Other senior management

An aggregated university score would be designed to serve government bean counters, not students, says Athene Donald

US campuses want to see more staff diversity, but how realistic are their goals?

Unexpected creation of a ‘Global Challenges Research Fund’ means that if they want more money, academics may have to contribute to international development

King’s College London research finds that ability of metrics to predict problems in higher education providers is ‘extremely limited’

New ministerial committee could wield power over research agenda, but support expressed for new pot of interdisciplinary funding

European Quality Assurance Forum told ‘surprisingly little work’ conducted on value of members’ activities

Higher education expert who died in February asks in paper what might replace strengths of the polytechnic system

Green Paper recommends use of metrics, despite July report’s reservations

Science and Technology Committee raises fears that resource spending has not kept up with new infrastructure

Adam Afriyie urges policymakers to test their preconceived ideologies against evidence

Author of new book The Cunning of Uncertainty fears pressure for scientific certainty is leading researchers to make promises they cannot deliver

Much is to be decided on who will distribute research funding, but a metrics-based ‘mini-REF’ may raise eyebrows, says David Matthews

Assistant registrar of the University of Zimbabwe claims that president’s mortarboard ‘fitted perfectly well’

Luxury loo roll in the office of the president at Ryerson University, bog-standard paper elsewhere

Success rates fall at five out of six councils amid warnings that the process could become ‘more of a lottery’ as reviewers are stretched

Universities of Birmingham, Glasgow and York enter top 10 after £120 million grant for quantum technology

University of Edinburgh developing tools to monitor academics’ performance in areas such as assessment and feedback

The former Labour Cabinet minister talks about her foray into the world of university senior management

Brown University dean on gender mix in senior university management

Director Jeremy Farrar argues that current research culture damages scientists’ ability ‘to dream’

Chris Parr writes from the Reinventing Higher Education conference in Madrid

Campus universities seem to have happier students. Mark Smith and Adam Child think they know why

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

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

Ben Neville and Tom Swann set out why they wish some universities made more ethical investment decisions

University’s v-c and deputy also raise concerns about teaching excellence framework’s timescale, choice of metrics and impact overseas

It seems unlikely that charity donors will want to pay for university research overheads – but someone will have to eventually

Charities blame widening gap between their grants and full costs of research 

What policies, if any, should govern romance between colleagues?

The Prevent programme will cause real problems for universities, say Phil Lindan and Meriel Schindler

Move comes as universities minister criticises National Union of Students for failing to back new rules to curb ‘extremist’ speakers on campus

Sir John makes robust defence of current set-up as he warns sector not to be ‘complacent’ about councils’ future

Scholar says departments that did well in the research excellence framework may not have the right to ‘strut around campus’ if their field is not competitive 

First female president of Universities UK jokes that ‘it’s only been 100 years’ before a woman filled the post

Scholar says ‘extraordinarily challenging’ task of running a university’s overseas outpost needs to be rethought

US firms report increasing use of psychological assessments

Currency devaluation and economic slowdown could stymie lucrative market

Universities fear new higher education bill will force reclassification

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

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

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

Ranking of MBAs from most to least expensive based on fees charged to overseas students

Incoming vice-president of international operations at Case says that UK fundraisers are ‘wildly talented’ but that the talent pool is ‘still very small’

Students place more value on facilities than reputation, research finds

Pressure from senior management at Uclan to increase student numbers led to pharmacy school over-recruiting, General Pharmaceutical Council finds

Head of Canterbury Christ Church, which has seen female representation almost triple on its board, says more needs to be done to seek out talent

Research shows female ITT leaders having to 'reinvent' themselves to survive in a more marketised landscape

Home Office guidance on university events involving external speakers raises a number of questions, says Smita Jamdar

£246 million is big money but it is probably much less than the hit the research budget would take if the REF did not exist, says Paul Jump

Plans come after THE analysis revealed 18.2 per cent pay difference

Universities celebrate at the Times Higher Education Leadership and Management Awards

By Kellie Woodhouse, for Inside Higher Ed