Management and governance

Eliminating cheating services, even if it were possible, would do nothing to address students’ and universities’ lack of interest in learning, says Stuart Macdonald

Colleges must lead students in critical thinking ‘not protect them’, says one leader

Academic who has led Australia’s leading university since 2005 to return to research and teaching

Sheffield deputy vice-chancellor to succeed Sir David Greenaway

As higher education costs rise inexorably, students or governments will inevitably have to pay more, says Peter Coaldrake

UCU figures on job cut plans in 2017 reveal scholars’ vulnerability in wake of Brexit and TEF

Group of top Asian institutions aims to boost research collaboration and increase mobility

Seven academic leaders share their experiences at the departmental helm along with their tips on how to squeeze the best out of sceptical staff and meagre budgets – and still find time for research

Students are being hoodwinked into enrolling on ‘trendy’ new degree programmes that are, according to one concerned academic, little more than a marketing exercise

Being required to document interactions with troubled students in customer relations management systems is just a distraction from addressing their problems, says Susan D’Agostino

Plans for higher education reform rule out institution closures

Claire Taylor’s approach to change in her institution has been inspired by the French president’s rise to power

Academics pass resolution calling for shock acquisition to be rescinded

Bashir Makhoul tells of his inspiring journey from a tiny village in Palestine to university leadership

Round-the-clock online chats led to unprecedented levels of feedback, says institution's president

Agnes Bäker and Amanda Goodall have found that academics who are happiest at work have a head of department who is a distinguished researcher. How can such people be encouraged into management?

Universities must not be complacent about freedom of speech, and need to ensure students use it to drive change, says Bill Rammell 

As tactics to maximise rankings become common knowledge and fluctuation diminishes, universities will re-focus on a diversifying array of missions, says Merlin Crossley

The work of 500 scientists transformed the 20th century. Universities and funders must do more to make certain that the flow of groundbreaking discoveries continues, says Donald Braben 

With overcrowded lecture theatres the norm in undergraduate education today, online delivery has entirely replaced lectures and seminars in some institutions. So where to in the coming decade? Warren Bebbington outlines a survival strategy for the increasingly unaffordable traditional university

Government concessions needed ‘if it is not to lose its bill’, senior Labour peer warns

It's not just about papers. Running a university in Papua New Guinea has cast academic impact in a more exotic light for John Warren

From personalising tuition to performance management, the use of data is increasingly driving how institutions operate

The decline of a once-lucrative indoor market shows how job losses at Heriot-Watt could signal big trouble ahead for the sector, says Helga Drummond

As the THE Young University Rankings 2017 highlight rising stars, Jack Grove looks at six institutions – recently launched or still in the planning stages – built on bold notions and innovative approaches

US academics might find a warm word for the president if he forces universities to become financially disciplined and sustainable, say Jose Garcia, Don Barwick and Joseph Garcia

Three-quarters of respondents are dissatisfied with the people running their institutions

All three of England’s for-profit universities owned in Netherlands

Universities must play a major part in the emergence of the new technical education sector envisaged in the chancellor’s recent Budget, says Andy Westwood

Automation has the potential to replace or alter 35 million jobs worldwide, which means universities must adapt to survive, argues Nancy Gleason

Union calls for universities to remove barriers to peaceful protest

Leading scholar says many countries have ‘neither the will nor the capacity’ to manage growth

Universities in the UK have developed a range of different approaches to governance, and there’s no sign that the trend will stop, says Michael Shattock

‘If we don’t know how we learn, how on earth do we know how to teach?’ says L. Rafael Reif, who tells Ellie Bothwell how the research giant is working to improve teaching practice

Conducting clinical trials during an epidemic for the first time, researchers fast-tracked the creation of a vaccine for Ebola, but not before 11,000 people had died

Universities should consider building ‘families’ of schools and colleges to facilitate easy transfer between different levels of education, says David Phoenix

South Sudan may be racked by famine, civil war and corruption, but the probity and effectiveness of its largely Western-educated vice-chancellors are providing the rest of the public sector with considerable food for thought, says Kuyok Abol Kuyok

Former Smith College president set to succeed Nicholas Dirks

Institutions with ideas for promoting gender equality should not keep them to themselves, says Kate Williams

Discriminating in hiring practice against particular intellectual perspectives is no less sinister than discriminating against particular political persuasions, says Glenn Geher

But Cambridge head warns that perceived isolation from neighbours is ‘biggest challenge’

Like cricket, academia needs specialists, and revised calendars and tech will show teachers belong in the top order, says Merlin Crossley

University of Hong Kong v-c denies he is ‘heading for a simple life’ as the next head of the University of Edinburgh

Applying lean principles can help universities find quick, creative solutions to pressing problems, says Madison Sandy

Toby Miller on the lessons that other countries could teach universities in the UK

Institutions displaced by war in the country’s east have relocated campuses and adopted distance learning techniques to continue teaching. Hilary Lamb reports

Female academics’ feedback on issues such as ‘acceptable’ norms reveals a sector far from its ideals, say Laurie Cohen and Jo Duberley

Sir David Bell’s review says the ECU, HEA and LFHE should become one body by September

Steve Fuller on the need for leaders who can make the radical decisions necessary to survive existential threats both internal and external

John Morgan considers the impact on students and US scholars, and the political earthquake’s potential positives

Average cost of remunerating v-cs in group rose by 6 per cent last year but salaries still lag those in top US and Australian universities

From respect and metrics to mistakes and biscuits, management scholar John Hendry offers advice

Although the term still resonates with scholars, it means less and less in today’s academy, says Bruce Macfarlane

Leading higher education scholar warns that the sector will ‘shut down’ if institutions do not report their value

To help manage their expanding activities, institutions require new corporate leadership personnel, Sarah Shaw says

Buildings and statues dedicated to people whose views clash with modern values can cause difficulties, but is tearing down history the answer?

For the first time, says the UK’s universities minister Jo Johnson, academic freedom and institutional autonomy will be enshrined in UK law