Management and governance
Future of Welsh sector's oversight to come under examination, education minister Huw Lewis announces
An open letter sounding the alarm hit a nerve among academics – it’s time for managers to listen, argues Karín Lesnik-Oberstein.
Hefce head of research policy suggests the way research is conducted should be measured too
Consultant gynaecologist and Imperial College London professor Jenny Higham takes over at South London institution
George Osborne's plan for a minimum £9 an hour will not affect vast majority of university staff, but there will be cost implications for institutions, says Jack Grove
Sir Hilary Beckles tells Ellie Bothwell about his plans for the University of the West Indies’ future
Why are certain employers hotbeds for the creation of higher education leaders, asks John Gill
Next director of Soas says UK higher education can learn much from across the Atlantic
Prince Andrew will succeed Star Trek actor Sir Patrick Stewart
Peter Horrocks outlines vision in a restructure to kickstart the transformation of the institution
Current provost to replace Sir Nigel Thrift
Plans come after THE analysis revealed 18.2 per cent pay difference
The University of Hong Kong’s Peter Mathieson tells John Morgan about the Occupy protests, political pressure and being an outsider
Popular action can still make a difference, as the U-turn on the fate of a university politics department shows, says John Holford
Universities raise concerns over ‘lessening autonomy’ as government sets out requirements for higher education governing bodies
Universities celebrate at the Times Higher Education Leadership and Management Awards
Conservative university cultures cost UK in global leadership, chiefs complain
John Hennessy has announced plans to step down as president of Stanford University in summer 2016, after leading the institution for more than 15 years
From tackling pay to decrees on sleep and email curfews, five scholars explain what they would do to improve the academy in 24 hours
Premiere of work based on 16 frank interviews with vice-chancellors and the chair of governors
Glyndwr University’s new interim vice-chancellor Graham Upton has said the troubled institution is “on course for financial stability” despite a turbulent few years.
The University of Oxford is set for a female leader for the first time in its history, with Louise Richardson in line for the post.
Of top 200 institutions in the world, only one in seven has a female leader, research shows
The deputy director of the London School of Economics is to take over the helm at Durham University.
Ninety-five academics at the University of East Anglia have signed an open letter calling on the institution to divest from the fossil fuel industry.
If the form-filling that plagues academia is pointless, why do academics comply with it? asks Eliane Glaser
Managerialism has taken over the university, professor argues
Sir Roger Jones says comments by School of Management dean on trade unionists were ‘puerile’
Move by Gregory Fenves reflects worries about ever increasing salary hikes for US university heads
The number of university consolidations has shot up in recent years, EUA report finds
The misapplication of private sector HR techniques harms individuals without raising performance, says Rob Briner
The next vice-chancellor of Leeds Beckett University will be Peter Slee
Kathryn Mitchell is to succeed John Coyne as vice-chancellor of the University of Derby
One of the UK’s oldest higher education institutions has moved a step closer to a potential merger with a Catholic university
The University of Salford has confirmed that Helen Marshall will remain as its vice-chancellor on a permanent basis.
Plans by King’s to demolish historic buildings in a multimillion pound redevelopment of its Strand campus have been criticised by a conservation group
Sir Anthony Seldon has been named the new vice-chancellor of the University of Buckingham
Strategic barriers that lead to low female numbers in senior roles are a priority, says new chief
Gordon McKenzie is latest to leave department
Dominique Vernay, the institution’s president, talks to Jack Grove about why 19 French institutions are stronger as one
FoI request reveals former vice-chancellor receives £250,000 from Plymouth University
Did rises for vice-chancellors outpace those of academic staff, and did the REF swell the salaries of star researchers? Jack Grove rings up the benefits accrued
The University of Central Lancashire has announced that its vice-chancellor, Gerry Kelleher, is standing down for personal reasons
Universities UK president Sir Christopher Snowden has been appointed the next vice-chancellor of the University of Southampton.
Keele University will promote its deputy vice-chancellor, Trevor McMillan, to become its next leader.
The university’s principal on capturing a landmark building, a rebranding volte-face, and the capital’s ‘fizz’
Andrew Hamilton to take over at NYU after he makes his exit
Andrew Hamilton, the University of Oxford vice-chancellor, has been named the next president of New York University
But university’s registrar defends v-c, saying he has been ‘targeted personally and directly’ for weeks
A University of Birmingham pro vice-chancellor has been appointed to lead Heriot-Watt University
Professor Croney, who joins Teesside from his post as deputy vice-chancellor at Northumbria University, will succeed Graham Henderson, who retires this year after 12 years at the helm.
Liverpool’s new vice-chancellor discusses need for more women and ethnic minorities at the top
Judith Ackroyd and Jill Robinson explain why they are dramatising material from confidential interviews with university leaders
Vice-chancellors discuss their role and offer advice to aspiring university leaders
Taking all staff to lakeside hotel for an audience with the vice-chancellor is an ‘appropriate developmental investment’
The vice-chancellor of the University of Brighton is to retire next year, it has been announced
Notts Trent head Neil Gorman was highest earner with pay and benefits of £620K in his final year
How do universities cope in the aftermath of fires, earthquakes and killing sprees?
Having turned the University of Cumbria around, Upton is now heading to Wrexham
University and Hefce refuse FoI requests over multimillion-pound funding deal
