Wednesday 13 September 2017

HE Leadership explained: The VC

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Apparently you get a VC for gallantry in the face of the enemy.  So, why do so many Higher Education detractors vilify the VC?


Picture by: EyeSerene Original: Richard Harvey
The VC means gallantry:

  • Keeping a straight face when someone asks if the TEF really indicates Teachng Quality.
  • Finding something positive to say both in public and to Professors when your institution only got BRONZE.
  • Setting a rapid change agenda in an environment where change is measured in decades.
  • Showing that you are worth it when the size of your "Total Remuneration Package" is revealed in the press.
  • Delaying that Freedom of Information request about international trips.
.....in the face of the enemy:
  • Students ?
  • Staff ?
  • Council ?
  • Accreditation bodies ?
  • HEFCE ?
  • Jo Johnson ?
  • Other Universities ?
Personally I think that VCs get everything they deserve.

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