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As university expands record endowment, comments boost concern over moral clarity

As governments around the world increasingly look to follow US states¡¯ lead and link university funding to the recruitment, retention and employability of students, Paul Basken surveys the results of the Wall Street Journal/51³Ô¹Ï US College Rankings 2020 for clues about the strategy¡¯s effectiveness 

University study centre ¡®positive¡¯ on Islam but not Christianity, objects senior Department of Education official

Hong Kong Baptist University unrest comes as mass demonstrations in city pass 100-day mark, with major impact for universities

Free of Communist-era secretiveness, the new president might be willing to tackle abuses of power on campus, says Ararat Osipian

Higher education institutions urged to change tactics when lobbying for extra funding

G?ttingen loses president-elect and chair of search committee after legal challenge 

Recent clashes over Hong Kong and Tiananmen Square have strained universities¡¯ diplomatic sinews, says Roger Smyth

Kevin O¡¯Gorman due to be sentenced on 18 September

51³Ô¹Ï analysis shows heads of institutions last longer in US than in UK or Australia

Analysis of the backgrounds of leaders in the world top 400 reveals turnover is high but diversity low among presidents and vice-chancellors

Universities often claim to be competing in a global market, but their recruitment of leaders typically results in domestic appointments. With some of the world¡¯s top institutions led by people from abroad, John Ross asks whether more should be following suit 

Australian reviewer suggests quality and scale of scholarly output should be key factor in deciding classification

Avondale¡¯s elevation secured on the day reviewer says category should be scrapped

Professor warns scholars¡¯ sense of disempowerment could ¡®come to be reflected in the academic product¡¯

Andrew Rhodes says he was called a ¡®psychopath¡¯ and blamed for the death of a colleague

But Australian assessor says most growth will be outside universities, and opens door to new category of institution

Union leader calls for Michael Arthur¡¯s successor to rethink institution¡¯s direction

Northwestern head says declining terms of presidents leave serving leaders wondering when they will be pushed out

Poland¡¯s authoritarian government is routinely compared to its widely criticised counterpart in Hungary, and its university reforms sparked a wave of protest by students and academics fearful of political interference. But, one year on, are those concerns being realised? David Matthews travels to Warsaw to find out

Poland¡¯s underperforming university system raises hard questions for those who advocate academic self-government over ¡®managerialism¡¯ 

Sydney¡¯s Michael Spence says increasing competition, growing costs and changing expectations mean institutions need to change tack

Leader, who will relinquish post in September 2020, credited with leaving institution in ¡®very strong¡¯ position

Pan-continental prosperity will suffer if the UK¡¯s near-absence from the European University project is a sign of things to come, says Martin Paul

New warden of London institution also announces levy on single-use plastic

But academics question the logic of consolidating three institutions in different locations

If universities don¡¯t assert their expertise, demands from ministers and industry will become ever more misguided, says Dawn Freshwater

Martin Keck, who led the Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry¡¯s hospital, is being investigated by Munich¡¯s public prosecutor

New Zealand university swaps former prime minister for Sir Anand Satyanand

In an age of vast team-science projects, it is more important than ever that leaders be properly prepared, says Matthew Flinders

All chiefs and no workers in Australia¡¯s over-credentialled labour force, says new thinktank

Baroness Amos leaves London institution after issuing warning about its finances

New twist in case which triggered departure of vice-chancellor and management dean

Former deputy Liberal leader to assume the reins from Gareth Evans

Institution hit by 41 per cent budget reduction pins hopes on reducing administrative and academic duplication

More must be done to understand and help students who register for courses but then fade into the ether, says Bret Stephenson

Suspended vice-chancellor Richard Davies and dean Marc Clement now dismissed following investigations

Summer is upon northern hemisphere academics. But its cherished traditional identity as a time for intensive research is being challenged by the increasing obligations around teaching and administration that often crowd out research entirely during term time. So is the 40/40/20 workload model still sustainable? Respondents to a THE survey suggest not. Nick Mayo hears why

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

A 51³Ô¹Ï survey bears out the growing difficulty of finding time for research

Leiden University acted unlawfully, a court has ruled, in using anonymous letter to discredit an applicant for a professorship

Law dean calls Amy Wax¡¯s views ¡®repugnant¡¯ but does not answer demands for her removal

Evolutionary processes are slow, but University of Oxford research shows the scheme is improving gender equality, says Pavel Ovseiko

Universities must draw up agreements with local partners that have the public voice at their heart, says Richard Brabner

Ruskin College denies allegations of ¡®victimisation¡¯ of UCU members

Providers squabble over whether to relax rules for university colleges or jettison the category altogether

State¡¯s budget crisis seen as highlighting growing doubts about lawmakers¡¯ confidence in the value of knowledge

Investigation launched following Dominic Shellard¡¯s departure highlights a disturbing example of how things can go wrong, says John Coyne

Paying all governors could cost around ?12 million across English sector, suggests paper by former GSM London CEO

Facilitated meetings can encourage early admissions of guilt from perpetrators and provide recognition of victims¡¯ experiences, says Clare McGlynn

All modern academics know that it¡¯s publish or perish, but is regular publication a gateway or a barrier to groundbreaking scholarship? Simon Baker assesses the data on the relationship between research volume and quality and asks which, if either, should be prioritised

Human beings can only work at full capacity for so long before they become incapable of doing any work at all, says an anonymous university employee

Review chair¡¯s comments on ¡®discretionary¡¯ funding raise disturbing questions, say Mark E. Smith, Sarah Randall-Paley and Andrew McConnell

We must create spaces, resources and communities where individuals and groups can achieve optimal health through everyday activities, says Alan Cromlish

Independent review finds college's actions breached data protection law, as well as going against its own values

Starting again from scratch every October causes no end of stress, mix-ups and wasted time, says one hourly paid lecturer

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

Crowdsourcing a new configuration for the University of South Australia boosted brainpower and perhaps even institutional loyalty, says David Lloyd

Most fervent opponents of dropping requirement for Australian universities to conduct research employ large numbers of teaching-only academics

OfS investigation followed Dominic Shellard¡¯s departure, with university admitting failure on oversight of leadership, ¡®in particular the v-c¡¯