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| 06 | INTERVIEW Dr Andrew West talks about the evolution of Amosshe's student services teams assessment toolkit, and how it can be used to support service improvement and next steps. |
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| 08 | PROJECT UPDATE Helen Robinson, University of Leicester, on skills for effective staff reviews. |
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| 10 | PERSPECTIVE Professor Peter Slee, deputy vice-chancellor at the University of Huddersfield talks about understanding strategy and making it work. |
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| 12 | CAREERS FOLD: addressing strategic development priorities at the University for the Creative Arts. |
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| 15 | BOOK REVIEW Professor Peter Fidler talks about 'Alice in Sunderland: An Entertainment' |
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| 06 | Elite but not elitist Jackie Dunn, director of the institute for lifelong learning at the University of Leicester on her passion for her own and student's development. |
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| 08 | PROJECT UPDATES Reports from two of the twelve projects funded by Hefce's LGM and leading transformational change programmes that will be presented at the dissemination day on 26 January 2011. |
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| 10 | PERSPECTIVE Carl Lygo, CEO of BPP University College on the challenges facing public and private providers of higher education. |
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| 12 | INNOVATION Making strides towards the 'intelligent university': Steve Bailey from JISC InfoNet on new resources to support business intelligence. |
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| 15 | BOOK REVIEW JProfessor Noel Lloyd, vice-chancellor, Aberystwyth University: The elegant road to technological advance. |
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| 06 | INTERVIEW Where ideas really take off - Helen Teague, head of OD at the University of Plymouth talks to Dr Lesley Huxley about organisational and leadership development for enterprise. |
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| 08 | PROJECT UPDATES News from a project sponsored by Hefce's Leading Transformational Change Fund on Leading, governing and managing enterprising universities; and a Small Development Project sponsored by the Leadership Foundation: An initial evaluation of the perception of the contribution of leadership and management development programmes to OD and culture change in UK HEIs. |
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| 10 | PERSPECTIVE Developing a lifelong alumni relationship. Susie Hills, University of Exeter, on their award-winning alumni relations activity. |
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| 12 | CAREERS Not your typical training programme. Antony Brewerton, University of Warwick, reflects on the Future Leaders Programme. |
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| 15 | BOOK REVIEW Julie Lydon, vice-chancellor of the University of Glamorgan, reviews Jessica Mitford's Hons and Rebels. |
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| 06 | INTERVIEW Professor Elspeth Jones describes how an embedded approach to internationalisation can change lives and open minds. |
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| 08 | PROJECT UPDATES LGM-funded projects on wellbeing and engagement; innovation in the market assurance of new programmes and the development of leadership and governance for healthy universities |
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| 10 | PERSPECTIVE Dr Mark Jenner proposes a framework for leadership development that has experience, not competence at its heart. |
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| 12 | CAREERS Dr Celia Whitchurch and Patrina Law suggest that relationships, rather than structures, are key to successful Third Space working. |
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| 15 | BOOK REVIEW Where you stand depends on where you sit; Professor Steve Smith on the Essence of Decision: Explaining the Cuban Missile Crisis. |
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| 06 | INTERVIEW Ewart Wooldridge reflects on leadership lessons from his career. |
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| 08 | PROJECT UPDATES A small development project offers resources for customer service skills; two Hefce-funded transformational change projects outline anticipated learning resources for 'delivering more for less' and an action learning approach to developing institutional distinctiveness. |
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| 10 | PERSPECTIVE Dr Tom Kennie proposes a model for understanding the dimensions and dynamics of academic leadership. |
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| 12 | CAREERS Creative team development through the Creative Connect Process. |
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| 15 | BOOK REVIEW Maintaining happiness in gloomy times. Professor Muriel Robinson reviews David Watson's latest book on morale in university life. |
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| 06 | INTERVIEW Diane Bebbington talks to Nirmala Rao of SOAS on her personal and professional journeys in higher education |
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| 08 | PROJECT UPDATES News from projects sponsored by Hefce’s Leadership, Governance and Management Fund on future BME leaders' development; greener buildings and sustainable labs; and religious and interfaith literacy |
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| 10 | CAREERS Lynne Howlett and colleagues from Newcastle University consider the return on investment of leadership coaching |
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| 12 | PERSPECTIVE Paul Marshall offers a view from the 1994 group on challenges facing higher education |
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| 15 | BOOK REVIEW Ewart Wooldridge CBE, chief executive of the Leadership Foundation, reviews two books on Barack Obama's life and times. |
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| 06 | INTERVIEW Reversing the trend of marketisation: no ‘small ambition’ Dr Lesly Huxley talks to Wes Streeting, President of the National Union of Students |
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| 08 | PROJECT UPDATE News from two projects sponsored by Hefce’s Leadership, Governance and Management Fund on Governance in medium and small-scale HEIs and The International staff website plus the Small Development Project |
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| 10 | PERSPECTIVE Paul Blackmore and Camille Kandiko talk about 'Leading across boundaries' |
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| 12 | CAREERS Pathways to the top – a coherent approach to senior and professional leadership development |
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| 15 | BOOK REVIEW Petra Wend, vice-chancellor of Queen Margaret University Edinburgh, reviews Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet |
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| 06 | INTERVIEW Dr Lesly Huxley talks to Chris Cobb, pro vice-chancellor at Roehampton University, on the institution's architecture for change |
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| 08 | PROJECT UPDATE News from two projects: Researching and scoping a higher education and civic leadership programme, a Leadership Foundation Small Development Project and Optimising the potential of third space professionals in UK higher education, sponsored by Hefce's Leadership, Governance and Management Fund |
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| 10 | PERSPECTIVE Dr Lucinda Barrett describes 'The management of academic workloads: creating a community of good practice' research project |
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| 12 | CAREERS Ewart Wooldridge reflects on the visibility of professional management careers in higher education |
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| 15 | BOOK REVIEW Professor Paul Webley, principal of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London reviews Parkinson's Law or the Pursuit of Progress |
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| 06 | INTERVIEW Professor Elaine Thomas, vice-chancellor of the University for the creative Arts talks to Professor José Chambers |
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| 08 | LGM FUND Leading transformational change: LGM projects conference |
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| 10 | PERSPECTIVE David Baker of GuildHE on joining the debate on the future of HE |
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| 12 | VIEWPOINT Conversations with black and minority leaders and managers in higher education by Diane Bebbington, the Leadership Foundation's Diversity Advisor |
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| 14 | CAREERS Diane Allsopp describes assessing for leadership at Birmingham City University |
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| 06 | INTERVIEW Steve Egan describes Hefce's approach to continuous improvement in discussion with Professor Philip Sullivan |
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| 08 | LGM FUND AND SDP UPDATE News from two projects sponsored by Hefce's Leadership, Governance and Management Fund on governance and accountability and the role of the academic registrar, and from a recently funded Small Development Project on professorial leadership |
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| 10 | PERSPECTIVE E-journalist Michelle Pauli, on people and IT in partnership |
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| 12 | VIEWPOINT Ewart Wooldridge reflects upon running universities in challenging times, following a recent PVC/DVC Network event on coping with change |
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| 14 | PREVIEW Kay Maddox-Daines, HR manager, describes life at University Campus Suffolk |
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| 15 | BOOK REVIEW Michael Brown, vice-chancellor of Liverpool John Moores University, reviews Winning Teams - Winning Cultures by Larry Senn and Jim Hart |
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| 06 | INTERVIEW Professor Alison Wride, deputy head of the School of Business and Economics at the University of Exeter on a career in higher education: inspiration, opportunity, strategy, luck? |
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| 08 | LGM FUND News on the LGM projects - Hefce's leadership, governance and management fund; a selection of updates covering age diversity, flexible working and the ecocampus award scheme |
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| 10 | ARE YOU GETTING YOUR SHARE? Geoff Hope-Terry, chair, UUK Strategic Procurement group for Higher Education looks at the vexing question of procurement and the use of KPIs |
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| 06 | INTERVIEW Leading the fundraising dance - Dr Lesly Huxley talks to vice-chancellors Eric Thomas (Bristol), Shirley Pearce (Loughborough) and Janet Beer (Oxford Brookes) on philanthropy in higher education |
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| 08 | LGM FUND News on the LGM projects - Hefce's leadership, governance and management fund; a selection of updates covering estates leadership and management, academic workplaces and managing age diversity |
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| 10 | PERSPECTIVE Hunting the headhunters, Professor Sir David Watson, of the Institute of Education, on the role of executive search agencies in higher education’ |
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| 12 | THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE Minding the attainment gap, the role of leadership in addressing differentials in relation to ethnicity and gender by Saheema Rawat, of the Equality Challenge Unit |
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| 14 | PREVIEW Enhancing organisational development capability in english universities by Professor José Chambers, University of Winchester |
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| 15 | BOOK REVIEW Interesting times: a twentieth century life, Deian Hopkin, vice-chancellor of London South Bank University on Eric Hobswain's work |
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| 06 | INTERVIEW Professor David Delpy, chief executive of the EPSRC on leading in a changing research landscape |
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| 08 | UPDATE LF Fellowships research from Canterbury Christ Church University; University of Gloucestershire and University of Leeds |
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| 10 | PERSPECTIVES Supporting Management Development in ‘Africa’s Camelot’ |
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| 12 | CAREERS Investment in Research Team Leaders at Cardiff University |
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| 15 | REVIEW Professor Shirley Pearce, vice-chancellor of Loughborough University reviews Jim Collins’ Good to Great |
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| 06 | INTERVIEW Professor Paul O’Prey, vice-chancellor of Roehampton University, on valuing staff/student contribution |
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| 08 | UPDATE LF Fellowships research from Southampton Solent University; The Robert Gordon University and Newcastle University |
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| 10 | PERSPECTIVES HE Academy Pathfinder at the University of Hertfordshire: CABLE |
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| 11 | PERSPECTIVES Dr Roy Smith, Aston University, experiences the fourth Change Academy |
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| 15 | REVIEW Professor Mark Cleary, vice-chancellor, University of Bradford, reviews Marx’s classic, Das Kapital |
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| 06 | INTERVIEW Martyn Harrow and David Harrison of Cardiff University, on Information Services Leadership |
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| 08 | UPDATE LF Fellowships research from City University and Edinburgh University; University of Surrey and University of Teesside |
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| 10 | PERSPECTIVES Professor José Chambers on the organisation development group’s forthcoming plans |
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| 12 | CAREERS Dr Magdalena Bak-Maier, staff development manager, at the University of Bristol on development support for researchers |
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| 13 | CAREERS Dr David Langley, director of Research and Enterprise Development at the University of Bristol on Support for the research administration community |
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| 15 | REVIEW Professor Patricia Broadfoot, vice-chancellor of the University of Gloucestershire reviews Plant U: Sustaining the World, Reinventing the University |
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| 06 | INTERVIEW Barry Quirk, chief executive of Lewisham Borough Council, on the challenges of leadership in local government |
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| 08 | VIEWPOINT Managing student behaviour: Deborah Lee and Dawn Foreman raise this as a key issue for HE leaders |
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| 12 | CAREERS Anna Meachin and David Langston on Oxford Brookes’ THES award-winning Core Management and Leadership Programme |
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| 15 | REVIEW Peter McCaffrey, pro vice-chancellor at London South Bank University reviews Exploring Good Leadership and Management Practice in Higher Education |
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| 06 | INTERVIEW Rosemary Stamp, director of Stamp Consulting, considers the sector’s engagement with marketing |
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| 10 | UPDATE Summaries of three of the LF Fellowships |
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| 12 | CAREERS Professor Katharine Perera discusses the University of Manchester’s Women in Leadership Project |
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| 14 | PERSPECTIVES Professor Bruce Mcfarlane and Professor Neil Garrod of Thames Valley University, review the case for institutions with both further and higher education provision |
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| 19 | REVIEW Dr Brian Lang, principal and vice-chancellor of the University of St Andrews, reviews William Golding’s Lord of the Flies |
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| 06 | INTERVIEW Elspeth MacArthur, director of human resources at the University of Edinburgh, discusses the changing role of HR in HE |
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| 12 | VIEWPOINT Rob Cuthbert, deputy vice-chancellor at the University of the West of England considers the role of uncertainty in leadership |
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| 14 | PREVIEW The Leadership Foundation’s Dr Mark Jenner explores the values of the Leadership Series |
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| 15 | REVIEW Professor R Michael Pittilo, principal and vice-chancellor of the Robert Gordon University, reviews Charles Handy’s Understanding Organisations |
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| 06 | INTERVIEW Deborah Rowland of RFLC helping leaders to understand and approach complex change |
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| 10 | CAREERS Surinder Ubhi explains the University of Birmingham’s Moving on up career development programme |
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| 14 | PREVIEW David Smith and colleagues consider the changing role of the pro vice-chancellor |
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| 15 | REVIEW The Leadership Foundation’s Professor Robin Middlehurst reviews Living Leadership: A Practical Guide for Ordinary Heroes |
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| 06 | INTERVIEW Professor Ingrid Moses, chancellor of the University of Canberra, discusses the challenges of leadership in Australian HEIs |
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| 10 | PERSPECTIVE John Hogan, registrar of the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, lifts the lid on the challenges of the registrar’s role |
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| 12 | CAREERS Dr Tom Kennie muses upon career transitions of vice-chancellors |
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| 14 | VIEWPOINT Paul Blackmore asks if academic disciplines should affect management development |
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| 15 | REVIEW The Leadership Foundation’s Chief Executive Ewart Wooldridge reviews Peter Honey’s Problem People and How to Manage Them |
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| 06 | INTERVIEW Baroness Diana Warwick, chief executive of UUK, reflects upon the role of equality within Higher Education |
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| 10 | PERSPECTIVE Sara Parkin of the Forum for the Future, and Leadership Foundation Board member, sets out the case for sustainable development |
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| 12 | CAREERS Professor Tony Moore of the University of Sussex describes his experiences of the Sino-UK Leadership Development Programme |
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| 14 | VIEWPOINT Dr Lesly Huxley describes the role of the JISC and its services |
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| 15 | REVIEW Professor Paul Curran, vice-chancellor of Bournemouth University reviews the Competitive Advantage of Nations by Michael E Porter. |
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| 06 | INTERVIEW What are you doing all the time? Professor Ian Jamieson, pro vice-chancellor, University of Bath, advocates that effective managers need to be seen |
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| 11 | VIEWPOINT Baroness Rennie Fritchie commissioner for public appointments sets out the case for recruiting for public appointments from a wider pool of individuals |
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| 12 | COLUMN Professor Sir David Watson professor of higher education management at the Institute of Education considers how to keep a check on your mail |
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| 13 | CAREERS Pauline Mcleman and Patrick Smith from Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College look at how their institution develops its next generation of leaders |
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| 14 | PERSPECTIVE Professor Philip Gummett CEO of the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales looks at the challenges of devolution |
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| 15 | REVIEW Professor Christopher Edwards, vice-chancellor of the University of Newcastle asks ‘Who moved my cheese?’ |
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| 06 | INTERVIEW Sir Michael Bichard asks how much fun are you to work with? |
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| 10 | VIEWPOINT Professor Richard Chait on whether we need visionary leaders |
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| 12 | CAREERS Includes: From management to academy, Bridging the divide and Developing university research staff |
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| 14 | PERSPECTIVE Professor Patricia Broadfoot advocates a person centred approach |
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| 15 | REVIEW Professor John Taylor reviews Dr Liz Elvidge’s new book |
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| 06 | INTERVIEW University Challenge: Pam Taylor, Principal of Newman College of Higher Education sets out a vision for a change culture in UK Higher Education |
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| 10 | VIEWPOINT René Carayol, business consultant and author suggests why diversity should be part of the business strategy |
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| 12 | PREVIEW The Leadership Foundation’s representative in Scotland, Anne Sibbald updates us on the staff development activities north of the border |
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| 14 | PERSPECTIVE Mary Stiasny, Director of Education and Training at the British Council provides an insider/outsider view of Higher Education |
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| 15 | REVIEW Sir David Watson, vice-chancellor of the University of Brighton gives us his reading list. |
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| 06 | SUPPORTING LEADERSHIP Ewart Wooldridge explains the work of the Leadership Foundation |
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| 10 | QUALITY, SUPPORT AND RECOGNITION Professor Paul Ramsden talks about his vision for the HE Academy |
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| 12 | PERSPECTIVES: A DIVERSE MENU Professor Eric Thomas gives his view of the Top Management Programme |
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