Vice-chancellor/principal
Senior figure at UN-established agency questions role of for-profits and says universities should be at centre of debates on continent's future
Conference hears that bespoke THE measures could help to incentivise improvement and attract public funding
Sir Keith Burnett considers the challenges of introducing a teaching excellence framework
Madeleine Atkins calls for ‘alignment and synergy’ between assessment regimes
Head of University of Nottingham Malaysia says too much emphasis placed on small number of closures
Institute of Education director to replace Philip Jones in January 2016
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
A £17.5 million donation to the University of Cambridge has thrown the spotlight on philanthropy, but where does it sit in the recent history of cash gifts? asks John Elmes
Teaching excellence framework must not be a superficial extension of data already being collected, warns Dame Julia King
We talk to the lawyer, academic, former pro-chancellor and founder of a private university in Nigeria
Health leaders express fears for institution’s independence after Erdoğan appoints his physician and party deputy
Former European Commissioner to lead a national review to address “systemic gender inequality” in higher education
Institute for Fiscal Studies says George Osborne’s Budget changes will also hit middle-earning graduates by more than £6,000 on average
Predicted £310 million deficit prompts sweeping changes for non-academic personnel
Women who head universities say their gender is an extra job
Institutions expected to assess where and how students might be at risk of being drawn into terrorism
Michael Gunn will stand down from his role in 2016
Sir Keith Burnett responds to home secretary Theresa May’s letter about university funding
Business-focused City will join the University of London next year
Women in university senior management earn significantly less than men in equivalent roles, says new report
Interim vice-chancellor Graham Upton reveals plan to turn around Welsh university
Consultant gynaecologist and Imperial College London professor Jenny Higham takes over at South London institution
Why are certain employers hotbeds for the creation of higher education leaders, asks John Gill
Next director of Soas says UK higher education can learn much from across the Atlantic
Interim University of Sunderland leader succeeds Peter Fidler in top job
Prince Andrew will succeed Star Trek actor Sir Patrick Stewart
Board of main v-c body says inflation has eroded value of 2012 settlement
Current provost to replace Sir Nigel Thrift
Appointment of first black female university leader is watershed moment
New system to ‘put student needs at the centre’
The former Cabinet minister and diplomat will be the first black woman to lead a UK university
Imperial College London vice-provost Debra Humphris has been appointed as the new head of the South Coast institution.
Plans come after THE analysis revealed 18.2 per cent pay difference
Prize-winning physicist appointed as vice-chancellor of ANU
'Uncertainties' following takeover of the private university mean it will not take part in talks to form group, says Regent's head
World University Rankings analysis reveals the best female-led institutions
Edinburgh principal Sir Tim O’Shea warns such a system would distract from real mission
Ulster University is to cut up to 210 jobs and lose around 1,200 student places to cope with a £8 million reduction in Northern Ireland’s higher education budget
Legislation leaves door open to have elections for governing body chairs
By Kellie Woodhouse, for Inside Higher Ed
A number of vice-chancellors, prominent academics and other higher education figures have been recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours
The UK’s “internationally admired system of peer review” should remain part of any future higher education quality assurance system, the head of the sector’s standards watchdog has said.
John Hennessy has announced plans to step down as president of Stanford University in summer 2016, after leading the institution for more than 15 years
Universities UK has launched its fightback against the prospect of further funding cuts with the publication of a study highlighting the economic benefits of higher education
But new report reveals that the president was not the highest-paid person on campus at more than half of institutions
Institutional reviews by the Quality Assurance Agency could become a thing of the past in favour of more robust internal monitoring by universities themselves, a draft policy paper suggests.
Glyndwr University’s new interim vice-chancellor Graham Upton has said the troubled institution is “on course for financial stability” despite a turbulent few years.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has announced the government department covering higher education will have its budget for this year cut by a further £450 million.
Institution may close one of its engineering schools after a 'disappointing result' in the research excellence framework
Universities have confirmed their opposition to any academic boycott of Israel following votes by student and lecturer groups in favour of sanctions.
The UK needs to stop using greater efficiency in research as justification for funding cuts, a vice-chancellor and ex-research council head has said.
Education is the best possible antidote to radicalisation, the academic set to be the next vice-chancellor of the University of Oxford has said
The University of Oxford is set for a female leader for the first time in its history, with Louise Richardson in line for the post.
University research is an astonishing force for good in the world, argues Leszek Borysiewicz
E-learning allows universities to reach more people, to improve their teaching and, potentially, to keep costs down. It also offers a way forward for the Western academy, argues John Hennessy
E-learning allows universities to reach more people, to improve their teaching and, potentially, to keep costs down. It also offers a way forward for the Western academy, argues John Hennessy
In MIT's sesquicentennial year, Susan Hockfield looks back at its founding principles and their lessons for an uncertain future
Harvard president Drew Gilpin Faust hymns the restless quest for wisdom that defines higher education's highest goals
