This is the letter I would like to receive from my new v-c
Some narcissistic v-cs have lost sight of their real job – to be the custodian of their university’s heritage and to safeguard its future, says Kieran Walshe
Some narcissistic v-cs have lost sight of their real job – to be the custodian of their university’s heritage and to safeguard its future, says Kieran Walshe
Relying on search firms and ignoring faculty input is one big reason why incumbencies are shortening and success is becoming rarer, says Harvey Graff
Confusion abounds but UK law is clear: universities can share personal data to prevent harm, says Viv Adams of the Information Commissioner’s Office
University draws up plans to avert risk of breaching banking covenants, as sector-wide financial worries take hold
Recent years have thrown up both predictable challenges and unforeseeable exogenous events at universities. What do sector leaders foresee in 2024?
The biographer of the first black American woman to study at Oxford discusses life in segregated schools in the South, why affirmative action still matters and ‘election-style’ efforts to unseat...
Transdisciplinary solutions vital for humanity to overcome challenges it faces, according to founding dean of US’ first climate school
The Russian invasion has only engendered a fierce and united front to preserve freedom of enquiry and freedom of expression at all costs, says John Austin
Staff and students lock themselves in offices as student gunman carries out ‘premeditated violent attack’
After analysing surprise $240 million budget shortfall, university reduces scholarships and freezes faculty pay and hiring, while calling athletics a core element
In John Gilbey’s seasonal tale, the sharks are circling the vice-chancellor of the University of Rural England. But the fishing village to which he flees is not as innocent as he depicted it in his...
While Americans return to institutions worldwide, Biden administration talks of post-Covid academic reset with political rival but largely prevents it
Government schemes to bolster higher education come amid ongoing population decline and recent drop in doctoral students
Campus Live event hears sector leaders call for neighbouring institutions to share facilities in the face of declining enrolments
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media