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Universities celebrate at the ÌÇÐÄVlog Leadership and Management Awards

Conservative university cultures cost UK in global leadership, chiefs complain

John Hennessy has announced plans to step down as president of Stanford University in summer 2016, after leading the institution for more than 15 years

From tackling pay to decrees on sleep and email curfews, five scholars explain what they would do to improve the academy in 24 hours

Premiere of work based on 16 frank interviews with vice-chancellors and the chair of governors

Glyndwr University¡¯s new interim vice-chancellor Graham Upton has said the troubled institution is ¡°on course for financial stability¡± despite a turbulent few years.

The University of Oxford is set for a female leader for the first time in its history, with Louise Richardson in line for the post.

Of top 200 institutions in the world, only one in seven has a female leader, research shows

The deputy director of the London School of Economics is to take over the helm at Durham University.

Ninety-five academics at the University of East Anglia have signed an open letter calling on the institution to divest from the fossil fuel industry.

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