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Undergraduate examinations drive Tim Birkhead to the therapist's couch

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

Poor student attendance and generous exam marking are making a mockery of higher education, reveals a lecturer

In the long run, 150,000 extra students financed by tuition fees alone would damage the quality of higher education, says Steve Smith

The influence of industry on the curriculum has never been greater, says Frazer Mackenzie, but it is far more positive than simply creating a workforce

Our literary culture is threatened by the decline of quality criticism. Kevin Sharpe demands that scholars fight back

EastEnders offered long-awaited revelations, but not everyone could handle the truth, writes Gary Day

Seemingly insubstantial Sixties chart hits never garnered critical kudos, but their power to move us remains undimmed, says Tara Brabazon

Mentors don¡¯t expect their prot¨¦g¨¦s to pay them back ¨C they want them to pay it forward. But that¡¯s difficult with no one to teach

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

Institutions and sector agencies should be more open with data to enable informed choices, says Paul Marshall

The practice of allowing sponsors to control research publication is rife despite being a corrupting 'form of fraud', says David Packham

Longitudinal teaching of the history of science, running from primary to tertiary level, is the key to producing creative scientists, argues Andrew Baker

The French have a habit of entrusting translation to anyone with a bilingual dictionary, complains Michael Bulley

Despite the tales of jiggery-pokery employed to climb in the league tables, there is no need to sacrifice mission to position

Felipe Fern¨¢ndez-Armesto is sceptical about claims cat-owners are smarter

Tom Ford's glossy foray into film has moments to admire, not least its leading man, writes Duncan Wu

We may be losing printed materials, but let¡¯s not forget we¡¯re also gaining useful digital resources, says Tara Brabazon

Financial woes make a short-term solution tempting. How desperate must I be to jettison my principles?

Each week, Dr Margot Feelbetter poses a dilemma and offers advice for readers to respond to online. This week: Inappropriate attention from a supervisor

Universities have yet to convince us that a higher level of cap would make a difference, argues Charles Clarke

Aid reforms and state retrenchment have raised demand for Ivy League places, says Amy Gutmann, but private capacity is limited

?1 billion of cuts in the past year have hit the academy hard, but David Willetts explains how the Tories will upgrade the academy without it costing the earth

Institutions must embrace Hefce's costing methodology if they are to get the funding they want, says Stuart Palmer

Gary Day is bewildered by children who don't speak, and finds prairie dogs amusingly conversational

The cornerstone of the academy is the liberty to pursue ideas and knowledge without constraint. It needs vigilant defending

Interns deserve meaningful duties, not humiliating tasks, says Sally Feldman

A positive start at a new university makes the possibility of finding the dream job more believable

In the aftermath of J. D. Salinger¡¯s death, Robert Segal looks again at the novel that made his reputation, and asks whether it is relevant today

Kevin Fong offers a few options for the sector in lieu of a realistic strategy

Cherish the humble professor whose focus is on knowledge - not the latest gimmick - while you can, says Jeffrey Ross

Intellectual as well as strategic arguments should lead scholars to welcome research impact assessment, says Robin Hambleton

Anna Fazackerley wonders why vice-chancellors are so quiet about the future of tuition fees - and what students should expect for their money

University support for the Teach First scheme will benefit everyone involved in education, asserts James Darley

Gary Day is moved by Julie Walters' superb portrayal of Mo Mowlam but finds Hamlet leaves him cold

The recession and a succession of government cuts and blunders have robbed young people of their future and of hope

As one contract ends, a fresh determination forms to become a departmental fixture in the future

In this guide, Tara Brabazon gives her top 10 tips for doctoral failure

A collaborative strategy shows that universities are ready to tackle climate change, argues Sir Alan Langlands

Geoff Lucas describes independent schools' concerns that some efforts to widen access are politicised, unclear and unfit for purpose

Just as universities are having to adjust funding models, so they must drop old assumptions about what they should offer and how to deliver it, argues Mike Boxall

This week's Holocaust Memorial Day serves as a timely rebuke against race-hate activism, says Dan Cohn-Sherbok

From the Enfield Poltergeist to the most haunted pub in England, Gary Day has still to see proof of ghosts

The financial crisis will force universities to make difficult choices not just about how they operate but to what end

Alan Ryan favours imagination over exaggeration when it comes to cutbacks

Failure to make the running exposes the problem of having an unconventional background

As the gateway to the professions, universities must do all they can, including considering context in admissions, to ensure fair access, says David Lammy

Constantine Sandis is disturbed by a claim that academics have the right to say what they want at all times, in all places

The downturn has prompted drastic university funding cuts in some nations, but increased investment in others, notes Simon Marginson

Michael Thorne is sceptical about media commentary that assumes that a wave of mergers and takeovers is the inevitable result of the recent funding cuts

To maintain the UK's position in distance learning, we have to focus on education, not technology, argues Helen Lentell

Gary Day finds poetry in the mathematics of the Universe as he sees the chaos in everything

The wellbeing of individuals matters, but what matters more is the wellbeing of a sector facing swingeing cuts

Less money and control, more stress - will anyone flourish? asks Tim Birkhead

Chris Higgins and Anthony Forster argue that we must stop expecting all universities to deliver on both research and teaching