Vice-chancellor/principal

Edge Hill vice-chancellor John Cater explains why the new non-Russell Group medical schools are so vital

New South African president Cyril Ramaphosa’s first budget confirmed funding for hundreds of thousands of students to be exempted from tuition fees, writes Martin Hall 

The apparent theft of exam papers in Papua New Guinea suggests to John Warren that we should all be more transparent over marking mishaps   

Casualisation and treating academics like feckless children who can’t be trusted have also taken their toll, says Sarah Colvin

Female under-representation in spin-offs is likely to be attributable to the usual suspects: gender bias, lack of appropriate support and limited access to the right networks, says Simonetta Manfredi

Head of Koç University says international researchers are applying to institution despite political landscape

University of Waterloo president says modern universities must combine research and creativity 

Middle Eastern country has the resources to ‘invest appropriately’ in universities, says UCL head

Institutions in many states are facing large funding cuts, although some have received a boost in income

Unprecedented spending on university estates are transforming campuses and cities more generally, explain the authors of a new book on contemporary design in higher education

Lancaster University's vice-chancellor Mark E. Smith and Nicola Owen argue that a new composite ranking offers a more nuanced view of institutional excellence

University and College Union calls for regulator to close loophole that allows institutions to omit details of housing perks from annual statements

Universities must become more accessible and engaged if they are to thrive in the technological future, says Feridun Hamdullahpur

To survive, UK universities must think far beyond educational products and their own narrow institutional interests, says Mike Boxall

The Republic of Ireland’s embrace of differentiated national missions for institutions offers international lessons, says Ellen Hazelkorn

Female students at the Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University in Yogyakarta must stop wearing full-face veils if they wish to graduate, rector warns

Former rector of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University is sentenced to four years on alleged terrorist charges

New Zealand is reaping many benefits from reducing the cost of a PhD for international students a decade ago, says Brett Berquist

The reawakening of political activism within academia sparked by the pensions strike will reinvigorate scholarship, says Jana Bacevic

Tan Eng Chye says teaching models ‘cannot afford to keep still’, even if some students are reluctant to study programming

Academic sleuths have used investigative skills and Twitter to tell the real story behind proposed pension cuts, says Sherrill Stroschein

Better-resourced universities are the key to achieving the government’s ambition for a knowledge-based economy, says David Mba

Analysis of THE World University Rankings data shows number of women leading highest-ranking institutions has waned

The next warden of Rhodes House on growing up in a family of political refugees and why universities must prepare graduates to be good citizens

Students would benefit enormously if only universities felt freer to innovate and collaborate, says Nick Bevan

There are very few outlets for women to work together against unhelpful concepts that hold back female progression in academia, says Elisabeth Julie Vargo

Outgoing vice-chancellor reflects on four years in what many regard as English higher education’s toughest job

Where you live and where your family comes from still determine your access to a university education, says London Metropolitan University vice-chancellor John Raftery

Federal structure has led to ‘expansion based purely on regional political interests’, says report

Diplomatic dinner celebrating US-Australian relations is only the entrée to a full-blown battle over funding cuts that has put the demand-driven system on ice, says John Ross

New university network will see institutions pool resources to cope with impact of hurricanes and tropical cyclones

Historians must not let Boris Johnson and other armchair scholars take centre stage in their discipline, says Tanja Bueltmann

Too many partisan board members are causing the university pensions dispute to drag on, says Adrian Bell

Privatisation or nationally funded consortia are the only solutions to US public education’s financial malaise, says Sheldon H. Jacobson

Report focusing on University of Sydney alleges initiation ceremonies have led to assaults, a murder and a suicide 

Group of Eight chair aims to demonstrate that the benefits of higher education outweigh the costs

Concerns have been raised over how Kuan Chung-ming was selected as leader of Taiwan’s top university

Nottingham Trent University’s chair of governors Neil Goulden explains why institutions need to do more to regain public esteem

First sector-wide analysis of UK vice-chancellors’ pay in 2016-17 reveals more six-figure pay-offs to departing heads

Academics do not want to damage students' education but strike action is the only option left to protect pensions, says Sam Marsh

Employers and workers want higher-level skills but apprenticeship infrastructure is still built around further education, says Adrian Anderson

Market forces unleashed on the UK university sector have pushed up senior pay, fuelled the rows over it and posed questions about ‘value for money’ that are shaping the future of universities

Our annual pay review details v-cs’ remuneration, explores the make-up and workings of the governing bodies that set it, and compares the rewards on offer with those of other sectors

MPs on education select committee suggest vice-chancellors should not be paid more than the prime minister

The prime minister’s review of higher education is an exercise in self-harm that will also inflict damage on universities, says Patrick McGhee

Murky cross-subsidy between university courses must be addressed by the government’s review of higher education funding, argues David Robinson

We answer some of your questions about the forthcoming Times Higher Education Innovation Rankings

Launching the post-18 education review in Derby tells you all you need to know about why yet another look at HE is vital for the prime minister’s political future

The University of Essex’s vice-chancellor explains why he disagrees with Universities UK’s position on USS pension reform

Making arts and humanities degrees cheaper than science courses would be 'cultural heresy' and 'economic barbarism', argues the University of Hertfordshire's vice-chancellor Quintin McKellar

Sheffield Hallam University's vice-chancellor Chris Husbands explains why cutting tuition fees would harm social mobility and why variable fees are also a bad idea

Project at Canterbury Christ Church aims to explore building’s history and create new heritage centre

Ahead of the prime minister’s speech on reforming university funding, Charles B. W. Prince suggests four routes to improving student finance

Additional support for institutions could be co-funded by national governments and the European Union, say rectors 

Analysis of government data reveals that Australian universities’ surpluses have effectively halved over the past six years, says Conor King

US universities’ public approval is best guaranteed by boldly defending non-partisan values such as tolerance and free speech, says Darren Linvill

President Meric Gertler says move will boost international numbers at university whose urban location shapes its profile and research activities

Former Tufts University head to succeed Drew Faust in July

Successful trials of a robot tutor should encourage universities to ask which roles can never be replaced by artificial intelligence, argues Robert MacIntosh

Universities must resist the urge to make knee-jerk cuts after disappointing application numbers – better times are on the horizon and we must be prepared, says Zahir Irani