Management and governance
If the form-filling that plagues academia is pointless, why do academics comply with it? asks Eliane Glaser
Managerialism has taken over the university, professor argues
Sir Roger Jones says comments by School of Management dean on trade unionists were ‘puerile’
Move by Gregory Fenves reflects worries about ever increasing salary hikes for US university heads
The number of university consolidations has shot up in recent years, EUA report finds
The misapplication of private sector HR techniques harms individuals without raising performance, says Rob Briner
The next vice-chancellor of Leeds Beckett University will be Peter Slee
Kathryn Mitchell is to succeed John Coyne as vice-chancellor of the University of Derby
One of the UK’s oldest higher education institutions has moved a step closer to a potential merger with a Catholic university
The University of Salford has confirmed that Helen Marshall will remain as its vice-chancellor on a permanent basis.
Plans by King’s to demolish historic buildings in a multimillion pound redevelopment of its Strand campus have been criticised by a conservation group
Sir Anthony Seldon has been named the new vice-chancellor of the University of Buckingham
Strategic barriers that lead to low female numbers in senior roles are a priority, says new chief
Gordon McKenzie is latest to leave department
Dominique Vernay, the institution’s president, talks to Jack Grove about why 19 French institutions are stronger as one
FoI request reveals former vice-chancellor receives £250,000 from Plymouth University
Did rises for vice-chancellors outpace those of academic staff, and did the REF swell the salaries of star researchers? Jack Grove rings up the benefits accrued
The University of Central Lancashire has announced that its vice-chancellor, Gerry Kelleher, is standing down for personal reasons
Universities UK president Sir Christopher Snowden has been appointed the next vice-chancellor of the University of Southampton.
Keele University will promote its deputy vice-chancellor, Trevor McMillan, to become its next leader.
The university’s principal on capturing a landmark building, a rebranding volte-face, and the capital’s ‘fizz’
Andrew Hamilton to take over at NYU after he makes his exit
Andrew Hamilton, the University of Oxford vice-chancellor, has been named the next president of New York University
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
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
Taking all staff to lakeside hotel for an audience with the vice-chancellor is an ‘appropriate developmental investment’
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
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
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
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
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
The sector would do well to consider setting a target for the proportion of women heading universities, says Simonetta Manfredi
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
