Management and governance
The default mode of human problem-solving is to add complexity. But we must try harder to resist, say Leidy Klotz and Robert Sutton
Universities’ oligarchic control of degree provision and metrics’ misguided focus are shortchanging both students and academics, says Murdoch Gabbay
Renaissance historian will be first woman to lead the Russell Group institution
The Tohoku University president discusses the legacy of the 2011 earthquake and making his institution more friendly to foreigners
Vice-chancellors and presidents must deliver fully inclusive environments from which female leaders will emerge, says Lucy Meredith
The president of KTH Royal Institute of Technology discusses the fallout of a scientific scandal and immigration rules in Sweden
Universities have a duty to protect students from the power imbalance inherent in a personal relationship with a staff member, says Cara Aitchison
The president of Penn State discusses its business hub model and leading in the aftermath of a sexual abuse scandal
As the Christ Church saga underlines, college trustees must ask probing questions if they are to fulfil their responsibilities, says Gill Evans
Flexibility, speed and resources are needed to ensure that refugee scholars and students can continue their work, says Jan Palmowski
Unless pay and conditions improve at UK universities, quality and diversity will enter a downward spiral, says Maria Sobolewska
The academy should be a safe haven for ignorance – provided it is accompanied by a willingness to be respectfully challenged, says Nic Smith
Chair acknowledges that publication ‘caused renewed disquiet, frustration and anger’
Insular nation’s only private university hopes online teaching revolution means it can attract ordinary lecturers, not just adventurers
The president of Northwestern University discusses the conflict between being a higher education economist and a university leader and changing career
The Martyn Percy saga underlines the need for the academic body to be led by one of their own, says Brian Martin
A year into office, head of California State University system felled after helping hide sexual abuse allegations against administrator
The Bourne films had it right. ‘Look at us. Look at what they make you give,’ says Donald Earl Collins
No confidence motion also calls for radical overhaul of university’s governance
French institution tops table for first time as country’s consolidation strategy appears to pay off
Every college-university relationship should be viewed as the mutually beneficial arrangement it genuinely is, says Sam Parrett
The president of SUSTech discusses his humble background and hands-on approach to leadership
A scandal over unfair appointments of lecturers to the civil service should spark a broader pushback against nepotism, says Fistra Janrio Tandirerung
Private university’s last financial statement was for 2018, despite English regulators requirement for all institutions to file annually
Higher education reform and public reinvestment are needed to realise the imagined goal of the university, argues Roopika Risam
Venezuelan’s decade-long tenure at global research leader marked by huge scientific and economic growth, as well as Epstein scandal
The president of The New School in New York says universities are often underprepared for their first black leader
In new role, Bill Rammell seeks to boost international ties, resist nepotism and push beyond pockets of excellence
Martyn Percy to leave Christ Church in April, reportedly with a substantial settlement
College forced to release bullying investigation by Information Commissioner’s Office
As the value of public funding diminishes, success will depend on ability to boost other sources of income, says Anton Muscatelli
The University of British Columbia president discusses reforming counselling provision, the importance of data and his own mental health struggles
Requiring 60 per cent of graduates to go into managerial or professional roles ignores the reality of creative careers, says Bashir Makhoul
English sector needs a major review ‘more ambitious than Dearing’, says ex-Birmingham v-c at end of long career in sector leadership
As leadership vacancies rise in factious state, lawmakers push measure that academics fear will add dangerous secrecy to process of filling them
Random selection from a gender-equal shortlist of qualified candidates would remove the effects of implicit bias, says Nathan Burke
Removing Amy Wax from compulsory courses or revoking her named chair would not contravene her academic rights, says Daniel Carpenter
After firing president for employee affair, top public research university still confronts culture of tolerating abuse and difficult state politics
If universities will not give up NDAs, how can we expect private corporations to do any better, asks Julie Macfarlane
The Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology president discusses project-based learning, securing government funding and demographic decline
A recent survey confirms that higher education continues to offer a safe environment for a certain kind of abuser: the successful professor who brings in large grants, say Nanna Haug Hilton and Susanne Täuber
The Oxford college’s vast expenditure of charitable funds to try to dislodge its own dean could have serious repercussions, says Alan Rusbridger
Six universities sign up to new pledge committing not to use ‘gagging orders’ in dealing with claims of sexual misconduct, bullying and other harassment
The University of Toronto president has ‘doubled down on internationalising’ while remaining rooted in the Canadian metropolis for almost four decades
Anonymous complaint produces evidence of long-running relationship with employee; former president Coleman to temporarily lead institution
Marketing claims are often empty, unaccompanied by comprehensive policies, plans, timetables or evaluation criteria, says Harvey Graff
Provost at Virginia expected to take office in July, replacing Gutmann after high-profile 18-year tenure
England deputy chief medical officer, on secondment since 2017 from the university, has been one of most high-profile faces of country’s pandemic response
End of negotiations echoes events of 2008, when union was floated and then dropped
Review recommends end of prison education programme following ‘unimaginable grief’ caused by 2019 killings of two delegates
Covid and public funding cuts hit London arts institution, while union also criticises new bank covenants
The City president discusses his personal ties to the institution, the opportunities and threats universities pose to national security, and self-indulgence in higher education
If the English regulator agrees to tear up universities’ current access plans it risks undermining any perception of autonomy, says Geoffrey Alderman
Decision by top court means another rebrand will be needed to help outsiders understand who’s who among republic’s reassembled universities
The pandemic may just push US colleges and universities to do what they should have done a long time ago: reorganise, says Michael Hadjiargyrou
President to leave amid political interference by Republican governor, after strong record of student, faculty and research growth since 2015
The Maastricht University president and rector is shifting the emphasis away from only research, despite pushback from Nobel laureate
Universities show the way on transforming leadership culture, tackling period poverty, boosting African science and promoting leading research during the pandemic
Networks such as Universitas 21 facilitate mutual support to meet net zero targets, say Tan Eng Chye and Anton Muscatelli
As the season of goodwill comes around again, warm words about collegiality and fellowship have been dutifully corralled into all-staff missives from university leaders. But in an era of management, metrics and industrial unrest, does the image of the academy as a commonwealth of scholars still bear scrutiny? Seven academics have their say
