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University of Westminster music academic on fighting with punks, boosting Peter Andre’s career and pioneering ‘classical reggae’

Former director of Berkeley anthropology museum remembered

The psychology professor on students’ mindsets, nine-day weeks and thinking in the bath 

Tributes paid to Brighton microbiologist

NTU pro v-c talks about finding out who you are at university, leading a stellar theatre company and why Nottingham should be European Capital of Culture

Photographer and pro vice-chancellor of the University of the Arts London remembered

The inventor with a penchant for clocks talks KitKat wrappers and kettles

Journalist who led Stanford courses in Berlin remembered

Former Stanford provost, leader in fields of fundraising and international exchanges, remembered

The entrepreneur and philanthropist on not going to university, student start-up mistakes and Brexit

The new chair of the Campaign for Social Science on ethnic minorities, the similarity between law and academia and universities swallowing the management textbook

Former vice-chancellor of London South Bank University remembered

Former HEA chief executive hailed for ‘vision and persistence’ in changing teaching policy and practice

Policeman-turned-economist who spent a decade in Africa remembered

The chief executive-designate of the UK’s new sector agency discusses her West Country roots, the roles of academics and administrators, and escaping to the country 

Digital media democracy expert on tension between control and engagement, and need for less interesting research in his field

The ex-footballer explains why his PhD means more than his Wales cap, and how his Cardiff Met team reached the verge of Europe

Academic whose writing fused law and literature remembered

The chief executive of the Alan Turing Institute discusses his career in higher education, making the case for the humanities, and the nascence of the Russell Group

A neuroscientist and explorer who became ‘a great champion of inclusion and belonging’ has died

Pioneering neuroscientist who analysed the brain of Albert Einstein remembered

The academic psychologist talks testosterone, gender and the joy of being paid to read and write

The Italian scholar discusses how Machiavelli might have appraised current politics, the benefits of birdwatching and discovering Stevie Wonder

Creator of Leicester’s courses in applied geology remembered

We talk internationalisation in the face of Brexit, as well as the “alien” concept of fun for academics, with the international relations professor

A leading anthropologist has died in a fall on a study trip in the Indian Himalayas

Influential Berkeley legal scholar remembered

We talk race, taking advice from Seamus Heaney and poetry’s vital place in society with the US’s next Poet Laureate

We talk poverty, political correctness gone mad and the comfort of whisky with the outspoken historian

Cancer expert whose research was shaped by her experience of the disease remembered

We talk emergency responses to terrorist attacks, geekiness and happy memories of the Olympic Games with Surrey’s professor of medicine

Architectural historian who spent most of his career at Harvard remembered

We talk about academia as a refuge for artists, curtailed basketball careers, and escaping Michigan’s “shire” with the multifaceted music composer

We talk doping, ‘slithering’ through university and breaking world records with the former double Olympic champion

Tributes paid after sudden death of Queen’s University Belfast vice-chancellor

MIT professor who advised US government on nuclear physics remembered

We talk diversity, the joy of family meals and Professor Stephen Hawking with the new Cambridge college master

We talk about the importance of women-only colleges, academics’ role in policymaking and personal tragedy with the noted political scientist

Educationalist who transformed teacher training in Singapore remembered

Academic who prized French popular and high culture is remembered

We talk mind-shaping, global citizenship and racial tolerance with the former BBC senior manager

The award-winning professor discusses Yugoslavia’s war, women and engineering, and how nationalism hurts research

We talk to the neuroscientist and sex researcher about prudish attitudes, personal threats and what goes on in a sex research lab

The leading forensic anthropologist discusses her Presbyterian work ethic, remaining detached in the face of human suffering, and unhelpful advice from a PhD supervisor

Planetary scientist whose sculptures can be found across the University of Leicester’s campus is remembered

Long-serving Berkeley philosopher and critic of artificial intelligence remembered

We discuss realising what it means to be black in the UK, dealing with insomnia, and institutional racism in the academy, with the renowned race and black identity scholar

Economic historian and novelist who survived dramatic childhood remembered

The former leader of the House of Lords talks inequality, widening access to higher education and keeping on top of technology

First female Regius professor of divinity at the University of Oxford remembered

The former Archbishop of Canterbury discusses religious leaders’ obligation to promote equality, the challenges of meeting controversial heads of state, and concerns about the growth of populism

Academic whose expertise spanned economics and chemistry remembered

The noted theatre director talks about dispelling drama school preconceptions, reducing tuition fees and negotiating with local gangs

The eminent philosopher talks of academics’ vanity, the place of philosophy in a ‘post-truth’ world and her reservations about the TEF

Expert who advised policymakers on the automotive industry remembered

Long-serving Stanford University scholar remembered

Former president of the British Psychological Society remembered

The fashion designer talks about treating a university education like a nine-to-five job, the importance of student interaction and defying graduation clothing convention

Bristol-based expert in real-world applications of computer systems remembered