By Will Hutton. The university fees regime is helping Britain create the most stratified, least socially mobile, cruelly unfair society in its treatment of the young. More...

By Melissa Davey. In the wake of editor-in-chief Stephen Leeder’s sacking from the Medical Journal of Australia, academics are challenging the control of a select group of publishing houses over scientific journals. More...

By Steven Hill. New analysis of interdisciplinary collaboration across the UK research landscape highlights important questions about how we organise, fund and assess research. More...

By Nick Butler, Sverre Spoelstra and Helen Delaney. Business schools are so concerned with making organisations function better that they’re neglecting the way this undermines academic values. More...

By Shearer West. When you think of research on the cutting edge of technological change or bringing in investment from business you are more likely to think of engineering than history. More...

By Janet Murray. University isn’t cheap, but how do you judge value for money in higher education. More...

By Stefan Collini. Reports that tuition fees could soon pass £10,000 per year should not come as a surprise. The whole system is inherently flawed. More...

By Gary Bell. I’d like to think other young people from deprived backgrounds like mine might follow in my footsteps into law. But they won’t – as the government has whipped away the ladder of social mobility. More...

By Claire Shaw. When scientists step out of the lab, things don’t always go to plan. Researchers share their most embarrassing #fieldworkfail stories on Twitter. More...