Vice-chancellor/principal

The combined results of the three main UK university league tables also include a post-92 institution for the first time

Business secretary responds to fears that 2017 is too soon to bring in new teaching excellence framework

Teaching on its Aldgate and Moorgate campuses will be moved to Holloway Road from 2017

Ellie Bothwell reflects on the Times Higher Education World Academic Summit

University of Liverpool vice-chancellor says remarks harm UK’s global reputation

Times Higher Education World Academic Summit 2016 will be hosted in partnership with the University of California, Berkeley

Andrew Hamilton warns politicians against ‘false economies’ in his final annual speech

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

Berkeley chancellor says great public institutions can support their missions by looking for funding elsewhere

Questions have been raised about the source of data used by Downing Street to accuse institutions of hosting hate preachers

As Plymouth University announces that its next vice-chancellor is a woman, are we witnessing a shift in the sector?

Vote against Johannes Chan appointment follows alleged ‘orchestration’ of campaign against him by Beijing

Nobel prizewinner makes comments in run-up to November spending review

University of Southampton pro vice-chancellor to take helm after a year of turmoil at Plymouth

Sir Leszek Borysiewicz says a lot of UK research would be reduced to ‘irrelevance’ in the event of Brexit

The new principal of Brasenose College, Oxford, on widening participation and comparisons to Marvin the paranoid android

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 

Term in office marred by protests against outsourcing and suspension of the ‘Sussex Five’

Exams could measure 'learning gain' but may also form part of planned teaching excellence framework

John Morgan looks at the differences between Cambridge and Oxford on the £9,000 tuition cap – and the idea of ‘going private’

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

Stance of Sir Leszek Borysiewicz, who calls fee rise linked to TEF ‘contentious’, appears to contrast with that of Oxford counterpart

University negotiates compromise deal over controversial conference

Anxieties over overseas posts largely overlooked as academy highlights benefits of global mobility, researchers claim

Physicist warns that the UK’s high scientific output is based on investment made ‘decades’ ago

Botched attempts to pass higher education reforms likely to be among the reasons unpopular Australian PM has been ousted by party rival, says Paul Jump

Universities to scale back liberal arts and social science courses

Sir Adrian Smith on what he feels is the institution’s undeserved reputation for fustiness

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

Region’s universities must build a type of institution distinctive from those in the West, scholar argues

Fundraising consultant says management restructure would increase industry funding to HE

University of the Witwatersrand vice-chancellor says research excellence can still be pursued while professoriate is reshaped

The new Russell Group chair on the looming spending review, criticism of elite universities and their leaders, and cycling from one end of the country to the other

Hepi report says higher education systems are too different to allow for an ‘off-the-shelf’ solution

Luister details alleged discrimination against black students at leading institution

US firms report increasing use of psychological assessments

Currency devaluation and economic slowdown could stymie lucrative market

But master of Birkbeck has accepted that there were ‘procedural matters’ in his lab that ‘required attention’

Universities fear new higher education bill will force reclassification

Former presidential candidate says institutions must deliver courses more cheaply and that student loan burden must be eased

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

Rama Thirunamachandran to lead sector body while teaching excellence tops the political agenda

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

Paul Feldman joins sector technology body as it shifts to new funding model

Ali Bongo Ondimba donates property in Libreville to state, free of charge

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

Are universities’ recruitment tactics always in the students’ best interests? Robert Allison thinks not

Phyllis Wise says she will step down due to ‘external issues’ affecting the institution

Labour leadership hopeful would also extend student finance to apprentices

Prestigious event will host official launch of the 2015-16 World University Rankings

Times Higher Education analysis reveals the institutions with the most Nobel prizewinners this century

UK is second to US for nationality of Nobel prizewinners in the 21st century

UCU members vote two to one against terms that they fear may leave them liable to summary dismissal

Deloitte has identified seven key issues facing higher education in 2015 and beyond. Here are some of the recommendations from the corporate consultancy giant

Eversheds partner says that link-ups could span borders in the UK and overseas