Management

Resignation follows series of scandals involving academics at the leading institution

Perhaps, says Duncan Angwin – but probably not with an institution of similar size and standing, and not without long-term staff buy-in

Stronger ties between educators and companies will be essential if humans are to thrive in the fourth industrial revolution, says Adenekan Dedeke

Business and management schools are highly successful in financial terms, and provide valuable income to their wider universities. But opinion remains sharply divided on how successful they have been intellectually. Here, five business academics give their views on whether their discipline has done enough to earn the respect of the academy and wider society

Kathryn Ecclestone considers a bold attempt to take mindfulness to task

Calls for critical thinking from their students are rarely reflected in academics’ own writing or institutional behaviour, says Alex Wright

Formulating and implementing a strategic plan is core to the modern university leader’s job description. But amid complaints that such documents are vacuous, generic and irrelevant to the wider community, John Ross asks how the process can be improved

Transparency, plentiful leadership opportunities and the need for self-motivation all benefit blue-collar scholars, says Thomas Anker

Survival depends on institutional buy-in to a fundamental questioning of operating models and cost structures, says Angus Laing

Publishers’ terror of libel law and focus on their profit margins have made them excessively risk-averse, says Stuart Macdonald

Market-like mechanisms within higher education are unpopular with academics but can have positive effects, say Rebecca Natow and Kevin Dougherty

A greater willingness from facilitators to listen to feedback could transform collective decision-making, say Liana Kreamer and Steven Rogelberg 

Unwieldy bureaucracy, infrastructure challenges and scant funding all hold back innovation in Indian higher education. Philip Altbach and Eldho Mathews assess the country’s current strategies for transforming its universities

From the largest strike in the history of UK higher education, to the US ‘academic precariat’ looking to unionise to improve their conditions, Jack Grove assesses the changing influence of workers’ organisations

Neoliberalism is many academics’ bête noire, but it is also a litmus test of their democratic sensibilities, says Steve Fuller

Research raises questions about how to create tomorrow’s entrepreneurs

There is no simple answer to the ethical dilemmas, political manoeuvrings and relationship challenges involved in gaining access to organisations for research, says Ann Cunliffe

Academics and leading figures from London’s rich cultural scene offer their insights to those running major arts organisations around the world

Senior management do not recognise support staff’s pivotal role in achieving positive student outcomes, administrators say

Growth in university leaver vacancies is slowing, AGR study suggests

Head of Saint Petersburg State University’s Graduate School of Management insists government does not interfere in academic freedom

Andrew Likierman says first fundraising campaign is necessary to maintain global position

Sample list of questions says applicants were asked about bankers’ pay and invited to carry out an engineering experiment with a ruler

Studies on urine, pain thresholds and unboiled eggs honoured in annual awards for improbable research. John Elmes takes a look

Steve West warns that vice-chancellors’ duty to engage in debate is not straightforward

Business school partners will tailor management courses for developing world, writes Hannah Fearn

Report says academic attitudes stymie efforts to build university brands. John Gill reports

Study says geography trumps expertise as key to university profit-generation, Hannah Fearn writes

Maureen Skinner started out making tea but now runs an 80-strong team and leads the professional body for HE managers

Fashionable approach is long on rhetoric but short on interaction, says study. John Gill reports