Designed to enhance and develop the existing leadership skills, knowledge, experience and mindset of early-career Directors and Heads within higher education professional services.
Aimed at University Secretaries seeking to transition from being a technically-focused, ‘compliance’ subject-matter expert, to becoming a strategically-oriented governance adviser.
The second in a two part series, Karen Stephenson, University Secretary at Birmingham City University, continues her exploration of the issues around international student recruitment.
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Who needs a Plan?
Posted by Richard Calvert on
Universities haven’t always had a happy relationship with planning. Richard Calvert and Libby Wilson from Sheffield Hallam University ask whether it’s time for a re-set, and what we might need to do if we want to rehabilitate the humble “plan”.
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Why are politics, policy and university admissions so intertwined?
Posted by Alistair Jarvis on
With A-level results day approaching, Alistair Jarvis, Pro Vice-Chancellor Partnerships and Governance, University of London, discusses the connection between politics, policy and admissions.
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The higher education funding crisis
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Matthew Andrews,
Pro Vice-Chancellor Governance and Student Affairs, University of Gloucestershire, questions the government’s assertion that there is no funding crisis in HE.