University governance

But university’s registrar defends v-c, saying he has been ‘targeted personally and directly’ for weeks

A University of Birmingham pro vice-chancellor has been appointed to lead Heriot-Watt University

Professor Croney, who joins Teesside from his post as deputy vice-chancellor at Northumbria University, will succeed Graham Henderson, who retires this year after 12 years at the helm.

Liverpool’s new vice-chancellor discusses need for more women and ethnic minorities at the top

Taking all staff to lakeside hotel for an audience with the vice-chancellor is an ‘appropriate developmental investment’

Judith Ackroyd and Jill Robinson explain why they are dramatising material from confidential interviews with university leaders

Vice-chancellors discuss their role and offer advice to aspiring university leaders

The vice-chancellor of the University of Brighton is to retire next year, it has been announced

Notts Trent head Neil Gorman was highest earner with pay and benefits of £620K in his final year

How do universities cope in the aftermath of fires, earthquakes and killing sprees?

Having turned the University of Cumbria around, Upton is now heading to Wrexham

University and Hefce refuse FoI requests over multimillion-pound funding deal

Battle continues between staff and management including senior figures Nigel and Niall Piercy

A proposed new “world-class” university for Hereford will focus on engineering and has former Oxford vice-chancellor Sir John Hood as senior adviser

Malcolm Gillies’ £453K final-year payment may make him last year’s highest paid vice-chancellor

Glyndwr University has named Graham Upton, the former vice-chancellor of Oxford Brookes University, as its interim vice-chancellor

An academic who was set to become interim vice-chancellor at Oxford Brookes University has been confirmed as the institution’s next permanent head

The director of Soas, University of London, is to step down from his position this year owing to ill health

The vice-chancellor of Sheffield Hallam University, Philip Jones, has announced that he is to retire next spring

Scrutiny of Swansea dean’s communications follows latest email furore

FoI request reveals former vice-chancellor returned after suspension on full pay despite diminished powers

Consultants often boost the number of shortlisted women, but universities must fight their own ‘people like us’ mindset, says Sue Shepherd

Holly Else examines European efforts to make academic career paths less challenging to navigate

A perverse focus on research cash and high-impact publications threatens academics’ careers and the aims of science itself, says Dorothy Bishop

A petition has been set up calling for Nigel Thrift, the University of Warwick vice-chancellor, to be stripped of his knighthood.

The University of Ulster has appointed Paddy Nixon as its new vice-chancellor

Universities claim releasing information would harm commercial interests or breach staff privacy

Middlesex University has announced that Michael Driscoll is to retire as vice-chancellor, to be replaced by The Open University’s Tim Blackman

The vice-chancellor of Glyndwr University has suddenly left the troubled institution

The sector would do well to consider setting a target for the proportion of women heading universities, says Simonetta Manfredi

Durham University conference hears that global body will promote the ‘experiment in living’ against the ‘threat’ of centralisation

An updated governance code aims to help institutions avoid controversies while respecting autonomy, but some wish it said more about openness and inclusivity

Imagine having the power to direct higher education leaders, scholars or policymakers to take - and stick to - a new approach in 2015

Average v-c salary up by a modest £3,100 as scholar suggests ministers’ plea for pay restraint has worked

Upper-level turbulence hits another institution in a rough year for university leaders

A new code for UK university governing bodies aims to be a “bulwark against over-regulation”, as governance tensions rise in the sector

By Scott Jaschik, for Inside Higher Ed

Manchester Metropolitan University has appointed a new vice-chancellor – at the second time of asking

The next vice-chancellor of The Open University will be Peter Horrocks, currently the director of the BBC’s World Service.

University claims exemption from releasing details of board of governors meeting, citing ‘commercial interests’

Martin Hall is to retire as Salford vice-chancellor, with his deputy taking over line management duties from today

The union of two London universities is underpinned by a powerful vision, say their leaders Chris Husbands and Michael Arthur

Managerial fundamentalism has taken hold in universities, with scholars viewed as resources that must be controlled, argues the Warwick scholar

After a period of turmoil at Plymouth University, an external review is pending, and the findings may have implications for the sector, writes John Morgan

The vice-chancellor of Glyndwr University has announced his intention to step down from the embattled institution.

The chief executive of GuildHE, Andy Westwood, is to take up a new role at the University of Manchester helping it connect with government.

Edge Hill University bags top accolade as University of the Year

Student numbers will be uncapped from 2015. Chris Havergal examines arguments for and against expansion

University College London and the Institute of Education have confirmed they will merge next week

Consultation questions need for the body after it blocked the appointment of Griff Rhys Jones as chancellor

The conclusions of an inquiry into allegations against William Taylor, the former chair of governors, will not be shared

Dean of Swansea School of Management used ‘unsupportive’ language to dismiss student complaints

Two vice-chancellors have announced that they will be stepping down from their roles next summer

Julia Goodfellow among the three as she bids to be first woman in the post

Oxford’s deputy registrar excoriates prejudice against able leaders from outside the ‘closed’ culture of the academy

Wendy Purcell ‘will have to regain confidence of staff’ at the university

David Coslett to run university as vice-chancellor takes on ‘strategic portfolio’

The University of Portsmouth’s deputy vice-chancellor has been appointed as the new head of Buckinghamshire New University.

Both institute and University of London claim success

THE speaks to former UUK president, Sir Steve Smith, four years on from the tuition fee protests