Higher Education Inform
A Learning Consultancy Partnership Newsletter
 
 December  2013

Welcome to this month's HE Inform, which looks at boardoom diversity. Our lead article analyses a recent report into female representation at board level in higher education institutions. It is a mixed picture: some HEIs are doing well and others have room for improvement. Across the sector, women are poorly represented at vice-chancellor level. We look at ways in which this imbalance can be remedied and our recommended video looks at how the private sector is tackling the issue.

We are also delighted to announce a special New Year offer for readers. LCP is offering two free Strength Deployment Inventory reports with feedback for HEIs. The offer runs until Friday 31 January. Simply email enquiries@lcp.org.uk with 'SDI' in the subject line.      

As this is our last email before Christmas, I'd just like to wish you happy and peaceful Christmas.

Claire Walsh, managing partner, LCP  


Women leaders in higher education: more work to do
Although higher education has been outperforming the private sector in terms of the number of women at board level, recent research shows that it still has some way to go.

Recommended video
A look at Lord Davies' recommendation that all FTSE 100 boards should aim for at least 15 percent female participation by 2015. What can HE learn from the private sector experience?

Useful learning links

Martin McQuillan, dean of arts and social sciences at Kingston University and John Vinney, vice-chancellor at Bournemouth University, debate the chancellor's higher education plans.

A new book published by the Institute of Education suggests that changes proposed by Lord Browne's review of fees and funding and the White Paper on higher education are unlikely to produce what they set out to achieve.

Here is a write-up of the Times Higher Education Awards 2013 including a link to a list of all the winners.

Dr Clive Opie, dean of the McMillan School of Teaching, Health and Care at Bradford College,has become the first teacher in college-based higher education to be awarded HEA's highest level fellowship.

Anant Agarwal, president of MOOC platform edX, looks at the future of HE now that massive open online courses are taking off.


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