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National university league tables are aimed at student consumers, but the revamped 91ÇÑ×Ó World University Rankings have a broader constituency: the global academy in all its variety. Phil Baty reports

Attention all sixth-formers: worried about securing a university place? How about a period of volunteering during which you can learn new skills, help the community and gain a financial fillip before the academy beckons, suggests James Derounian

Each week, Dr Margot Feelbetter poses a dilemma and offers advice for readers to respond to online. This week: Clearing the absent mind from overload

Mutability is our tragedy: Gary Day on the impact of a new name, a new identity or a new pair of breasts

Anshul Tomer, a successful actor and singer, is thankful for the life-changing experience of studying in Edinburgh

John Turner has given up trying to please everyone. Restricting the choices of a few is a necessary part of protecting the majority

Teaching graduates how to think will help them get jobs, says Tim Birkhead

Finland has recognised broadband access to the internet as essential to citizenship; Australia and others still lag unacceptably far behind, writes Tara Brabazon

The past 10 years have seen their fair share of ups and downs for higher education in Ireland, but Ferdinand von Prondzynski, outgoing president of Dublin City University, leaves his post with more than a hint of optimism for the future

A rewarding education set up a relationship for life, woven into my work as a composer, says Cheryl Frances-Hoad

The UK sector should tackle undergraduates' poor written English via a nationally prescribed update of the US model, urges Alex Baratta

In this age of austerity, we need to fund excellence, say David Price and Stephen Caddick

Universities must serve up pedagogy fit for the 21st century or suffer the consequences in reputational terms

Need to decipher a CV? Channel your inner detective, says Sally Feldman

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

Boredom, fear and bloodshed: Duncan Wu on a provocatively frank view of the war in Afghanistan

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

It wasn't just the clubbing: the psychology degree and skills gained at university come in handy as a DJ, says Nemone

To maintain our high standards of education, we must enforce the most elemental requirement: attendance. Adrian Quinn writes

A bleak film about a teenager's hopeless struggle to save her family is totally convincing, writes Duncan Wu

In a competitive global market, the UK academy must be price-sensitive when it comes to overseas fees or pay the price

Yes it¡¯s complex, but the graduate tax is the least of all evils, says Kevin Fong

Olympic sportsman, practising lawyer and Lib Dem leader, Menzies Campbell puts it all down to his time at university

Canada is using its relative economic strength to attract world-class students, scientists and researchers, says Amit Chakma

Gary Day watches a story of spiralling debt and fails to be uplifted by a fairy-tale take on unemployment

To restore faith after Climategate, researchers must be clearer about the limits of peer review and transparent in their workings

A flawed graduate tax will harm students and the sector, says Alan Ryan

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

Sir David Watson rates the performance of Cable and Willetts and offers them his vision of the academy¡¯s future ¨C a flexible but united sector providing long-term learning on American lines

The success of forensic science must not blind the discipline to the truths to be gleaned from studying the chaos of criminality, argues Stephen Wade

As world league tables gain influence they need to reflect the multi-faceted nature of universities¡¯ activities, says Seeram Ramakrishna

If UK business leaders want a highly skilled workforce, they must lend a hand, says Santander's Ant¨®nio Horta-Os¨®rio

Postgraduate study is vital for the economy but the UK has struggled to fund it. Don Nutbeam suggests Australia has found the answer

Prejudice still prevails in Harper Lee's home town, finds Gary Day, who also ponders bovine romanticism

The academy needs to cast off its exclusionary conventions and make its publications accessible to non-specialists and the public

There's no honourable way to plan a best-seller, says Felipe Fern¨¢ndez-Armesto

Tara Brabazon identifies 10 scholarly uses for Apple¡¯s latest gadget, and the new ways of reading, writing, watching and thinking that the platform supports

Study of the social and moral issues raised in the Harry Potter series has great relevance to today¡¯s society, argues Martin Richardson

France is using governance reform and investment to push its universities up the league tables. Will it work? asks Paul Benneworth

Education is one of the capital's great success stories, says Malcolm Gillies

The Foreign Education Providers Bill is vital for the country's future, but the democratic process could limit its benefits, says Peter Brady

Your chance to advise on academic dilemmas. Each week, Dr Margot Feelbetter poses a dilemma and offers advice for readers to respond to online

History goes out but the lessons remain: university taught Joe Goddard to be self-reliant and to reject stereotypes

England's apologetic performance on the pitch could just be in keeping with our history, says Gary Day

Rankings aren't perfect, but they give users, especially students, a broad view of the global sector that's impossible to get otherwise

Robert Diab and W. Wesley Pue argue that the violence at the recent G20 meetings in Toronto highlight the inadequacy of public-order policy by the Mounties

Attracting top international students is part of Israel¡¯s renewed commitment to cooperation and excellence, explains Joseph Klafter

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

Rock legend Paul Rodgers pays tribute to Teesside University's key role in Middlesbrough's renaissance