Features

Buildings and statues dedicated to people whose views clash with modern values can cause difficulties, but is tearing down history the answer?

Lincoln Allison, Eric Thomas and Richard Larschan reflect on the ‘next phase’ of the scholarly life

Simon Gaskell and Adrian Collette explain why proper engagement is an important driver of institutional performance, teaching and research

The former Australian prime minister on making the internet safe for women and helping universities prepare for change

Phil Scraton on the role his work played in securing justice for the victims’ families and survivors of the 1989 disaster

Saikat Majumdar looks at how public universities and liberal arts education in India still bear the marks of colonialism

BRICS and MINTs, move over for the TACTICS – Thailand, Argentina, Chile, Turkey, Iran, Colombia and Serbia. Ellie Bothwell on a group that could grow into star players in global higher education

Mark Gatenby considers what it means for business schools – and universities more generally – to embrace Utopian ways of thinking

The 150 best universities for delivering work-ready graduates

Scholars share what the title means to them and offer the newly promoted advice on handling the status update

Matthew Reisz examines the pros and cons of using film as a form of public engagement

Kevin Dunseath and Chris Hall on the issues that anyone considering setting up a programme abroad should think through before committing significant funds

From Donald Trump to Brexit, John Morgan considers the challenges of a new international political climate 

What price eternal life? Matthew Reisz meets a scholar who uses economics to explain our belief in the hereafter

Five engineers set out why engineering is part of our everyday lives and what universities can do to change the way it is taught

Clive Oppenheimer recounts dodging lava bombs and gunmen as he guided the director to global hot spots for his film about volcanoes

Scholars and their significant others share the good, the bad and the ugly

When it comes to student engagement, US institutions in the research elite typically have a lot of ground to make up

As the US’ ‘dumpster fire’ of a presidential election looms, it is more important than ever that students engage with other perspectives and acknowledge that their views aren’t universal, says Maximillian Alvarez

Matthew Reisz reports on the successes and failures of universities that have set up satellite campuses in Mauritius

Seasoned scholars offer tips on first lectures, the ‘Eton mess’ of PhD supervision and why hobbies belong at work

Antonio Melechi examines how enhanced interrogation techniques came to be introduced at War on Terror ‘black sites’

From decolonising curricula to ensuring right-wing viewpoints, calls for more representation and balance on campuses do not all share the same goals, says Tom Cutterham

David Matthews reports from Canada on the Trudeau government’s plans to convert academic research into commercial gains

Tawfik Jelassi, universities minister after the Jasmine Revolution, on losing his anonymity and being taken hostage by students

The region’s reputation for excellence could be threatened by funding cuts and restructuring

With 55,000 potential Syrian students in Europe, universities are using a series of workarounds to prevent a ‘lost generation’

While there is growth in BME students studying abroad, a gender gap persists. Ellie Bothwell examines US and Australian mobility initiatives

Christopher Phelps surveys a field that lends itself to interdisciplinarity, while a British scholar laments that UK institutions prefer Americans for Americanists

Eight scientists share the secrets of being a successful principal investigator

Nicholas Till on what it means to be moved by a piece of art after 30 years of critical practice

Can a research powerhouse retain access to EU funds after a referendum backing restrictions on free movement? John Morgan reports

Lincoln Allison takes a fond look back at the permissiveness prevalent at universities in the 1960s and 1970s, while a more ambivalent Susan Bassnett recalls a reality that didn’t quite live up to the nostalgic hype

Jack Grove learns how sites have been reinvented for the 24/7 digital age, while Donald Brown reflects on the role libraries played in his journey from the Mississippi Delta to Oxford

Despite many advances, online programmes suffer from technical faults and a dispiriting lack of interaction, as two scholars found

Post-Brexit, will EU students still see English HE as value for money, and what are the pros and cons of charging them international fees?

Matthew Reisz talks to academics about their summer habits, while two professors and an estates director explain how they use the time

They can cause confusion about qualifications and embarrassment for institutions, so why are they awarded? Malcolm Gillies investigates

Academia takes in some truly esoteric topics and tasks, but what are the strangest jobs? Here, five individuals with surprising roles describe their work

The discipline has promised big advances in many areas, but is it failing to live up to the hype? Three neuroscientists consider the state of their field

Six months after the PhD student’s murder in Egypt, John Elmes looks at the case and talks to those who were close to the promising young scholar

Do universities need to rethink what they do and how they do it now that artificial intelligence is beginning to take over graduate-level roles?

The report’s deep meditation on foreign policy makes it more than an inquest into the failings of individuals and institutions in the conduct of the Iraq War, argues Glen Rangwala

Whether or not Moocs live up to the hype, technology’s impact on universities is real and growing, Stanford University’s John Hennessy tells Ellie Bothwell

Randy Malamud examines the fascination in a fringe academic topic

A literature module developed at Brunel University London has moved away from the traditional essay format and embraced the digital age

Three professors give their views on the difficulties of taking on tasks that are necessary but undervalued

Universities have a European union far older than many nation states. We must not lose sight of that in the aftermath of Brexit, says Howard Hotson

David Mould had to navigate cartoon lemurs and other barriers in order to help local academics study factors hindering development

A survey suggests research misconduct in the UK is higher than previously feared. Joanna Williams and five other academics ponder the results

Our data team’s modelling of the potential teaching excellence framework results shows the Russell Group losing out to a new elite

The former head of the American University in Cairo, Lisa Anderson, tells Chris Havergal how it carried on and kept students and staff safe without limiting free speech

John Morgan reports on the differences between the countries in terms of the provision of education, governance and the quality of research

Myra Strober’s rejection in 1970 for a tenure-track position inspired a lifetime of struggle against sexism

Public debate in the UK over whether to remain in the EU has been criticised for casting little light. Here, seven academics probe the arguments

Which universities have dealt best with uncapped student numbers and uncertainty over international income? John Morgan reports

Friendships can blossom naturally between scholars and students, but are they always problematic? Nina Kelly navigates the boundaries

David Matthews considers a flurry of ‘threats’ to the conveyor belt of arrivals and what Western campuses can do to shockproof their systems

Being sick threatens employability, legacy and self-image. Two recent victims of stroke and cancer tell their tales

Vice-chancellors have again come in for flak over what they are paid. We look at how their compensation packages compare with those of their international peers. Jack Grove runs the numbers