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Gymnast Beth Tweddle found university helped her become a well-rounded person and taught her time management

Change to the USS scheme is urgently needed to address greater life expectancy and a £17 billion shortfall, says Nicola Dandridge

A workload allocation system can benefit everyone in a university, so long as it is transparent, trusted and equitable, argues Peter Barrett

Sally Hunt urges UK academics to join the campaign to free colleagues jailed in Colombia for their political views

The asylum was used to house inconvenient truths, says Gary Day, but some people do need its sanctuary

Universities' lack of new-media savvy can leave reputations exposed, but popularity was never wholly within their control

Funding for science or arts? It shouldn't be either/or, argues Malcolm Gillies

The Gulf of Mexico oil spill reads like a toxic 25th-anniversary homage to Don DeLillo’s postmodern novel, says Robert Zaretsky

Each week, Dr Margot Feelbetter poses a dilemma and offers advice for readers to respond to online. This week: Deportation danger

Before music became his life, a university writing course provided Liam Fray with creative stimulation and excitement

Students, fees and cuts will dominate the Westminster soap opera's higher education plotlines. Anna Fazackerley offers an early review

Donald L. Drakeman on science's need to look to less measurable but possibly more meaningful disciplines for insights and guidance

If the academy is to survive, it needs domestic support to take the offensive internationally, argues Anthony Seldon

Gary Day looks into the psyche of the troubled detective Luther, a man trying to escape his past

David Willetts has the intellect to deal with his universities and science briefs. How that will feed into policy is as yet unknown

Tim Birkhead wonders if a critic would feel differently after a job swap

Bridging the chasm that separates universities from the environments that support them enriches and enlivens the educational experience, argues Tara Brabazon

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Gary Day looks through his periscope at submarine movies, in which John Mills often plays a leading role

Academics chafe at being forced into open-plan offices, often with good reason. Can their home-working solutions be supported?

Felipe Fernandez-Armesto on a public good that the UK would not accept

Herminio Martins offers a threefold plan to bring order to the 'structural irresponsibility' of academic book reviewing - so dangerous in the present climate

The decline of modern languages in the UK threatens our place in the European conversation, writes Anthony Bushell

Stuart Maconie found his voice at university and took his first (albeit faltering) steps towards music journalism

To help the new universities secretary, Steve Smith outlines the issues vital to the continued health of UK higher education

After a general election with no clear winner, the scientific method can build consensus and support stable government, argues Christopher Tyler

Directly funding further education colleges would allow them to take their rightful place in the academy, argues Philip Davies

Popular culture is dismissed as trash by some academics, but as Lady Gaga – ‘Baudrillard in a bra’ – shows, there’s plenty of intellectual value in the dustbin. Tara Brabazon digs in

From water-pistol mayhem to dissertation immersion, says Konnie Huq, university offers exhilaration and self-discovery

The finest vice-chancellors may be found outside academia, argues David Allen. We should not limit the boundaries of the search

Obscenely priced books and journals, glacial timescales and limited formats are squeezing the life out of academic publishing, argues Keith Kahn-Harris

Producing the highest-quality MBAs is the unabashed aim of 'sausage factory' BPP. Katie Best is proud to see it deliver

Gary Day finds the omission of one victim's tale disturbing in the gritty realism of Five Daughters

Academics prize their freedom of enquiry, but where do we draw the line when lives are at stake, and how can we enforce it?

Funny how typing-pool notions persist in a Web 2.0 world, says Sally Feldman

Each week, Dr Margot Feelbetter poses a dilemma and offers advice for readers to respond to online

The critique of independent schools’ advantages in university admissions has raised its head again, but the academy should not be in the business of compensating for state schools’ failures, argue Ted Tapper and Brian Salter

Each week, Dr Margot Feelbetter poses a dilemma and offers advice for readers to respond to online

Being creative without commercial pressure is a privilege enjoyed only in higher education, says Zandra Rhodes

George Watson analyses a 'learned nonsense' while looking forward to doing his constitutional duty ... and saying what he wants

Brian Duffy photographed many faces of the 1960s. Gary Day watches him pick up the camera again

The heritage industry puts flesh on the past to flog it. History sits less easily on the impact agenda but is vital nonetheless

Kevin Fong takes a road trip across Europe after volcanic ash grounds his plans

Rosy Daniel stands up for integrative medicine and calls on the academy to join her

Releasing Open Educational Resources is not only a commendable way to broaden access to scholarship, it can cost-effectively boost your institution’s profile and student numbers, says Russell Stannard

Michael Wood calls for a global organisation to set up a quality-controlled academic repository for all disciplines

Gary Day is more entertained by Alastair Stewart's tie than he is by the three main political leaders

Exploiting foreign students may briefly bolster balance sheets, but such disrespectful treatment will cause long-term damage

Topping the salary table is not all it's made out to be, says Malcolm Gillies

Each week, Dr Margot Feelbetter poses a dilemma and offers advice for readers to respond to online. This week: The managerial perspective (part one)

University education equipped Lawrence McGinty with the tools of his trade - curiosity and the desire to discover, along with the ability to question and analyse

Tara Brabazon offers 10 tips to make doctoral candidates’ oral examinations less of an ordeal