Author
Shân Wareing
Shân Wareing is vice chancellor of Middlesex University London. Previously she was Deputy Vice Chancellor at the University of Northampton. She is Chair of the Leadership and Management Strategic Advisory Group and Co-Chair of the Leadership Framework Steering Group, both for Advance HE. She is also chair of Unite Foundation, a charity that supports care experienced and estranged students, and a governor at Moulton FE College. She’s a National Teaching Fellow.
11 pieces
Newest first, since April 2017
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Reflections on the first 100 days as a vice chancellor – a dialogue
Shân Wareing’s first 100 days as vice chancellor have taught her that being a head of institution is not always what people imagine it to be
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Policymakers need to realise that financial turbulence in higher education will hurt the whole nation
Shân Wareing calls on the higher education sector to make sure MPs appreciate the public consequences of a decline in international students
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Taking part in sport can prepare you for leadership
If your New Year’s resolution is to move more, Shân Wareing shares her reflections on how sport can support growing leadership skills and personal wellbeing
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Stepping up to the leadership challenge of AI
The rise of AI creates a testing time for higher education leadership. Shân Wareing reflects on what a leader might do in response – and why it matters
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Five traits for higher education leadership – whatever your job title
Shân Wareing sets out the qualities that make a successful leader and how they apply in higher education
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Michael Barber, an apology, or, how I learned to love the TEF
Shân Wareing says the process of compiling the TEF has brought focus, energy, and renewed pride in the work of her university
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Going home for the summer?
Shân Wareing explores the impact of housing fragility on students as new research from Jisc, commissioned by Unite Foundation, is launched
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Wicked problems: universities have lost public confidence – here’s how we get it back
Universities have failed to make the public case for higher education, argue Shân Wareing and Jonathan Grant. A new social compact between universities and society is what’s needed.
With Jonathan Grant
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Beyond the brown bear: stewardship, collaboration and cost control
Shân Wareing, of London South Bank University, says the university sector has to show stewardship of its mission, collaborate more, and redesign its cost base if it’s to survive.
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A female senior leader reflects, on International Women’s Day 2018
Shân Wareing, of London South Bank University, reflects on her career so far in HE.
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Beyond metrics: An open letter to Sir Michael Barber
The new OfS Chair is famous as a disciple of the Third Way in public services. Shân Wareing makes a plea for the future of HE regulation to adhere to the Fourth Way, a less metrics driven and more inclusive approach.