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Nic Beech

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Nic Beech

Nic Beech is the vice chancellor of the University of Salford and was previously vice principal at the University of St Andrews, provost of Dundee University and vice chancellor of Middlesex University. He is chair of the Quality Council for UK Higher Education, a commissioner on the International Higher Education Commission, treasurer and on the boards of both Universities UK and the Academy of Social Sciences and on the board of the QAA. He also chairs the NUS advisory group on tackling antisemitism.

Nic’s academic background is in business and management and his research focused on identity, diversity, change leadership and learning. He is the only person to have been awarded both the Lifetime Achievement Award for Research by the British Academy of Management and the Exceptional Service to the Field of Management Worldwide Award by the Global Learned Society, the International Federation of Scholarly Associations of Management.

5 pieces

Newest first, since June 2024

  1. · Comment

    There’s nine more pieces for the Quality Code

    Nic Beech and Clare Peddie outline the Quality Assurance Agency’s new advice and guidance chapters for the revised UK Quality Code

    With Clare Peddie

  2. · Comment

    Beyond equity of regard to equity in practice for college and university-based higher education

    “Parity of esteem” for college and university-based HE comes from a shared quality architecture and governance framework, not vague policy aspirations, argue Nic Beech and Rebecca Parks

    With Rebecca Parks

  3. · Comment

    Access partnerships need human relationships, not just programmes

    Ed Marsh and Nic Beech argue that student-student partnerships offer a powerful solution to stalling widening participation

    With Ed Marsh

  4. · Comment

    The allure of collaborative advantage and the danger of collaborative inertia

    Competition is everywhere in higher education, but Nic Beech and Jackie Njoroge see the value in – messy, complex, but ultimately rewarding – collaboration

    With Jackie Njoroge

  5. · Comment

    The new Quality Council will secure international confidence in UK higher education

    A new sector-led and sector owned Quality Council will seek to champion and further enhance the quality of UK HE. Nic Beech and Clare Peddie set out the plan

    With Clare Peddie