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Martin Hamilton on four edtech trends to look out for over the next 12 months

UUK chief executive Alistair Jarvis outlines how he hopes the HE sector will work with the new OfS

An open access deal between German authors in journals published by Elsevier could be problematic, say Alex Holcombe and Bj?rn Brembs

Jana Bacevic takes a look through the history books to assess how the government¡¯s recent announcement on two-year degrees could pan out

Chris Parr runs through 11 of the best 2017 Christmas videos from university leaders

Arshin Adib-Moghaddam looks at restrictions to academic freedom in what he describes as an age of ¡®psycho-nationalism¡¯

Chris Parr reveals the 25 ³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ stories that received the most views during the last 12 months

Got some last minute scholarly Christmas shopping to do? Glen Wright has got your back

Clare McGlynn is not surprised that the UK was overlooked as a focus country after a successful EU funding bid

It may be five years since Moocs went mainstream, but Diana Laurillard and Eileen Kennedy believe they still have the potential to reach the hard-to-reach

The rapid increase in the number of unconditional offers being made to school-leavers is cause for concern, says Mike Nicholson

Group CEO of the Universities Superannuation Scheme Bill Galvin outlines the processes and procedures involved in the pension scheme valuation

Pay awards to vice-chancellors would not meet the requirements laid down in the Corporate Governance Code, says Stuart Farquhar

Without action, the UK might end up in the situation of funding both subscriptions and article-processing charges on an ongoing basis, writes Helen Blanchett

Mark Jones looks at what happens to the league tables if you isolate the World University Rankings¡¯ teaching metrics

Longer courses could mean bigger loans, which would eat into the government¡¯s trumpeted savings, says Nick Hillman

Rich Sullivan-Jones on why the National Audit Office looked into higher education, and what its report tells us about the HE ¡®market¡¯

Phil Baty asked his Twitter followers what they thought of government plans for two-year undergraduate degrees, and they did not hold back

Les Hatton and Gregory Warr give their two-pronged solution to the problems of peer review

John Gill on today¡¯s NAO report, which claims that students are, in effect, victims of ¡®mis-selling¡¯ by higher education institutions

Although satisfaction and learning are not the same thing, universities need to be better at explaining the value that they bring, says Will Pooley

There are many hidden costs associated with PhD study, writes Alfredo Cumerma, particularly if you want to land that dream job on graduation

It has been a tough year for higher education, but we must not forget how universities transform their students¡¯ life chances, says Maddalaine Ansell

Pam Tatlow looks at the ¡®heroes¡¯ and ¡®villains¡¯ of the v-c salary row, and finds some unfortunate trends

Gabriel Paquette calls on universities to meet 'aggressive' tax reforms with a 'forceful, evidence-informed response'

The government¡¯s latest Brexit reassurances are just another punch in the face for EU scholars, writes Tanja Bueltmann

James Seymour says it is unfair to tar all private providers with the same brush following revelations of admissions fraud at one college

Wales will become the first system in Europe to offer equivalent maintenance support to full-time and part-time undergraduates, as well as postgraduates, explains Kirsty Williams  

Sally Hunt offers three ways to fix the proposed USS pension reforms

The government is working hard to secure the rights of the 33,000 academics from other EU countries who are working in the UK, says immigration minister Brandon Lewis

As Dame Glynis Breakwell announces her resignation from Bath, James Treadwell urges scholars to celebrate the real value in our universities

As a report suggests social mobility in the UK is getting worse, Chris Husbands outlines how Sheffield Hallam is attempting to tackle the problem

The Industrial White Paper is welcome, says Andy Westwood, but does it also represent an opportunity missed?

The UK needs its universities more than ever, and the government needs to realise their importance, says Sir Keith Burnett

Ang Davies looks at the pros and cons of the University of Manchester¡¯s recent clinical bioinformatics Mooc

With part-time student numbers through the floor, the time has come for reform, says David Latchman

Diana Beech on an HE-light Budget that nonetheless has some implications for university staff and students

Agnieszka Piotrowska looks at the past, present and possible future of Zimbabwe¡¯s universities, following the resignation of Robert Mugabe

Research suggests that students learn better in their native tongue, and English fails to prepare international students for a job after graduation, says Michele Gazzola

Ahead of the UK City of Culture 2021 being named next month, Craig Mahoney looks at how winning the title can revitalise towns and their universities

A badly understood notion of risk has created a fake crisis in university pensions that will devastate academia, argues Dennis Leech

Stephanie Marshall looks at the common features exhibited by universities that successfully achieved a TEF rating upgrade

David Robinson looks at what Philip Hammond might have in store for universities

After rulings against six universities, Iain Campbell and Moya Clifford offer advice on making sure that university adverts are not misleading

It may be the only bit of your thesis that most people will read, but do not waste your best title on your PhD, says Zachary Foster

Academia often treats leavers as failures, but some of our smartest scholars are starting to see walking away as liberation, writes Inger Mewburn

Rising tuition fees and the marketisation of higher education mean the time is right to explore a new model, says Joss Winn

Jean-Claude Juncker and Tibor Navracsics on how the EU hopes to make it easier for educators to work across Europe

Mark Goodwin looks at what it takes to be a ¡®vortex university¡¯, and why Exeter aspires to become one

Ahead of his Vincent Briscoe Lecture, Bill Durodi¨¦ calls on researchers to engage with issues of great social and technological ambition

Australia¡¯s higher education policy is adrift, and could learn a thing or two from the UK, say Julie Hare and Stephen Parker

Elizabeth Cannon on why Canada's HE sector still has some work to do to achieve true diversity, and how universities are approaching this problem

Isolation is the last thing Myanmar needs if it is to develop its higher education system and encourage critical thought, write Kyle Anderson and Kyaw Moe Tun

Specialist expertise in languages and cultures should be given strategic protection within universities, says Alice Campbell-Cree

Jisc has revealed its top social media superstars of the year, writes Chris Parr

If members of a jury can understand ¡®beyond reasonable doubt¡¯, then so too can university panels, says Daniel Sokol

Scientific endeavour has for centuries been driven on by both competitive and collaborative spirit, and the rankings can boost both, says Phil Baty

UUK International wants every UK university to join its ¡®Go International¡¯ campaign, but institutions find it hard to get students to participate in overseas schemes, says Rachael Pells