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The Route to Pro Vice-Chancellor International
The 13th of July saw the launch of our work with The IC Global Partnership on career routes and skillsets related to the internationalisation agenda…
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How important is institutional autonomy? A roundtable event with Shakespeare Martineau
It has arguably become fashionable in policy circles to dismiss institutional autonomy as merely special pleading on behalf of a sector that wants the right…
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Five minutes with…Kieron Broadhead, Executive Director of Student Experience at University of Southampton
Kieron Broadhead is the Executive Director of Student Experience for the University of Southampton. His career in Higher Education has seen him work across Marketing,…
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Five week focus on Education: The inspirational career of Professor Paul Jennings
Professor Paul Jennings’ career spans some of the most innovative and exciting areas of engineering. He currently leads WMG’s Intelligent Vehicles Research Directorate, which plays…
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Misfits and weirdos – high-risk hiring strategies
Dominic Cummings’ blog post on January 2nd put the cat amongst the pigeons of recruitment orthodoxy
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Five week focus on Education: The inspirational career of Professor Elizabeth Treasure
Professor Elizabeth Treasure has been Vice-Chancellor at Aberystwyth University since April 2017, having moved from the Cardiff University where she was Deputy Vice-Chancellor. In week…
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Five week focus on Education: The inspirational career of Professor Seamus Higson
An interview with Professor Seamus Higson BSc (Hons), PhD, AKC, C.Sci, C.Eng., FIMMM – DSc
Professor Seamus Higson might well be referred to as a polymath.…
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How to be a good referee
As recruiters, a critical part of our process is taking verbal references on candidates
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Post-qualification admissions: easier said than done?
Angela Rayner, the Shadow Secretary of State for Education, has recently announced the Labour Party’s intention to overhaul England’s somewhat archaic university admissions system
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Berwick Partners boosts growth plans with ten new hires
With the demand for the recruitment of senior leadership positions exceeding pre-pandemic levels, Berwick Partners have made a number of critical specialists hires across its…
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The Coffee Cup Test
Recruiting the best talent for your business is a difficult and arduous task; ensuring candidates fit in with the culture of your business, even more…
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A ‘Gold’ student experience – Some international perspectives
Dr Sonal Minocha
Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Global Engagement, Bournemouth University
The Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) discourse has, if I remember correctly, been mainstream lingo for us since June 2015…
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