Over recent months, there has been much debate over the pay of UK university vice-chancellors. Undoubtedly, the remuneration packages for those in such senior positions are high, but the question of how best to judge whether they are appropriate remains largely unanswered. More...

The second term is starting and the January blues are kicking in. It’s time for everyone to make students feel supported. More...

Our students need to be content creators, not memorisers. Outside school they have mastered this, and it’s more predictive of future success than test scores. More...

High-profile Tory rebels see need for U-turn as ‘no-brainer’ if Britain wants to send message that it welcomes students. More...

The failure to foresee Donald Trump’s election or Brexit revealed a profound misunderstanding of working-class voters. It’s up to academics to get to the truth. More...

In Michael Young’s 1958 satire The Rise of the Meritocracy, he speaks of men with “poor ability but rich connexions”. One such man, his son Toby, has found the new year particularly arduous, with news of his appointment to the board of the Office for Students garnering vociferous criticism on the grounds he is unsuited to such an elevated position. More...

There is something ironic about an Oxford theologian being portrayed as persecuted for arguing that Britain should be proud of its imperial past, when 59% of the population agree with him. But it’s no laughing matter. More...

Murder of Italian student in Egypt has pitted calls for academic freedom against demands of investigators.
To his friends, there was never much doubt that Giulio Regeni was profoundly happy to be a student at Cambridge University, which seemed to be a perfect fit for the gifted and ambitious young Italian researcher. More...