Management and governance

Arizona State University’s Michael Crow was the highest-earning leader in 2015-16

Jo Johnson takes aim at Southampton’s leader in outspoken attack on ‘sharp increase’ in salaries

Several student accommodation blocks have been discovered with flammable cladding

The inventor of the concept of emotional intelligence explains how the idea can be built into the culture of universities

UK universities’ complacency in the good times has left them ill-equipped to respond to falling postgraduate master’s enrolment, says Michelle Morgan

The sweatshop conditions in which sessional academics work in Australia mirror the treatment of schoolteachers in Victorian times, say Hannah Forsyth and Jedidiah Evans 

President of proposed new engineering institution wants to use egalitarian management ethos of King Arthur ahead of its launch in 2020

University of West London wins top honour as Strathclyde and Gloucestershire take home two prizes each

Forty-one per cent of respondents to ACE survey describe political climate as ‘hostile’ to higher education

Hefce tells English universities that confidentiality agreements should be ‘the exception rather than the norm’

The wild variations in the proportions of top grades awarded by different departments and universities must be addressed, says Bernard Rivers

Su Guaning, president emeritus of Nanyang Technological University, says the best universities have a local rival

First female leader of the Ivy League institution has championed diversity during her tenure

Figures from latest Times Higher Education/Grant Thornton survey highlight ‘arbitrary nature’ of awards, says UCU

In our annual survey of vice-chancellors’ pay, which reveals double-digit hikes for some and more modest rises for others, Simon Baker examines how remuneration committees make their decisions amid calls for greater transparency over the ‘arbitrary’ nature of salary increases

Development of Kazakhstan’s university system assessed in new book

UK universities could curry much more political favour if they adopted a more constructive and pragmatic tone, says Sir David Bell

Ellie Bothwell talks with the KAUST president about effective leadership, securing funding and the importance of keeping the local public onside

Higher education could learn a lot from the arts sector about recruiting senior women. Part-time roles and job-shares could be game-changers, says Joanna Read

Unadvertised positions and favouritism 'commonplaces in Swedish academic hiring'

Unions call decision an ‘insult’ to staff in Zimbabwe’s higher education sector

Vice-chancellor believes international scholars can be tempted away from the golden triangle and to the North of England

Eliminating cheating services, even if it were possible, would do nothing to address students’ and universities’ lack of interest in learning, says Stuart Macdonald

Colleges must lead students in critical thinking ‘not protect them’, says one leader

Academic who has led Australia’s leading university since 2005 to return to research and teaching

Sheffield deputy vice-chancellor to succeed Sir David Greenaway

As higher education costs rise inexorably, students or governments will inevitably have to pay more, says Peter Coaldrake

UCU figures on job cut plans in 2017 reveal scholars’ vulnerability in wake of Brexit and TEF

Group of top Asian institutions aims to boost research collaboration and increase mobility

Seven academic leaders share their experiences at the departmental helm along with their tips on how to squeeze the best out of sceptical staff and meagre budgets – and still find time for research

Students are being hoodwinked into enrolling on ‘trendy’ new degree programmes that are, according to one concerned academic, little more than a marketing exercise

Being required to document interactions with troubled students in customer relations management systems is just a distraction from addressing their problems, says Susan D’Agostino

Plans for higher education reform rule out institution closures

Claire Taylor’s approach to change in her institution has been inspired by the French president’s rise to power

Academics pass resolution calling for shock acquisition to be rescinded

Bashir Makhoul tells of his inspiring journey from a tiny village in Palestine to university leadership

Round-the-clock online chats led to unprecedented levels of feedback, says institution's president

Agnes Bäker and Amanda Goodall have found that academics who are happiest at work have a head of department who is a distinguished researcher. How can such people be encouraged into management?

Universities must not be complacent about freedom of speech, and need to ensure students use it to drive change, says Bill Rammell 

As tactics to maximise rankings become common knowledge and fluctuation diminishes, universities will re-focus on a diversifying array of missions, says Merlin Crossley

The work of 500 scientists transformed the 20th century. Universities and funders must do more to make certain that the flow of groundbreaking discoveries continues, says Donald Braben 

With overcrowded lecture theatres the norm in undergraduate education today, online delivery has entirely replaced lectures and seminars in some institutions. So where to in the coming decade? Warren Bebbington outlines a survival strategy for the increasingly unaffordable traditional university

Government concessions needed ‘if it is not to lose its bill’, senior Labour peer warns

It's not just about papers. Running a university in Papua New Guinea has cast academic impact in a more exotic light for John Warren

From personalising tuition to performance management, the use of data is increasingly driving how institutions operate

The decline of a once-lucrative indoor market shows how job losses at Heriot-Watt could signal big trouble ahead for the sector, says Helga Drummond

As the THE Young University Rankings 2017 highlight rising stars, Jack Grove looks at six institutions – recently launched or still in the planning stages – built on bold notions and innovative approaches

US academics might find a warm word for the president if he forces universities to become financially disciplined and sustainable, say Jose Garcia, Don Barwick and Joseph Garcia

Three-quarters of respondents are dissatisfied with the people running their institutions

All three of England’s for-profit universities owned in Netherlands

Universities must play a major part in the emergence of the new technical education sector envisaged in the chancellor’s recent Budget, says Andy Westwood

Automation has the potential to replace or alter 35 million jobs worldwide, which means universities must adapt to survive, argues Nancy Gleason

Union calls for universities to remove barriers to peaceful protest

Leading scholar says many countries have ‘neither the will nor the capacity’ to manage growth

Universities in the UK have developed a range of different approaches to governance, and there’s no sign that the trend will stop, says Michael Shattock

‘If we don’t know how we learn, how on earth do we know how to teach?’ says L. Rafael Reif, who tells Ellie Bothwell how the research giant is working to improve teaching practice

Conducting clinical trials during an epidemic for the first time, researchers fast-tracked the creation of a vaccine for Ebola, but not before 11,000 people had died

Universities should consider building ‘families’ of schools and colleges to facilitate easy transfer between different levels of education, says David Phoenix

South Sudan may be racked by famine, civil war and corruption, but the probity and effectiveness of its largely Western-educated vice-chancellors are providing the rest of the public sector with considerable food for thought, says Kuyok Abol Kuyok