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Michael Still steps down amid investigation into university contracts, with union reps cautioning that governance issues are ‘sector-wide’

Sham and shortcut consultations frowned on, as Canberra mulls more governance reforms

Cranfield deputy-vice-chancellor to become private institution’s first female leader after departure of James Tooley

Employment tribunal case brought by astronomy professor over ‘culture of misogyny’ within prestigious department concludes

Universities’ must take a ‘prominent’ role in the evolution of the Sustainable Development Goals, says facilitator who helped launch them

Joanna Newman joins under-pressure creative arts institution in the autumn

If compliance becomes universities’ ‘organising principle’, ambition will give way to risk management, Sheehy warns

Interim leader drops plans to lose 150 jobs amid reports that announcement of process ‘blindsided’ university’s council

University declines to answer questions from staff or the media, with restructure plans affecting hundreds of jobs continuing despite leadership vacuum

University of Lancashire vice-chancellor and former chief executive of Advance HE also recognised in annual list

Sudden departure revealed days after financially ‘strong’ university opened consultations over 140 proposed job losses

Australian universities continue to face scrutiny over governance issues but three reports on alleged ANU failings to be kept under wraps

Governing body accepts audit recommendations as accounts reveal A$117m surplus

Second interim spell for former Buckinghamshire New leader who joins Omskirk-based institution at time of flux

Australian study reveals lower salaries, inconsistent seniority levels and thwarted development opportunities for leaders appointed to oversee indigenous access

Cornish engineer specialising in the properties of food bites off leadership role at capital city university

Embattled leader warns interference was making her work untenable, but opponents say regulator’s actions are warranted

Martin Jones replaced by former Birmingham City leader Philip Plowden after resigning with immediate effect

Wendy Thomson steps down as head of federal institution with immediate effect after 11-month suspension over bullying and mismanagement allegations, which she branded “unfounded”

University of Auckland’s Dawn Freshwater argues higher education leaders should do more soul-searching and less rewriting of strategies in a difficult but privileged job

Communication studies academic latest Aston leader to relocate from Australia following Aleks Subic’s departure to Torrens University

Experiential learning only becoming more important in age of AI, according to outgoing leader of university known for its joint work and study programmes

Pioneer women university presidents must pave the way by becoming ‘sponsors’ of their successors

Legal scholar, alumna and current Griffith leader returns as university’s second female chief

Glasgow Caledonian University’s new vice-chancellor discusses impact of UKVI action plan on recruitment, collaboration opportunities in more collegiate Scottish sector and her hopes for university funding post-election

After 13 years running Canterbury Christ Church University, Rama Thirunamachandran blames leaders’ ‘self-interest’ and government pressure for current ‘lose-lose’ funding model

With polls predicting defeat for Viktor Orbán in Sunday’s elections there are hopes that controversial governance reforms – copied by Donald Trump and other populist politicians – will be abolished. Yet not all scholars are convinced that reversing a decade of contested legislation criticised for restricting academic freedom would be straightforward, says Seher Asaf

New leader of top business school believes it has been ‘underselling’ itself and needs to show its worth in world buffeted by Trump, AI and continued questioning of MBAs

Female early career scholars found to be ‘largely absent’ from higher-level governance structures in many European countries

Agricultural and environmental research lose out, as scientists criticise ‘dangerous confusion’ of government’s switch to ‘smarter investment’

Vice-chancellor Wendy Thomson has been suspended for 10 months but institutions’ concerns stretch back much further than that

New president of leading Singaporean arts college discusses how creative industries are helping cities grow and importance of thinking differently and impact of moving into federated model

Institution faces growing backlash following media reports about allegations of bullying and harassment

Experts welcome milestone from THE analysis as ‘cause for cautious celebration’

Under-fire Charles Darwin University decides to concentrate on core business after resignation of vice-chancellor

Konstantin Novoselov to lead Constructor University in Bremen

Lauded bench scientist-turned-administrator Anne Kelso reflects on gender balance, ‘keeping it real’ and why she left her ‘happy place in the lab’

Sudden departure of Scott Bowman follows outcry over issues in dual-sector university’s training arm

New leader of the University of Washington warns job has become ‘more challenging than it has ever been’

Pastoral pragmatism reigns as Dunedin’s returning students let their hair down for infamous ‘Flo-Week’

Failure to use biological sex as ‘basic variable’ will make research ‘weaker and less reliable’, says City St George’s head Anthony Finkelstein

Quarter of UK universities changing vice-chancellors after several retire and some forced out, with experts predicting continuing challenges mean churn at the top will only continue

Outpouring of grief, love and laughs at commemoration ceremony for leader who was ‘still in the making’

New president of Canada’s largest university hails renewed sense of purpose as nation takes leading role on world stage

Resignation follows series of scandals involving academics at the leading institution

Institutions looking to conclude long-running searches for new presidents likely to favour candidates who can stay out of the limelight, experts predict

Former leader returns to the role following the death of the university’s first female vice-chancellor, Emma Johnston, from cancer complications

Vice-chancellor Dave Phoenix tells THE that focus should be on using partnerships to deliver for city and UK, not switching to face-to-face education on new campus

Professors from UCL and Plymouth Marjon University receive damehoods, while four vice-chancellors commended

Marine ecologist remembered for ‘unwavering commitment’ to students and work advocating for science and research

Facing a £12 million deficit and a beloved but underutilised rural campus, former barrister who led murder cases says she took lessons from legal career when attempting to modernise an institution with Victorian-age origins

Funding must be part of the conversation, crossbench senators warn, as final report of Australian governance inquiry published

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

Serial reviewer and interim higher education steward to head governing body of sunshine state’s sandstone university

Washington University in St Louis chancellor warns that universities need to be more self-critical when engaging with politicians

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

Departing vice-chancellor of Middlesbrough institution crowned University of the Year discusses riot aftermath, serving a deprived area and the importance of ‘learning gain’

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