Motion
- Motion title
- Governance crisis in HE
- Session
- 2018-2019
- Meeting link
- HE conference
- Meeting date
- 26 May 2019
- Status
- Remitted
- Motion
- HE46
- Motion text
Conference notes that 2018 and 2019 have seen several vice-chancellors and other senior figures in English universities resign under a cloud.
Conference believes these cases testify to the failure of a model of governance and of HE finance in which universities are run as businesses.
While each case has been different, common features have been a history of bullying and unacceptable pay differentials, and all have caused damage to their institutions and to higher education. Warnings by staff and unions that something was going seriously wrong have been ignored too often.
Conference asks HEC and its appropriate sub-committees to develop proposals for early warning systems as well as pressing for reform of HE governance and finance.
Conference also notes that the law may have been broken in some cases, and that the resignation of one or two senior figures should not prevent prosecution of those responsible.
- Proposing body
- Open University
- Amended
- No
- Allocated to
- Higher education committee (HEC)
- Notes
Administrative info
- Listing reference
- 2019/H/05-26/221/HE46