Outputs (4)

A systematic review of evidence on the effectiveness of interventions and strategies for widening participation in higher education (2018)
Journal Article

Widening participation (WP) in higher education (HE) is an increasingly important policy issue, with interventions to increase participation from minority ethnic, low-income and other under-represented groups undertaken in HE sectors in many countrie... Read More about A systematic review of evidence on the effectiveness of interventions and strategies for widening participation in higher education.

Risk Management. (2017)
Book Chapter
Birch, R., Pye, R., McDonald, C., & Baker, J. (2017). Risk Management. In T. Strike (Ed.), Higher Education Strategy and Planning: A Professional Guide (155-163). Routledge

Underpinning excellence in higher education – an investigation into the leadership, governance and management behaviours of high-performing academic departments (2015)
Journal Article

The changes in government funding alongside external pressures of increased international and national competition have meant that higher education institutions need to excel in a turbulent environment. The leadership, governance and management (LGM)... Read More about Underpinning excellence in higher education – an investigation into the leadership, governance and management behaviours of high-performing academic departments.

Underpinning Excellence: Understanding the Way Things are Done. (2012)
Journal Article

Current changes and cuts in funding within the UK university sector have meant that institutions need to perform at their optimum amidst a time of austerity. This has meant that institutions need not only be efficient and effective in their daily act... Read More about Underpinning Excellence: Understanding the Way Things are Done..