Management and governance

With every second institution sporting a new boss, or looking for one, the pool of replacements may be shrinking

Events at the University of Leicester suggest an always tense relationship may be turning toxic, says Ursula Huws

Search for small savings may mean overlooking importance of aiding students and jobs, experts warn

Trusting in the continuing power of prestige to open employers’ doors is a dangerous strategy, say Alejandro Caballero and Sean Gallagher

Mental health champion to lead sector representative group

Selling the sector will be a key challenge for the former political adviser, journalist and media administrator chosen to lead Australia’s oldest university 

Last-minute changes, rigid assessments and ‘disempowerment’ frustrate foreigners in Asia, says study

New president sets ambitious financial and internationalisation goals

Progress is being made but much still could and should to be done to boost women’s advancement, says Helen Bartlett

Researcher argues that universities worldwide should adopt model after finding correlation between alumni governance and ranking position and endowment size

The Chicago Principles are powerful partly because they are linked to institutional history and values, say Carolyn Evans and Adrienne Stone

Universities must develop their own cultures of academic freedom rather than borrowing them, according to Australian authors

New funding should be used to lure researchers from industry and overseas, experts say

Too many trustees misunderstand or forget their fiduciary responsibilities and become co-opted by institutional presidents, says James Koch

Berkeley provost must overcome financial challenges back at his alma mater

Why shouldn’t marketing staff have ongoing input into the brand perception they work so hard to cultivate among prospects, asks Victoria O’Malley

Institutions in Double First Class initiative poaching professors from rivals and creating ‘shadow’ academic posts, says study

Awareness campaigns, support services and coordination with local authorities and transport providers are all needed, says Maya Tutton

Audit finds changes were made without necessary approvals amid row over senior staff conduct

Canadian college seeking to move away from parent institution after more than 140 years

While notching up a leadership position can make a woman a role model, her treatment can be equally influential, professor says

Australian reviewer who proposed benchmarks before the crisis must now decide how and when to apply them

Mushrooming university may need to limit its activities to balance the books, new president suggests

No institution will be able to make it alone amid the pandemic-induced tumult, so let’s make shared values the antidote to the crisis, says Ferruccio Resta

University expresses concerns about ‘untrue statements’ but UCU remains in dark over what caused problem

Different university groupings should have strong, distinctive capabilities that address specific markets, says John H. Howard

Scrutiny is inevitable but universities should do more to promote their teaching and their place in civil society, says Rosemary Bennett

Until the pandemic forced teaching to go online almost overnight, universities were widely considered impervious to major change. But if one age-old practice can be flipped on its head, why not others? We ask six academics where they would direct their efforts first 

Education department asserts right to approve language course closures while insisting that it ‘does not intervene’

Administrative costs thought to account for substantial percentage of US research spending

A national ‘great debate’ in England would be more effective than imposing free speech champions and threatening fines, says Dennis Hayes

Deportation of University of the South Pacific vice-chancellor Pal Ahluwalia is latest crisis to afflict a Western administrator in region

Doctoral degrees urgently need to become more diverse, more student-centred and more public-facing, argue authors of new book

Students are recounting instances of abuse on Twitter following resignation of university director and governing board chair

New French-speaking campus attracts few applications but supporters defend its viability

Priority should be better teaching for domestic students and improved research performance, THE forum hears

India could be HE ‘giant’ if social issues were addressed, expert says

Crisis precipitated by proposal that could have shifted pan-Pacific university’s headquarters from Fiji, embattled leader says

Peter Høj insists he is not Mr Fix-it, after taking over his second crisis-struck university, but acknowledges need to listen to staff concerns

Arizona State University president says digital learning shift must ‘stay attached’ to core knowledge-generating activities

Expulsion marks escalation of long-running crisis at the University of the South Pacific

Universities’ wariness of online instruction was suddenly swept aside last year by Covid-19. But how successful has the overnight digital transition been? Is it sustainable? And should it be? Paul Jump runs through the results of our major survey of university staff

Danish-born viticultural scientist arrives with strong accolades and a reputation for cosiness with China

UCU branch demands answers after passing motion of no confidence in president and finance chief

Vice-chancellors say they are considering what to do if members of their community refuse Covid-19 inoculation 

British oncologist announces departure from Sydney institution, citing family pressures

Research finds that every demonstration against a sitting university president reduces their time in office by 66 per cent

New director acknowledges social justice agenda must go hand in hand with financial sustainability of troubled institution

The unique skills that academics bring to local projects underline that they change lives well beyond the lecture theatre, says Zahir Irani

The tired stereotype of the unworldly scholar has often been used to justify giving excessive influence over university management to businesspeople and administrators. There is ample evidence that this is a recipe for disaster, argues Terence Kealey

Academics at Southwest Minzu University complained of bonuses as small as 91p – or even negative awards

Russia may still have no universities in the world’s top 100, but its 5-100 Project has made progress, says Philip Altbach

Legislation is urgently needed to ensure good governance and fair pay and conditions, says Nahid Neazy

The new coronavirus variant means that the costs to public health outweigh any pedagogic benefits of reopening campuses sooner, says Simon Williams

Reassessing operations through an institutional mission lens will prove more palatable than business-driven decisions, says ex-Adelaide boss

Senior administrators should serve the greater good, not pander to their most powerful stakeholders, says Kathy Johnson Bowles

New research shows that inadequate oversight is leaving institutions dangerously exposed, says Andrew Kakabadse

University of British Columbia head advocates ‘servant leadership’ style to build diversity, in contrast to ‘very top-down’ approach at many institutions

Appointment of Melih Bulu, a former ruling party political candidate, has triggered days of protests from staff and students at Boğaziçi University in Istanbul

The country’s universities have shot up global rankings on the back of huge investment and a ruthless focus on publication. But as the country gears up for its next five-year plan, Joyce Lau asks whether stratospheric ambitions for a ‘Chinese Harvard’ can be met