Management and governance
Australia’s biggest university appoints from within after ‘rigorous and broad-scale’ executive search
All but a handful of universities now tarnished by short-changing scandal, according to academic union
With UK sector in increasing dire financial straits, universities are turning to experienced hands to steady the ship, but is short-termism really what institutions need?
Universities have long taken diverse stances on difficult current issues, proud of their ability to intervene thoughtfully and respectfully, says Harvey Graff
Shadow minister Matt Western accuses government of creating ‘funding crisis’ in English universities
As Australia’s climate turns back again, universities say the lessons of a horror summer have not been forgotten
AI is helping us mine 200,000 stakeholders’ ideas, sensible and silly, about core elements of the new Adelaide University, say Peter H?j and David Lloyd
Long-serving David Blaney reaches ‘voluntary exit agreement’ as Welsh regulation transfers to Commission for Tertiary Education and Research
If politicians and donors disagree with student or faculty views, they should challenge their soundness, not threaten defunding, says Richard Joseph
It defies history and logic to lay decades of failure by administrators, trustees and legislators at tenured professors’ door, says Harvey Graff
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 H?j 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 H?j 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
