Administrators

Holistic admissions offer a level of fairness that traditional academic criteria alone cannot provide, and it is a new approach in Singapore, writes Kristen Lynas

Headhunters are far from lazy and harmful, says Kim Frost, who uses them all the time

Levels of nepotism in scientific publishing have been revealed by report

Senior management do not recognise support staff’s pivotal role in achieving positive student outcomes, administrators say

Supervisors explain how to help students keep their research on track

Departments urged to consider their team's skills mix rather than just individual qualities

Don’t follow fashion when deciding how best to raise cash – consider all the options, says Marc Finer

Academics and administrators can learn to cooperate better if they are willing to acknowledge their stereotypes about each other

Few academic department heads receive any formal leadership training when they step up into middle management, a study says

Kathryn Mitchell has pledged that her university will provide leadership and practical support to help end human trafficking and bonded labour

No staff will be lost, says Durham vice-chancellor

Hundreds of students at Europe’s largest postgraduate dental school may have been awarded the wrong marks thanks to form-filling blunders

Swansea takes top honour at annual Times Higher Education Leadership and Management Awards while Nottingham Trent scoops two

Academic freedom is under threat from forthcoming plans for higher education, says ‘alternative white paper’

Does flexible working benefit universities as well as individuals? Jack Grove reports

University revises policy after backlash from academics

How should universities handle breakdowns in PhD student-supervisor relationships?

New universities must seek innovative ways to improve the student experience rather than simply mimicking older institutions, says Peter Coaldrake

New statutory duties designed to stop the rise of extremism on campus are making students and staff apprehensive, AUA conference hears

Replacements sought for departing Craig Calhoun and Sir Leszek Borysiewicz

Rules introduced by Scotland's ombudsman have forced universities to improve how they handle student complaints, says University of Edinburgh expert

Housing crisis in Oxford, Cambridge and London means the cost of loan and joint equity schemes has tripled in past five years

Might mass polls by live audiences actually be a better way to choose the right applicant?

Cutting academic autonomy contradicts studies on what makes businesses effective, policy expert claims

Times Higher Education's poll shows that the bulk of staff find their work rewarding but there is a deep gulf between academics and professional and support staff

Challenge of balancing need for quick decision-making with demand for collegiality debated

‘Bold move’ wins praise from one expert who says there is ‘excessive inefficiencies and waste’ in US higher education marketing

The most popular higher education articles of the year, based on website traffic

Higher levels of stress among senior women revealed by Leadership Foundation report

As Spectre hits the cinemas, what might it be like to be taught by James Bond – or Daniel Craig, at least? His on-screen student and now THE reporter, Jack Grove, reveals how nobody did it better

A key figure in today’s higher education information landscape has died

Two cohorts of managers, drawn from universities across the country, will study for doctorates in higher education management

Five hundred staff face a choice of relocating to Manchester, Milton Keynes or Nottingham, or leaving

Kathryn Fowler speaks up for the benefits of collaboration among university employees

Analysis of Hesa data reveals the extent to which academics are outnumbered by support staff

Choice between overarching managers and collegiality in universities a false choice, study suggests

Move away from command and control model to increase staff engagement, advises Leadership Foundation paper

Redundancy process will begin this autumn to achieve new operational model recommended by PwC

Students place more value on facilities than reputation, research finds

Dress to impress if you want students in your corner, claims US study

Creating doctoral colleges and distance PhDs. What are universities doing to better support doctoral students? Holly Else writes

Is there a way for the two tribes to rub along? An academic and an administrator consider the rules of engagement

If the form-filling that plagues academia is pointless, why do academics comply with it? asks Eliane Glaser

Association of University Administrators conference hears that too many UK institutions are ‘emulators, not leaders’ in disruptive times

As monitoring of scholars’ performance, time and output increases, so do reservations about its value and effectiveness

The University of East Anglia scooped the top prize last night at the Times Higher Education Leadership and Management Awards 2014

Even Machiavelli’s advice to princes spoke to the value of emotional intelligence, argues Paula Nicolson

Institution investigates commercial options to generate surplus

Times Higher Education assesses the differing attitudes to rising FoI demands

Malcolm Gillies hesitates before marking any documents ‘For your eyes only’

Entries for the 2013 Times Higher Education HE Jargon competition are now invited

FoI request shows huge variations within RCUK over the extent of sanctions

Stephen Joel Trachtenberg, Gerald Kauvar and E. Grady Bogue on forced departures and how to avoid them

Sarah Thomas leaves Oxford’s Bodleian Library to take up vice-president post at Harvard Library

Some students at the University of Liverpool have been sent the wrong degree results, after the Russell Group institution experienced a “technical problem”

Newcastle University scooped the top prize last night at the Times Higher Education Leadership and Management Awards 2013

Foreign academics had to account for their whereabouts each week, university master complains

Several bodies could carry out university inspections simultaneously to cut the administrative burden

Universities must address perception among staff of institutions’ ‘mediocre performance’, hears David Matthews

The project manager who oversaw a huge overhaul of London Metropolitan University’s undergraduate teaching has said that universities need to be careful not to raise false hopes when they promise to “consult” on major decisions.