Business and management

Study recommends that universities use financial and market data to assess whether programmes are likely to succeed

Majority of academics publishing in journals with lax peer review are from Asia, study concludes

Reaching out offers many benefits to universities, says dean

International students accounted for over two-thirds of the growth in enrolments in past decade, says study

Firm’s scheme offers degree funding in exchange for students returning home to work in the country

Watchdog says only one in five of a cohort of students at London-based Grafton College of Management Sciences on course to complete qualification on time

Computing, maths and business management in line for ‘rationalisation’ as spending cuts hit institution

University of South Wales offers academic credit for skills and experience gained in the military

Kate Hardy pauses in her labours to reconsider our attitudes to the paid employment treadmill

Robotics will affect our societies and economies more than we expect, discovers John Gilbey

The ineffectiveness of the Mogadishu government is not stopping university leaders from trying to drive up standards

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

Strategic plan ushers in £3 million bursary programme, plus ‘pathways out of the university’ for staff who fail to align with mission

Bankers swap cufflinks for cassocks in an era of reinvention not defined by pay, finds Leslie Gofton

Study finds that students choose to major in subjects that are ‘more challenging’ in bad economic times

Trinity College Dublin and the University of Limerick become the first organisations outside the UK to gain an Athena SWAN charter mark for gender equality

The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the national press

University of South Wales shuts Docklands centre after less than a year

Controversial dean blames ‘differences’ with the university over implementation of future strategy

Business-focused City will join the University of London next year

A major authority on management and leadership, particularly within the National Health Service, has died

ABI College investigation finds only two of 45-strong cohort have achieved intended qualifications

Increase led by rise of applications from India and growing popularity of STEM subjects

A combination of short undergraduate courses and master’s programmes may be attractive to overseas students, Hefce says

Superheroes enliven a study of the history of red tape and how it shapes our lives, says Fred Inglis

Kathryn Ecclestone on a study examining the underside of the new fixation on inner feelings

Managers remain in thrall to bad ideas about how to run companies, learns Helga Drummond

A wide-ranging examination of garment recycling should whet the appetite of readers for more research on the subject, says Ruth Pearson

The big players in finance and technology misuse their power over our lives, says Paul Bernal

A manual for ambitious executives is dangerously close to spreading neuromyths, says Steven Rose

Isabelle Szmigin on the not-so secret formula underpinning a highly profitable global model

Elizabeth Chell on a common-sense guide to managing innovation in businesses

Emma Rees on the difficulties of defining and exploring women’s sexual subjectivities in the 21st century

Isabelle Szmigin on how ‘pleasure engineers’ have affected our physical and social well-being

Cary Cooper on a rebuttal of the idea that performance-related pay for business leaders improves corporate performance

Tim Hall review an exploration of the placing overseas of work, tax, leisure, waste and security

John Harris on an analysis that advocates change in how universities manage sport programmes

Amanda Pyman on the changes necessary to improve conditions for shop workers

Self-help guide encourages employees to conform, tolerate and adapt, says Sandra Leaton Gray

A good grasp of basic statistics will help us to make the right life choices, finds Omar Malik

Theories abound but Omar Malik wishes that more of them had been submitted to the test of reality

Virginia Doellgast finds workers pay dearly when big firms devolve oversight of pay and conditions

Malcolm Gillies relishes the lean explanations in this drily witty and handy account of higher education

When the lending system isn’t working, interests rate a check, advises Howard Davies

Discussion of underground and emergent queer cultures are interesting, but Caroline Osella wishes for more insight from a respected scholar

Mega-budget shows are not a guaranteed recipe for success, says Janet Wasko. It’s not that simple

The ‘nation brand’ phenomenon is unsustainable, says Rula Al-Abdulrazak

Omar Malik concurs with the considered advice on decision-making but seeks more understanding about the process

Finola Kerrigan is not convinced by a proposed new way of doing business

Focusing on top scholars’ practices gives an incomplete picture, says Huw Morris

Consumerisation’s spread to all aspects of life and work leaves a hollow feeling, finds Cary Cooper

An exercise in persuasion by an expert in corporate responsibility is a must-read for Aurora Voiculescu

Howard Davies finds the mooted global monetary solutions unrealistic and the translation astoundingly sloppy

Jean Hartley on the qualities and insights necessary in leaders

Howard Segal pieces together the fascinating history of a key innovation in US manufacturing

Jyothsna Latha Belliappa on technology’s transformative effects

Isabelle Szmigin on how big companies sustain their profits first, and the environment second