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Fear of the light

Cable Green, director of global learning at Creative Commons, says that spending public money on higher education resources that cannot be shared openly borders on being “immoral and unethical” (“...

Fundamental support

The article by a lecturer about not disclosing her mental illness was excellent (“Illness: I keep mine hidden”, Opinion, 16 April). I find it a privilege to do interesting research and to have the...

Hate the sin, not the sinner

It’s good to see Nick Hillman of the Higher Education Policy Institute responding to my letter (“It’s not pure open access or bust”, Letters, 16 April). But it’s a shame that his response is so...

Fair representation

Recent research reported in Times Higher Education shows that the students’ union “officer class” is lacking in diversity (“The student officer class still stands too far apart”, News, 16 April). But...

What IP means to students

The thought-provoking article on university intellectual property policies (“‘Huge amounts of confusion’ over IP rights”, News, 16 April) resonates with a research project currently being undertaken...

Forging global citizens is electrifying, says head of NYU Abu Dhabi

Vice-chancellor talks to Chris Havergal about breaking free from Western constraints

Reserving judgement: doctors v doctors of philosophy

Daniel K. Sokol on student complaints, illness and the limits of scholars’ expertise

£6K fees more likely as SNP backs plan that would boost Barnett cash

Scottish National Party manifesto confirms party would support lower fees in England

Hundreds fail to spot plagiarism

Study reveals half of students skip over attribution and many have lenient views on punishment for cheats

Cambridge v-c warns Brexit would isolate UK researchers

Sir Leszek Borysiewicz says that universities would lose hundreds of millions of pounds a year in EU funding

TeachHigher, wages lower? Beware the outsourcers’ razor

Benjamin Poore calls on universities to reject plans likely to make hourly paid lecturers’ lot poorer and more precarious

Nature journal ‘playing with fire’ over fee for fast-track review

150 editors at Nature Publishing Group’s Scientific Reports to resign if the option to jump the publication queue becomes permanent

Does politics matter? Answers on a beer mat, please

University of Sheffield project to leave 4,000 coasters in bars to gather data on public attitudes to politics and democracy

Let’s be serious about academic freedom

Extravagant claims for the right of scholars to say almost anything endanger support for the principle, says Martyn Hammersley

Piled Higher and Deeper, by Jorge Cham – 23 April 2015