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Interesting times call for inspired leadership

by Alison Johns

In his plenary on ‘Cross-cutting themes and Leadership, Governance and Management’, HEFCE Chair Tim Melville-Ross had the unenviable task of pulling out the cross-cutting themes from all the – lively and varied – conference discussions. He identified these as follows: Continue reading

Are academics ready for the 3am phone call?

by Conor Ryan

Are university staff ready to take a 3am call from a student who wants help with their essay? This was one of the interesting issues raised by HEFCE Chair Tim Melville Ross at a plenary session of the conference this morning. Continue reading