Management and governance

Students had called for royal to quit over friendship with convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein

Universities preach meritocracy but, in reality, bend over backwards to protect toxic personalities, says Irina Dumitrescu

One institution has 26 vice-presidents, research finds, following calls for the number of senior managers to be radically cut

University stands by royal in fallout from Newsnight interview about ties with paedophile Jeffrey Epstein

Universities are inherently political spaces, but the current explosion in violent protest must come to an end, says Brian Wong

The ongoing wave of student protests is testing the diplomacy skills of the territory’s vice-chancellors to the limits. But is it possible to keep the peace on campus and maintain good relations with the Hong Kong and Chinese governments while maintaining unrestricted freedom of speech, asks Joyce Lau

Respected policy analyst nominates funding and student loans as key areas of research

Management academics need to be supported to bring teaching and research on global warming into the mainstream, say Amanda Goodall and Susan Hill

University and further education organisations band together

Former higher education minister will leave in December to seek consultancy and advisory positions

Deficiencies in Australian university governance made worse by state government selection of councillors, reviewer says

Andrew Atherton placed on leave after just nine months in post

England’s Office for Students also says 13 providers are in ‘representations process’ after being provisionally refused loans access

If a Canadian programme’s success rates are replicated in the US, it must be adopted, says John Banzhaf

More than a thousand people sign open letter published online by Times Higher Education

The Equality and Human Rights commission’s latest report is just the latest to reinforce what we already know about the extent of racism in UK HE, says Ilyas Nagdee 

While some universities are funding huge building projects out of international student fees, an increasing number in Australia and elsewhere are finding that the ground beneath their feet is the best foundation for reaching to the sky. But should universities really be swapping ivory towers for commercial skyscrapers? John Ross cranes his neck and wonders 

Universities must improve their career development support for professional and support staff, says Alex Holmes

A much wider use of sophisticated video conferencing will help – but no one is saying this will be easy, reflects Richard Davies

A post-qualification admissions system will pose logistical challenges, but they must be overcome, says Michelle Morgan

The REF is a prime example of the sort of elaborate, burdensome process that potentially adds comparatively little value

London university also plans ban on single-use plastic and creation of new green spaces

Time, money, planning and monitoring are key to improving standards, say Eric Fredua-Kwarteng and Samuel Kwaku Ofosu 

Barking and Dagenham College loses injunction bid on publication but has also filed judicial review over refusal

President says Ivy League institution is reaping reward of looking past academic silos and selecting staff on ability to tackle external challenge

Head of the embattled MTR subway system steps down from Lingnan

Flagship campus to be led by educator who advised on hiring and previously worked in schools with segregationist past

Spaces can energise or demotivate. Using them to nurture well-being should be seen as an investment not a cost, says Derek Clements-Croome

Leader’s offensive behaviours portrayed as exception for morality-focused institution

As university expands record endowment, comments boost concern over moral clarity

As governments around the world increasingly look to follow US states’ lead and link university funding to the recruitment, retention and employability of students, Paul Basken surveys the results of the Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education US College Rankings 2020 for clues about the strategy’s effectiveness 

University study centre ‘positive’ on Islam but not Christianity, objects senior Department of Education official

Hong Kong Baptist University unrest comes as mass demonstrations in city pass 100-day mark, with major impact for universities

Free of Communist-era secretiveness, the new president might be willing to tackle abuses of power on campus, says Ararat Osipian

Higher education institutions urged to change tactics when lobbying for extra funding

Göttingen loses president-elect and chair of search committee after legal challenge 

Recent clashes over Hong Kong and Tiananmen Square have strained universities’ diplomatic sinews, says Roger Smyth

Kevin O’Gorman due to be sentenced on 18 September

Times Higher Education analysis shows heads of institutions last longer in US than in UK or Australia

Analysis of the backgrounds of leaders in the world top 400 reveals turnover is high but diversity low among presidents and vice-chancellors

Universities often claim to be competing in a global market, but their recruitment of leaders typically results in domestic appointments. With some of the world’s top institutions led by people from abroad, John Ross asks whether more should be following suit 

Australian reviewer suggests quality and scale of scholarly output should be key factor in deciding classification

Avondale’s elevation secured on the day reviewer says category should be scrapped

Professor warns scholars’ sense of disempowerment could ‘come to be reflected in the academic product’

Andrew Rhodes says he was called a ‘psychopath’ and blamed for the death of a colleague

But Australian assessor says most growth will be outside universities, and opens door to new category of institution

Union leader calls for Michael Arthur’s successor to rethink institution’s direction

Northwestern head says declining terms of presidents leave serving leaders wondering when they will be pushed out

Poland’s authoritarian government is routinely compared to its widely criticised counterpart in Hungary, and its university reforms sparked a wave of protest by students and academics fearful of political interference. But, one year on, are those concerns being realised? David Matthews travels to Warsaw to find out

Poland’s underperforming university system raises hard questions for those who advocate academic self-government over ‘managerialism’ 

Sydney’s Michael Spence says increasing competition, growing costs and changing expectations mean institutions need to change tack

Leader, who will relinquish post in September 2020, credited with leaving institution in ‘very strong’ position

Pan-continental prosperity will suffer if the UK’s near-absence from the European University project is a sign of things to come, says Martin Paul

New warden of London institution also announces levy on single-use plastic

But academics question the logic of consolidating three institutions in different locations

If universities don’t assert their expertise, demands from ministers and industry will become ever more misguided, says Dawn Freshwater

Martin Keck, who led the Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry’s hospital, is being investigated by Munich’s public prosecutor

New Zealand university swaps former prime minister for Sir Anand Satyanand

In an age of vast team-science projects, it is more important than ever that leaders be properly prepared, says Matthew Flinders

All chiefs and no workers in Australia’s over-credentialled labour force, says new thinktank