Management and governance

College sector leader urges universities to realise that without unified tertiary model ‘we are not going to win any more money’

As governance report castigates his successor, former Cape Town vice-chancellor says he is not surprised by findings but that anyone would have struggled to lead Africa’s most highly ranked university after tumults of preceding years

Ex-Universities UK president described as ‘towering figure in higher education’

Move is latest in sector-wide process of ‘neutering Hong Kong universities’ by giving legislators say over their decisions, says academic

The American University in Cairo’s first Arab leader on helping people reskill, serving the community and taking on the ‘necessary evil’ of administration

Before undertaking change programmes, universities should devote more attention to designing how success will be achieved, says Paul Woodgates

Centre for Antiracist Research doesn’t have obvious funding flaws, but celebrity activist still leaves university questioning its Floyd-era hiring coup

Late researcher’s reform narrative chimes with Australian accord considerations

The Gaza situation is no exception to the rule that truth-seeking requires the marrying of free expression with inclusion and respect, says Duncan Ivison

Students must be allowed to participate in decisions about technology adoption that affect their education, careers and lives, says Mona Sloane

Mamokgethi Phakeng ‘subverted policies and procedures’ with council chair to ‘shield themselves from accountability’, report concludes

Most-travelled US university president says sector must make hard calls on priorities, but has too few willing to do so

Both boards approved the case for the amalgamated Adelaide University – but politicians still formed a scrutiny committee, say Peter Høj and David Lloyd

New millennium has wrought ‘transformational’ change on Australian higher education, and much of it has been ‘negative’, seminar hears

All agree cross-disciplinary collaboration is hard, but researchers favour material incentives while executives want cultural change, study finds

Victims need the certainty that worries and complaints will be listened to and that investigations will be fair-minded, says Owen Bubbers-Jones

Reporting misconduct to an external ombudsman would circumvent managers’ tendency to cover up, says Wyn Evans

Academics welcome the move, but some are concerned over displacement of island’s students from its top institutions

Reform following explosive exit of Martyn Percy could mean non-clergy leading Christ Church for first time in its near 500-year history

Government ‘misstep’ clears way for protracted legal battles over future of Africa’s biggest distance learning institution, academics say

Catriona Jackson says conclusion of major sector review will be ‘a good time to depart’

Just as some conservatives start warning universities against joining policy debates, others start punishing them for failing to speak out on behalf of Jewish state

Key group endorses amalgamation but recommends ‘additional risk management measures’

Staff complain over lack of consultation on proposed creation of new schools

Rectors lavish about 9 per cent more headcount and resources on their closest colleagues, with authors of nationwide, two-decade analysis calling for more lay executives and an alertness to post-election largesse

Scholars say accusations of mismanagement against University of Hong Kong leader suggest ‘deep resentment and frustration’ in the ranks

Union welcomes departure of former Imperial vice-provost, who will ‘seek new leadership opportunities’ in sector

Small private US campus leader leaves wake of graphic allegations and questions of previous institutions keeping quiet

New Birmingham City University leader, who struggled to find work after first-class engineering degree, discusses boosting social capital for minority students and staff

The University of Exeter’s vice-chancellor talks about partnering with businesses, including the controversial decision to keep working with Shell on sustainability

Three years after province cut its budget by a third, leaner flagship university sees a moment to leap; students hope they can make it

Dangers of universities being seen to shape public opinion highlighted in Pakistan, while Saudi leader warns of ‘slippery slope’

Hideo Ohno urges a level-headed approach as university seeks final green light in high-stakes excellence scheme

Think twice before pushing bush campuses into national institution or shotgun marriages with research elite, says Chris Hutchison

Cultural anthropologist Genevieve Bell, a former Intel vice-president, will succeed Brian Schmidt at start of 2024

New Zealand’s leading university confronts ‘enduring and complex questions’ in diversity drive, THE summit hears

While councils might expect a response ‘after first tweet’, universities ‘lose credibility’ when they vacillate, THE World Academic Summit hears

As a parliamentary committee inquires into a proposed merger of two universities, institutional accounts suggest they coasted through the last big scare

Many ask why we assume a combined university will offer more. The answer is that we are purposefully designing it that way, say Peter Høj and David Lloyd

Institutional partnerships are on the rise, but the sector must do even more to join forces to tackle global challenges, writes Linda G. Mills

Research heavyweight seeks to tackle the world’s major problems in single biggest expansion in 200 years

South coast institution joins mass expansion into UK capital, promising traditional degrees and work-based opportunities

Allocate funds, don’t allocate funds, not now, not forever: accord’s spikiest idea elicits multiple perspectives

Business development should be left to the schools and faculties that house the researchers and students whose ideas drive innovation, says Ben Clark

Former senator, finally outlining agenda in tough political environment, talks of students paying more and faculty working harder

Outgoing Sheffield Hallam v-c also urges politicians to stop expecting that all universities should ‘look like a medieval theme park’

University of Limerick president talks about putting in place university-wide structural changes to inspire cross-pollination between disciplines

As majority of Ivy League transitions after Covid, social psychologist leaves his decade-long tenure with financial strength and labour challenges

Disappointment comes months after v-c told alumni that government funding was ‘becoming extremely inadequate’

Irish university pulls back from plan to handpick internal members of governing authority

University one of the few to avoid pushing an institutional line on the forthcoming Australian referendum

Outgoing EdUHK head reflects on a decade-long stint leading Hong Kong’s teacher training university

Experts counter analysis suggesting that mismanagement, not declining government subsidies, is cause of financial woes

Changes aimed at protecting students and taxpayers adding uncertainties that could lead to institutions closing rather than joining forces, experts warn

‘Glass ceiling’ still prevents low-income students from reaching top institutions, says researcher

I’m externally funded to do research but I help colleagues by teaching on top. How can it be right to punish me for partial performance, asks Philip Moriarty

Reducing the number of universities in South Australia would fly in the face of the Universities Accord’s call for more differentiation, says Warren Bebbington

After non-stop controversy and ousting, former chancellor writes book urging better leadership training, especially for women

Ministry in foundation model talks with two universities as insider worries about future interference at conservatoire

Copying others’ work is theft and corrupts the literature. Concern for culprits’ welfare should not preclude punishment, says an academic