Management and governance

Plans to amalgamate Parisian grandes écoles into a single university grouping have been officially approved

Oxford professor and inequality scholar predicts English universities may be forced to orient themselves towards towns and cities

Under-pressure distance learning provider could reap rewards by opening its main campus to traditional learners, argues Higher Education Policy Institute director

Many retired academics embrace the freedom to fully embody their view of the serious scholar, says Bruce Macfarlane

AUDE report highlights rise in building costs from weakening of sterling after Brexit vote, plus potential loss of EU construction workers

University declines to comment on factors behind pair of sudden departures

Analysis of government data suggests dozens of institutions do not meet requirements for staff contracts or provide postgraduate training

Gareth Evans adds that ‘inherent lack of trust’ prompted Australian National University to decline Western civilisation course

Restricting access to university property is a sorry symptom of commercialisation that is making students poorer, laments Les Back

Research will suffer from the collapse of professional development into financially fixated assessments of ‘capability’, say Gill Evans and Dorothy Bishop 

Brisbane institution the latest to quit its representative subgrouping

The digital tide will not wash away campus-based learning, believe most respondents to THE’s University Leaders Survey. David Matthews reports on what they see ahead for study options, scholarly conferences, scientific progress and more

Scholars say permanent teaching posts are left vacant as universities rely on ‘ad hoc’ lecturers

Carlos Moedas tells MEPs institutions should introduce allocations for female academics ‘at some point’

Staff at the ‘University of the Air’ are more optimistic after the end of an unloved era of leadership, but challenges remain

Duke topples queen, as Kiwi institution opts for new identity

Four institutions hope science-focused campus will be exempted from student numbers cap

Clearing out corruption will be most important in Nazarbayev University’s success, says vice-provost Loretta O’Donnell

Move follows criticism of redundancy plans and no-confidence motion

Ellie Bothwell analyses how religious institutions shape up compared with secular institutions and how they are adapting to modern mores

What are vice-chancellors’ insights into the trends, threats and priorities affecting the future of the university? Nearly 200 leaders of world-ranked universities give their views on where the sector will be in the year 2030. John Ross reports

Major new survey of world university leaders finds widespread acceptance that casualisation will increase

The mooted merger of the universities of Adelaide and South Australia would cast a long shadow over the city’s other major university, says Gavin Moodie

Training staff and students in ‘mental health first aid’ can help ameliorate the growing crisis, say Clemente Diaz and Douglas Medina

University urged to spend its levy money on training for wider community, not its ‘highest-paid’ staff

Ex-Universities UK president became one of highest-paid leaders in sector

Jonathan Haidt tells Matthew Reisz how a moral culture of ‘safetyism’ took root in today’s students, who view the use of any word that can cause offence as an act of violence

A failure to treat staff fairly and consistently impedes academic standards and hurts students, says Sheikh Nahid Neazy

Cambridge deputy to succeed Dame Glynis Breakwell in April

University of London member is the first significant UK higher education institution to close since medieval times

Ex-Aberystwyth professor John Warren forced to escape in dead of night

Doctoral students starting degrees at Westlake University handed advice to develop ‘strong morals’

Tearing down of Silent Sam reignites debate about future of Civil War commemorations

A divorced institute still living with its ex raises questions about why research centres jump ship

Partnership between Colombian, Chilean and Mexican institutions also aims to stamp out corruption

Outgoing Pretoria leader Cheryl de la Rey will take experience of adversity and diversity to new role at Canterbury

Drastic cuts necessary if funding situation not resolved, government agency warns

New centre could have £200 million price tag and be funded by wealthy benefactor

Adelaide neighbours progress merger plan with new discussion paper on pros and cons

Perspectives of historians, funders and fundraisers address ‘Maoist moralizing’ and shaking up ‘complacent’ institutions

The computer scientist on the future of online education, seeing early demonstrations of Google, and why he wished he had cloned himself

Senior management has its perks but it also comes with a host of new practical, philosophical, psychological and even physical challenges. Here, seven people who have lived through that fiery baptism tell their tales

Religious freedom advocacy groups increasingly turning to legal action against public university anti-discrimination policies

Some countries have introduced gender quotas, while many have reduced state control, report finds

Precarity is a significant feature of the academy worldwide, creating a feeling of ‘academic apartheid’ as it grows. Ellie Bothwell explores its impact

Vice-chancellor says university is committed to improving staff well-being

Lord Sugar and Donald Trump may disagree, but kindness works best in higher education management, says Mike Thomas

Focusing on the mature student market can offer short-term relief from market pressure, but it is not a sustainable approach, says Nora Ann Colton

Limitations on powers of new university councils are ‘mostly cosmetic’, academics say

The long-reigning monarch’s name faces removal from another of the world’s universities

Leading critic of marketised higher education takes aim at external appointment of vice-chancellors and the ‘student experience’

Director Tom Inns explains how the institution is coping after fire gutted its iconic Mackintosh building

Female academics should follow the lead of women in other sectors and pursue mass claims against their universities, says a Birkbeck scholar

Neoliberalism is many academics’ bête noire, but it is also a litmus test of their democratic sensibilities, says Steve Fuller

The prospect of losing access to EU funding only strengthens the rationale for UK universities to develop deep, bilateral international partnerships, says Ed Byrne 

Learning outcomes are very well intentioned, but their use discourages students from thinking outside the tick box, says Robert Nelson

A trip to Rwanda convinced Daniel Haydon that Western universities are missing out on a lot of talent by opening themselves up to only the wealthiest

Former permanent secretary at Department for Education ‘thrilled and honoured’ with move north

New government body for research predicts cost of £15 million per year if tax problem not resolved

In a world transformed, we need a radical new blueprint – for a flexible, less centralised network of scholars and students, says a former Berkeley chancellor