Birmingham says picket lines on campus are ‘trespassing’
UCU says some universities are using ‘highly questionable tactics’ as strikes are set to enter their second week
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THE podcast: General Election 2019 – manifesto breakdown
THE deputy news editor John Morgan wades through the party manifestos and discusses how the parties’ proposals will affect higher education
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Launching a new school: five things we’ve learned
Collaboration and openness are central to Phil Bourne’s takeaways after opening a new school at the University of VirginiaÂ
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Academic precarity is bad for everyone, but it’s even worse for scholars at risk
The risks of being an academic are compounded by the unique challenges displaced scholars face, say Lisa Herzog and Özge Yaka
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Mums and dads ‘bigger problem’ than essay mills
Prominence of gratis services causes ‘uneasiness’ among researchers, as Australia eyes law against contract cheating
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Polish excellence initiative aims to close gap to European elite
Critics fear initiative could widen social inequalities
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THE Awards 2019: winners announced
Strathclyde named University of the Year as Loughborough takes home trio of titles
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Junior academics feel management ‘have pulled the ladder up’
Precarious contracts ‘damage’ universities’ teaching and reputation, panel says
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Fee cut ‘catastrophic’ for English universities, warn v-cs
Sector leaders say Augar-inspired cut to tuition fees in England would damage sector
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Becoming Beauvoir: A Life, by Kate Kirkpatrick
Catherine Rottenberg is inspired by a major new study of the great French feminist Â
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Human Forms: The Novel in the Age of Evolution, by Ian Duncan
Gail Marshall applauds an intriguing study of the relations between Charles Darwin, George Eliot and Charles DickensÂ
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Should Robots Replace Teachers?, by Neil Selwyn
David Longman urges us to pay closer attention to the changes educational technology is bringing down the line
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Find Your Path: Unconventional Lessons from 36 Leading Scientists and Engineers, by Daniel Goodman
Richard Joyner enjoys a striking collection of testimonies that should help students settle on a suitable career path
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Character: Three Inquiries in Literary Studies, by Amanda Anderson, Rita Felski and Toril Moi
Book of the week: Robert Eaglestone is fascinated by a bold attempt to break down the barriers between literary critics and ‘ordinary readers’
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Pension ‘oddity’ means ‘exceptionally large’ university deficits
Newcastle posts £44 million deficit after one-off USS charge, but sector’s results expected to rebound next year