Edward Peck is Vice Chancellor of Nottingham Trent University. He has a BA in Philosophy, a Diploma in Personnel Management and PhD in Power and Decision-Making in the NHS, he was also previously Head of the School of Public Policy at the University of Birmingham.
9 pieces
Newest first, since December 2014
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Is the HE sector looking in the wrong place for the government’s Augar response?
Nottingham Trent University vice chancellor and Augar review panel member Edward Peck says the sector should stop waiting for the Augar response – it’s already here.
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Don’t we already have comprehensive universities?
Edward Peck responds to Tim Blackman’s provocative paper for HEPI arguing for the end of academic selection in UK universities and the introduction of a comprehensive system.
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The case for social mobility league tables
Following last week’s annual report from the Social Mobility Commission, Nottingham Trent VC Edward Peck puts the case for ranking universities’ performance in social mobility and for making access targets a part of the
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Sandwich placements can unlock social mobility
Research is showing an increasingly solid link between work placements and social mobility, argues Edward Peck.
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Changing our conversations about HE – the impact of TEF
Edward Peck argues how the coming Teaching Excellence Framework will re-shape the sector and why the old conversations need to change if sector is to present a compelling case against the TEF.
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What do we mean when we talk about ‘selective’ universities?
What does it mean to be a selective university in today’s UK HE market? Vice chancellor of Nottingham Trent University Edward Peck uses his own institution as an example in comparing the nature of selectivity across HE.
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Finding new ways to measure graduate success
Edward Peck, Vice Chancellor at Nottingham Trent University, examines the current DLHE methodology and explores new ways of measuring graduate success in the light of the demands of the coming Teaching Excellence Framewo
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Universities should be at the heart of our national debate
Can we expect an unaccustomed and not entirely welcome focus on universities at the coming General Election? Or are we in a position where, as Oscar Wilde said, ‘There is only one thing in life worse than being talked ab
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Confessions of a concentratist
I have a confession to make. During my days at Russell Group institutions I favoured the research concentration tendency; that is, the view that it would be better if fewer universities were funded by central government