Suspended Swansea v-c attacks ‘negligently flawed’ investigation Richard Davies accuses registrar of attempting to ‘seize the position of vice-chancellor’ By Jack Grove 8 January
Alarm over exodus of professorships from southern Italy Positions are being redistributed to Italy’s richer regions, academic group warns, exacerbating long-standing inequalities By David Matthews 8 January
Access hurdles facing white working-class males ‘overblown’ Birmingham academic says scale of issue in England is ‘dramatically misrepresented’ By Chris Havergal 8 January
Which nations in Europe are attracting the most young scholars? Data for age profile of academic workforces across the continent show wide variation between countries By Simon Baker 7 January
Postgraduate numbers plummet amid fears for no-deal Brexit Leading figures in UK higher education warn sector will ‘take decades to recover’ from no-deal Brexit By Jack Grove 4 January
Online ‘intimidation’ of ‘left-biased’ academics spreads worldwide In Germany, Brazil and Hungary, students are being encouraged to film ‘biased’ professors, mirroring far-right tactics in US By David Matthews 3 January
Have the 2010 student protests (eventually) killed £9K fees? Theory that the protests provided essential fuel for Corbynism has specific relevance for higher education as Augar review looms By John Morgan 3 January
Teaching with drones: coming to a classroom near you? Robots and drones should be part of teaching and learning, says report looking into teaching trends in 2019 By Anna McKie 3 January
The REF games are even more brutal this time around Forcing academics on to teaching-only contracts based on flawed assessments of their research is ruining careers, an anonymous academic says By Anonymous 3 January
Universities must face up to the reality of student sex work Institutions that pride themselves on inclusivity should be doing all they can to defend student sex workers’ rights and safety, says Adi MacArtney By Adi MacArtney 3 January
Leadership intelligence: how to communicate with your institution University leaders are increasingly expected to communicate directly with staff and students, often on controversial topics – how should they handle this tricky task? By Jack Grove 3 January
Reading ‘ignored warning signals’ over Malaysia branch campus Outpost’s £27 million loss in 2017-18 a ‘salutary lesson’ on the challenges associated with international ventures By Ellie Bothwell 2 January
