Management and governance
While proportion of foreign faculty at Japanese universities has increased, study finds no rise in share of leaders
Education minister sees break from Spain as a path to more ‘competition and excellence’ in hiring, firing and leadership
Louise Richardson says concentration of functions at college and departmental level creates ‘great deal of duplication’
Extended senior management survey finds that employees are extremely unhappy with the people running universities
Universities must support those responsible for the impact case studies that will carry so much weight in the next research excellence framework, says Jonathan Grant
Work with communities and industry should be better captured by league tables, summit hears
Taiwan hopes that attracting students from further afield, particularly mainland China, will help to address its higher education crisis. But this in turn brings challenges, including compromised academic freedom, writes Chris Parr
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
PSL’s high entry position in the 色盒直播 World University Rankings reflects one of the ambitions of France’s programme of mergers, say John Ludden, Philippe Le Prestre and Jean-Marc Rapp
Salary transparency can promote equality but also tends to foment jealousy and strife among academic staff, as Adrian Furnham has seen at first hand
Unions should be seen as investments in teaching and research quality rather than cost-saving exercises, advises EUA governance specialist
色盒直播 pay data since 2010-11 show pay of UK leaders is going up faster than that of rank-and-file academics, but the reasons are less clear
If we are going to build societies of peace and consensus, we have to accept each other’s villains as elements of our common past, says Felipe Fernández-Armesto
The ending of Murdoch University’s agreement with its staff over employment conditions could herald a rougher ride for university staff, says Gavin Moodie
Leadership announced ahead of ECU, HEA and LFHE merger in 2018
Competition for students and the cash brought in by increased tuition fees explain why universities want to invest in leadership, writes Andrew McRae
Minister outlines plans for TEF and new regulator to tackle problem
The bullying and subsequent suicide of a talented Ivy League scientist exposes ugly truths about the cruelty and dysfunction at the heart of academic science
Minister to set out plans for new regulator to ‘use its powers’ on senior pay in UUK speech
Universities’ shabby treatment of casual academics flies in the face of their professed commitment to education and dignity, says Jedidiah Evans
Iconic Californian institution’s viability as a state university called into question by fall in public support and growing political intrusion, says ex-chancellor
Universities must communicate better if they are to avoid being presented as part of a ‘distant and malevolent elite’, says Dame Minouche Shafik
Just one leader of a top 10 UK university has a Twitter account, report reveals
Vice-chancellor says involving academics in conversations about resources and sticking to the core mission were key to turnaround
Professor warns full university status for complementary medicine institution would ‘downgrade credibility’ of UK sector
Foreign providers plan was misguided, but domestic selective funding option brings huge challenges, say experts
Remuneration committee member formerly led construction company that won ?64 million in contracts from university
With the Hungarian government clamping down on universities and championing labourers over philosophers, David Matthews meets those living with the consequences
Creeping political interference in universities, from the UK to Hungary and the US, is part of a worrying shift in attitudes towards higher education
Ruth Simmons, interim leader of Prairie View A&M University, says universities are ‘failing’ at creating ‘fit leaders’
Carol Christ, new leader of the Californian university, also plans ‘free speech year’ for students and staff to engage with topic
Remuneration committees should pay less attention to other institutions when setting their leaders’ pay, says Nick Hillman
UK universities face uncertainty over the impact of Brexit and the TEF, the future for tuition fees and a pensions deficit. Which institutions have the financial clout and diversified portfolios to survive? Simon Baker runs the numbers
Universities used to be thought unsinkable, but the unthinkable – an institution going to the wall – is now a genuine, if yet remote, prospect
Analysis of 色盒直播 World University Rankings data shows gender gap for top jobs has narrowed further
Australian capital emerging as branch campus hub for country’s universities
The subject-level teaching excellence framework could lead to a lot of stress for no great gains over the institution-level TEF, says Andrew McRae
Recent cases at universities of Mississippi and Southern California raise question of 'moral turpitude'
Claims that outsourcing in higher education improves efficiency are not proven, says analysis
Universities facing the challenges of developing a knowledge economy
National University of Singapore promotes provost Tan Eng Chye
Ellie Bothwell goes through the archives from 45 to five years ago and discovers some recurring themes
Scholar returning to homeland from US to lead university speaks of his concerns
Number of universities eligible to award federal financial aid down 5.6 per cent year-on-year
Scholar claims she was pressured to sign up to Higher Education Academy and did so without correct documents
Leader of Hong Kong Polytechnic University says institution ‘cannot think of itself as an isolated island’
Sector leader says the UK can offer insights into higher education’s role in regional growth strategies
Labour peer calls for funding council intervention on Glynis Breakwell’s salary
The former president of Carnegie Mellon University will lead the Singaporean institution from 2018
Round table discusses challenges of changing job market and political instability
Conditions that undermine the notion of scholarly vocation – relentless work, ubiquitous bureaucracy – can cause academics acute distress and spur them to quit, says Ruth Barcan
Expanding university enrolment across the world has resulted in universities ‘imitating each other’, says leading scholar
Futao Huang says that calls for Japan’s national universities to adopt more marketised leadership strategies have so far gone unheeded
Arizona State University’s Michael Crow was the highest-earning leader in 2015-16
Jo Johnson takes aim at Southampton’s leader in outspoken attack on ‘sharp increase’ in salaries
Several student accommodation blocks have been discovered with flammable cladding
The inventor of the concept of emotional intelligence explains how the idea can be built into the culture of universities
UK universities’ complacency in the good times has left them ill-equipped to respond to falling postgraduate master’s enrolment, says Michelle Morgan
The sweatshop conditions in which sessional academics work in Australia mirror the treatment of schoolteachers in Victorian times, say Hannah Forsyth and Jedidiah Evans
President of proposed new engineering institution wants to use egalitarian management ethos of King Arthur ahead of its launch in 2020
