurpreet Jagpal

Many students aren¡¯t reporting sexual harassment or assault on campus despite efforts to tackle the problem, say Hareem Ghani and Graham Towl

Joanna Dally and Frances Downey imagine the research culture of the future

Prevent monitoring and defeat of legal challenge shows that anti-extremism policy is not limiting academic freedom, says Hifsa Harron-Iqbal

Expanding degree apprenticeships will strengthen universities¡¯ important role in improving their local communities, says Dawn Morley

The UK's ¡®red line¡¯ on free movement of labour may prevent its students from participating in the Erasmus exchange programme, says European Union law expert

John McCormack has been speaking to teaching-only staff at Russell Group universities, and they have plenty of reasons to be annoyed

UK leads drive towards more open way of sharing science, says Jo Johnson

Nazima Kadir¡¯s social circle reveals a range of alternative careers for would-be scholars, and often with better rewards than academia

Yale-NUS College has just graduated its first students, writes Trisha Craig

Universities are at least aware of the gender pay problem, says Alex Holmes, but there is still work to be done

There is no ¡®hard divide between academics and administrators¡¯, writes Charles Knight in response to criticisms of academic university staff

How can higher education prepare students for jobs that do not even exist yet? asks Christina Slade

There are several stumbling blocks on the way to negotiating access to European research funding, writes Holly Else

Helping students into ¡®tougher¡¯ universities means that they are statistically more likely to drop out, says Huw Owen

Collaboration between universities is more vital than ever as higher education becomes more marketised, say Indre Urbanaviciute and Rhiannon Llystyn Jones

Tony Hey charts the progress of the US and UK Open Science movement 

Sally Hunt says new London Economics analysis of loan repayments has exposed the lie that student funding is progressive

John Tregoning has a plan to help TEF metrics support performance, scientific excellence and personal development

Andy Westwood gives his verdict on Jo Johnson's big HE speech

Chris Parr takes a look at proposals to introduce TEF ratings in 35 different subject areas

Scholars are ignorant of many aspects of peer review, and part of the problem is that researching it is a bit like kicking the hornet¡¯s nest, says Martin Eve

When it comes to openness, biggest hurdle is human factor, says David Doherty

Even in an unpredictable world, there are clues about the future of student movement, says Anna Esaki-Smith 

In the competition to boost their reputations, are universities in danger of forgetting their students? asks Juan Manuel Mora

Current fees system ¡®isn¡¯t perfect¡¯, but it does a decent job of balancing the interests of universities, students and taxpayers, says Tim Bradshaw

Former education minister speaks out on vice-chancellors¡¯ pay, ¡®summer holidays¡¯ and academics¡¯ workloads

There are many reasons why academics shun new pedagogical styles, say Lauren Herckis, Richard Scheines and Joel Smith

Chris Parr visits a university aiming to be the best in the world at both Western and traditional Chinese medicine