By Alison Garden. Feedback forms give students the chance to shape university teaching. Why then do some waste the opportunity by focusing on their lecturer’s looks and clothes. More...

By Jonathan Wolff. Only a tiny minority of those with a doctorate manage to find a university post – yet the numbers enrolling for PhDs have never been greater. More...

By Karl Mathiesen. More than 200 staff write to boards of universities calling for them to send a signal and ensure investments are in line with institutional values. More...

Over recent months, academics and students in countries including Canada, the Netherlands and the UK have staged protests against funding cuts to courses, privatisation and precarious working conditions. We asked readers to share pictures of university protests and occupations taking place. More...

By Abby Young-Powell. The Guardian went to Manchester Metropolitan University to find out what students think about the education they are paying for. Our panel was chaired by writer and presenter Rick Edwards. More...

By  Leo Benedictus. The Georgian chess master rumbled this week for using a hidden smartphone to plan his moves is far from alone – and as our access to an infinite online stock of information gets ever faster and more portable, the question is: are we on the brink of an epidemic. More...

By Nicky Woolf. Activist joins ‘heat week’ calling for full fossil fuel divestment and says ‘Ecological catastrophe is as evil as white supremacist catastrophe’. More...

By Rebecca Ratcliffe. Academics have never been under more pressure to engage with the public and show the impact of their work. But there’s a problem. The media, one of the key channels for communicating with people outside academia, has a reputation for skewing or clumsily confusing scientific reports. More...

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By Lawrence Wakefield. The tuition fees debate looks set to roll on in the next parliament. But does anyone have a workable solution. More...