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Martin Smith offers an overview of parliamentary inquiries and lobbying for academics, looking at who is involved, how effective it can be and what results it can offer beyond direct policy change

Four practical suggestions for how university career services can make greater use of social media to support social mobility among their students

Pay-as-you-go modules? Choose-your-own first year? Glenn Fosbraey looks to the blue sky for (sometimes radical) ideas for improving the HE experience

Failure in academia does not have to be entirely negative – it can provide an opportunity to grow, build resilience and is an essential part of the self-improvement process

The benefits of networking for academics and how to do it well, both in person and online, explained by Eleanor Hennige

Academic writing is transforming – into comics, podcasts, installations – but that doesn’t mean bog-standard peer-reviewed papers are less key to institutional status or individual promotion, writes Pat Thomson

Özge Özden lays out the pros and cons you need to consider when choosing a PhD supervisor, as well as five key qualities to look out for

Finding the blind spots in EDI efforts will more effectively support academics sitting at the intersection of minority identities. Here are three places to start

Practical guidance for universities on how they can support the growing number of staff experiencing challenges relating to mental health and well-being

Three steps to create a map of a university programme’s teaching-research integration, in order to identify weaknesses and strengths and inform course development