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The award-winning junior researcher on his love for experimental projects, communicating bold ideas to the public and how universities can foster creativity

The grandee philosopher talks to Matthew Reisz about trust, trustworthiness and why an overreaction to logical positivism is to blame for Facebook¡¯s excesses

The artist and King¡¯s College London fellow discusses the relationship between research and art, and how climate change is reshaping her work

The president and dean of the Asian Institute of Management tells Joyce Lau that being an introverted leader and a minority has taught her empathy

Michael Kosterlitz tells THE how colour blindness shaped his career and why Nobel winners shouldn¡¯t be taken too seriously

The Palestinian law professor talks about the overlap with his other job: as a stand-up comedian travelling the world talking about the Arab American experience

The meta-analysis guru talks about the tyranny of low expectations, swimming upstream and the knowledge that an educated citizen needs

The architect of Plan S tells of his next move to become a university leader in Eindhoven and discusses the art of not taking life too seriously

The women¡¯s rights activist on balancing fun and purpose and growing up as the great-granddaughter of the leader of the British suffragette movement

The Central European University¡¯s new director of communications talks radical nuns, leaving Ireland aged 18 and why her role is the most exciting in her profession

The Imperial College London-based Brazilian ecologist talks about preserving rainforest and an encounter with angry peccaries

The astrophysicist on how an all-girls school helped her into science, why analogies are the secret to communicating research, and her move to Germany

The remote campus director talks about her traveller roots, winning and losing at business and the limits of the curriculum

The author and black history researcher speaks on the importance of passing historical knowledge on to the next generation, and reveals her competitive sporting nature

The winner of this year¡¯s John Maddox Prize talks about fighting to protect the planet and dealing with adversity

The Warwick Arts Centre director talks about how a school led by Britain¡¯s first black headteacher and her new home in a diverse Coventry suburb have both inspired her

After spending a century in and around academia, Ukraine¡¯s chief scientist reflects on his father¡¯s ¡®genius¡¯, Chernobyl and how scientists helped to win the Second World War

The UK¡¯s first black female history professor on universities atoning for their pasts and believing in the goodness of others

Pioneer of the genetics of hearing talks about how her research interests have been shaped by wine and music ¨C and how she would cope with deafness

The humanities professor discusses her passion for human rights, how universities can work with refugees, and learning to stop apologising

The entrepreneurial chemist talks about molecular tools, batteries in the walls and a three-slice secret to success

The winner of the inaugural Letten Prize talks about using his research to fight discrimination and the battles between power and democracy

The award-winning chemist attempts to explain his reasons for wanting to create a chemical brain, but suggests we won¡¯t be moving to Mars any time soon

The BBC presenter and writer talks about how women should ¡®demand equal pay¡¯ and suggests a novel windfall tax to help fund HE

The Dutch astrophysicist on discovering the chemistry of the cosmos, whether she¡¯d like to go into space, and if extraterrestrial life would surprise her 

The LSE political scientist discusses influencing the US news agenda, Trump¡¯s authoritarian streak and why we must defend democracy

The specialist in ancient DNA talks about caving, elephant birds and how tracking prehistoric genetic changes could help fix our dodgy hearts

The Hungarian medievalist discusses being in Paris in 1968, learning from Jacques Le Goff, and the Orb¨¢n regime

The geriatrician and television star on hitch-hiking to Paris, the secret of ageing well, and how an elderly man¡¯s rectal prolapse helped him realise his vocation

The Leicester space physicist on winning Astronauts, exploring uncharted mountains, and scientists¡¯ social skills

Covering interview travel expenses creates financial hardships for early career academics, says Rachel Yoho

Our panel of leading university administrators explain how applicants should approach a meeting of this kind at their institution

Senior academics and university administrators offer their top tips on how to ask that awkward question at the end of a job interview

Jenny Pickerill offers some advice on some common mistakes and how to stand out from the pack

We speak to City University London¡¯s oldest graduate, who received his PhD in engineering at the age of 83

PhD interview practice doesn't mean just a trial run. If done well, it can even help the student refine their thesis, say Penny Tinkler and Carolyn Jackson.