University governance

The new 43-year-old head of Sciences Po discusses how he is helping Ukrainian students, institutional change and his classmate Emmanuel Macron

The University of Leeds vice-chancellor discusses why UK higher education should go Dutch and the national scandal that drew her to academia

Institution promises overhaul amid calls for firings

In Sri Lanka, an increase in the number of clerical staff has been accompanied by a downturn in quality, says Chani Imbulgoda

Systems have the data to track students, the leverage to facilitate collaboration and the authority to create transfer policies, says Nancy L Zimpher

The Great Resignation, remote working and rapid changes in the graduate employment market are all forcing US higher education institutions to evolve – fast. But are institutions that have spent two years managing Covid-19 ready to take up another challenge? Paul Basken reports

Government ‘shifts blame’ for visa overstayers to universities, in blow to regional institutions wrestling with declining domestic population

The president of Macau University of Science and Technology discusses overhauling engineering education and the differences between Macao and Hong Kong 

Universities and colleges have such a range of histories, missions and demographics that proposing single solutions is misguided, says Harvey Graff

Despite incremental reforms throughout Emmanuel Macron’s first term as president, France still has one of the most centralised higher education systems in Europe. As the election looms, Ben Upton examines attitudes towards institutional autonomy and asks whether its supposed effects on equality and academic freedom are limiting appetite for more

If universities were mainstream businesses they would be in the category of bloated, oligopolistic conglomerates, says Timothy Devinney

It is doubtful that a management consulting firm could avoid throwing the baby out with the bathwater, says Grahame R. Dowling

The PSL president discusses bringing staff on board and not over-centralising services

The default mode of human problem-solving is to add complexity. But we must try harder to resist, say Leidy Klotz and Robert Sutton

Universities’ oligarchic control of degree provision and metrics’ misguided focus are shortchanging both students and academics, says Murdoch Gabbay

Renaissance historian will be first woman to lead the Russell Group institution

The Tohoku University president discusses the legacy of the 2011 earthquake and making his institution more friendly to foreigners 

Vice-chancellors and presidents must deliver fully inclusive environments from which female leaders will emerge, says Lucy Meredith

The president of KTH Royal Institute of Technology discusses the fallout of a scientific scandal and immigration rules in Sweden

Universities have a duty to protect students from the power imbalance inherent in a personal relationship with a staff member, says Cara Aitchison

As the Christ Church saga underlines, college trustees must ask probing questions if they are to fulfil their responsibilities, says Gill Evans 

Flexibility, speed and resources are needed to ensure that refugee scholars and students can continue their work, says Jan Palmowski 

The president of Penn State discusses its business hub model and leading in the aftermath of a sexual abuse scandal 

Unless pay and conditions improve at UK universities, quality and diversity will enter a downward spiral, says Maria Sobolewska

The academy should be a safe haven for ignorance – provided it is accompanied by a willingness to be respectfully challenged, says Nic Smith

Chair acknowledges that publication ‘caused renewed disquiet, frustration and anger’

Insular nation’s only private university hopes online teaching revolution means it can attract ordinary lecturers, not just adventurers

The president of Northwestern University discusses the conflict between being a higher education economist and a university leader and changing career 

The Martyn Percy saga underlines the need for the academic body to be led by one of their own, says Brian Martin

A year into office, head of California State University system felled after helping hide sexual abuse allegations against administrator

The Bourne films had it right. ‘Look at us. Look at what they make you give,’ says Donald Earl Collins

No confidence motion also calls for radical overhaul of university’s governance

French institution tops table for first time as country’s consolidation strategy appears to pay off 

Every college-university relationship should be viewed as the mutually beneficial arrangement it genuinely is, says Sam Parrett

The president of SUSTech discusses his humble background and hands-on approach to leadership

A scandal over unfair appointments of lecturers to the civil service should spark a broader pushback against nepotism, says Fistra Janrio Tandirerung 

Private university’s last financial statement was for 2018, despite English regulators requirement for all institutions to file annually

Higher education reform and public reinvestment are needed to realise the imagined goal of the university, argues Roopika Risam

Venezuelan’s decade-long tenure at global research leader marked by huge scientific and economic growth, as well as Epstein scandal

The president of The New School in New York says universities are often underprepared for their first black leader

In new role, Bill Rammell seeks to boost international ties, resist nepotism and push beyond pockets of excellence

Martyn Percy to leave Christ Church in April, reportedly with a substantial settlement

College forced to release bullying investigation by Information Commissioner’s Office

As the value of public funding diminishes, success will depend on ability to boost other sources of income, says Anton Muscatelli

The University of British Columbia president discusses reforming counselling provision, the importance of data and his own mental health struggles

Requiring 60 per cent of graduates to go into managerial or professional roles ignores the reality of creative careers, says Bashir Makhoul

English sector needs a major review ‘more ambitious than Dearing’, says ex-Birmingham v-c at end of long career in sector leadership

As leadership vacancies rise in factious state, lawmakers push measure that academics fear will add dangerous secrecy to process of filling them

Random selection from a gender-equal shortlist of qualified candidates would remove the effects of implicit bias, says Nathan Burke

Removing Amy Wax from compulsory courses or revoking her named chair would not contravene her academic rights, says Daniel Carpenter

After firing president for employee affair, top public research university still confronts culture of tolerating abuse and difficult state politics

If universities will not give up NDAs, how can we expect private corporations to do any better, asks Julie Macfarlane

The Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology president discusses project-based learning, securing government funding and demographic decline

The Oxford college’s vast expenditure of charitable funds to try to dislodge its own dean could have serious repercussions, says Alan Rusbridger

A recent survey confirms that higher education continues to offer a safe environment for a certain kind of abuser: the successful professor who brings in large grants, say Nanna Haug Hilton and Susanne Täuber

Six universities sign up to new pledge committing not to use ‘gagging orders’ in dealing with claims of sexual misconduct, bullying and other harassment

The University of Toronto president has ‘doubled down on internationalising’ while remaining rooted in the Canadian metropolis for almost four decades

Anonymous complaint produces evidence of long-running relationship with employee; former president Coleman to temporarily lead institution

Marketing claims are often empty, unaccompanied by comprehensive policies, plans, timetables or evaluation criteria, says Harvey Graff

Provost at Virginia expected to take office in July, replacing Gutmann after high-profile 18-year tenure