Management and governance
Efforts to ensure student voices are heard on university boards often ‘tokenistic’, with ‘invisible barriers’ placed on participation
Cardiff’s January announcement of plans to cut 400 academic jobs and close several departments prompted a media firestorm that heaped opprobrium on its vice-chancellor. But she also received lots of quiet support for her efforts to put the university back on an even financial keel, she tells Chris Havergal
Nuclear physicist departs next spring having set up first branch campus in India
Regulator announces it is probing governance arrangements at under-pressure institution
New ‘ethical code’ attempts to address criticism that university governance is ‘dominated by cliques’
Dark tales abound of various UK universities being at risk of breaching agreements with their banks. But what exactly are covenants? Why have they come to play such a prominent role in the conversation about sector health? And would breaking one really lead to institutional ruin? Helen Packer reports
Serial reviewer and interim higher education steward to head governing body of sunshine state’s sandstone university
Activists step up efforts to protect caretaker of shrine situated inside construction zone
Rules need tweaking to rein in high salaries that have become ‘emblematic’ of Australian universities’ social licence problems, George Williams argues
Allegations of corruption and concerns about academic integrity will not be addressed without frank conversations, says university president
New legislation creating Australian commission represents ‘the obliteration of the idea that universities have purposes independent of government’, critics say
In wide-ranging interview, crisis-hit university’s interim principal admits further redundancies are ‘uncomfortable’ for ministers and acknowledges ‘moral hazard’ of £62 million bailout
Representatives of chancellors, staff and students in Victoria eye doubling of elected places in rare ‘meeting of minds’
Departing vice-chancellor of Middlesbrough institution crowned University of the Year discusses riot aftermath, serving a deprived area and the importance of ‘learning gain’
When Mashreq’s campus was shattered and then occupied by soldiers, we were forced to strip education down to its essentials, says Gihad Ibrahim
Dundalk Institute of Technology to join forces with Queen’s University Belfast to create new opportunities for student mobility and skills development
A successful merger requires leaders to be mission-grounded and brave enough to move on, say David Lloyd and Peter Høj, in the final instalment of their series on the largest merger in Australian university history
Evidence level system encourages scams while making little difference to institutional obligations, critic says
Africa’s flagship university may have escaped the arson that has blighted some South African campuses but its research prowess could have gone up in smoke earlier this year when Donald Trump began slashing research funding, Cape Town’s vice-chancellor tells Jack Grove
Swinburne’s Pollaers reportedly asked for more money while confronting governance inquiry fuelled by resentment over overpaid leaders
It is difficult to think of another sector that has so dismally failed to strategically engage with the transformative potential of IT, says Ian Richardson
Hands-off councils said to have contributed to ‘governance crisis’ that Australian sector ‘needed and in many respects deserved’
Federal government must ‘take proper responsibility’ for a university sector ‘which in practice it controls’, MPs told
Universities should adopt proportionate anti-racist measures informed by the diverse voices of those most affected, say Michael Rosen, Catherine Rottenberg and Des Freedman
Governments leaning on agencies to convert autonomous institutions into ‘strategic national asset’ but face task like ‘herding cats’
However turbulent our times become, our responsibility as scholars and citizens alike is to keep that search for truth alive, says Bill Flanagan
Kazakhstan’s Nazarbayev University was founded only 15 years ago but it is already the region’s leading higher education institution. But that is far from the limit of its ambitions, its new president, Waqar Ahmad, tells Chris Havergal
Former Leicester deputy registrar sued Alan Partridge actor and production companies over 2022 film which showed him in a ‘negative light’
Institution’s provost also gains access to on-campus residence after stepping up to replace former leader who left amid funding crisis
Parliamentary probe will focus on staff and student representation on university councils
New principles that would require universities to publish executive salaries and conduct v-c performance reviews ‘should be mandatory’
Four factors are demanding a radical strategic rethink at universities in Australia and around the world, says Massimo Garbuio
Schools coming under ‘intense pressure’ to enrol students as universities become ever more reliant on cross-subsidy
Homecoming of sorts for criminologist Paul Mazerolle, who faces challenge of returning institution to surplus
Bosnian-born president of University of Connecticut says her unusual academic career shows how US promotes outsiders like no other country
Teaching missions would be easier to fulfil if academics did not have to seek so many permissions to do their jobs, says Akhil Bhardwaj
Knowledge transfer should include the university itself, says thinktank after identifying disconnect between managers and those who study them
Last week’s arson at Fort Hare underlines how destructive tensions between students and university leaders have become, says Pikolomzi Qaba
Both within management and the professoriate, the need for a wider range of experience and skills is only getting stronger, says Marcus Munafò
The quasi-merger of the universities of Kent and Greenwich has raised questions about how many other higher education institutions might see an opportunity – or a necessity – to team up as financial pressures bite ever harder. Six experts share their views
Former politician not for turning, amid denunciation of culture, oversight and spending at national university
Rigid structures need to be loosened to address the devaluation of degrees and to embrace AI and microcredentials, says Carlos Olivares
New building that brings together disciplines for the first time will also open its doors to the public to engage with big questions facing the world
Institutional autonomy ‘not threatened’ by proposal to more than halve executive pay, academics say, as universities insist councils should maintain control
Concerns raised over proposals that would allow the OfS to halt payments to franchised providers without investigation
Women’s negative experiences of reporting reflective of wider barriers, with problems likely to be exacerbated by funding crisis
‘Shocking figures’ show ‘devastating’ impact on students, with women and LGB people particularly vulnerable
New chief executive of Advance HE discusses university finances, EDI pressures and plans to pivot body from ‘development to transformation’ agency
Institution at centre of franchising debate says it has lost all its students since courses de-designated
Expat Ian Findlay says his fourth retirement will be his last. Before that, his task is to ‘transform’ the breeding ground of Papuan prime ministers
Senate committee recommends major transparency and accountability changes to Australian universities’ governing bodies
Ex-employees threaten legal action after collapse of private provider leaves salaries unpaid
Sutton Trust research finds university leaders more representative of the general population than other professions including judges and diplomats
South-east institutions to collaborate under multi-university group model – the first initiative of its kind in the UK sector
Foreign arrangements scheme an example of the regulatory ‘thicket’ smothering universities’ core business, v-cs tell governance inquiry
Social licence ‘more fragile than people realise’ in a world where populism rules, science diplomat warns
Ambitious review with modest government pickup ‘was not an exercise in kicking the can down the road’
Construction on A$2bn Fishermans Bend site paused for at least five years, amid revenue concerns and systemic delays
Looking at existing services offered by other providers before tendering could help universities save up to 10 per cent, report finds
Culture crucial to effectiveness of university boards, but growing responsibilities of voluntary governors may exclude some, Advance HE report warns
