Leading and managing contemporary UK Universities: Do excellence and meritocracy still prevail over diversity?

Higher Education Policy

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 3-17

  Deem, Rosemary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 61849125842     PISSN: 09528733     EISSN: 17403863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/hep.2008.32     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (35)

1. Abbott, P. and Sapsford, R. (2005) 'Statistics for equal opportunities in higher education', Higher Education Funding Council for England, retrieved May 2005 from http://www.hefce.ac.uk/pubs/rdreports/2005/ rd08_05.
2. Bargh, C., Bocock, J., Scott, P. and Smith, D. (2000) University Leadership: The Role of The Chief Executive, Buckingham: Open University Press.
3. Benoit, P. and Graham, S. (2005) 'Leadership excellence: Constructing the role of department', Academic Leadership - The On-line Journal 3(1), retrieved August 2008 from http://www.academicleadership.org/emprical_research/ LEADERSHIP_EXCELLENCE_CONSTRUCTING_THE_ROLE_OF_DEPARTMENT.shtml.
4. Bolden, R., Petrov, G. and Gosling, J. (2008) Developing Collective Leadership in Higher Education, London: Leadership Foundation for Higher Education.
5. Breakwell, G. (2006) 'Leadership in education: The case of vice-chancellors', Perspectives 10(2): 52-58.
6. Breakwell, G. and Tytherleigh, M.Y. (2008) The Characteristics, Roles and Selection of Vice-Chancellors - Summary Report, London: Leadership Foundation for Higher Education.
7. Bryman, A. (2007) Effective Leadership in Higher Education, London: Leadership Foundation for Higher Education.
8. David, M. (2009) 'Social diversity and democracy in higher education in 21st century: Towards a feminist critique', Higher Education Policy 22(1): 61-79.
9. Deem, R. (2007) 'Managing a meritocracy or an equitable organisation? Senior managers' and employees' views about equal opportunities policies in UK universities', Journal of Education Policy 22(6): 615-636.
10. Deem, R., Hillyard, S. and Reed, M. (2007) Knowledge, Higher Education and the New Managerialism: The Changing Management of UK Universities, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
11. Deem, R. and Morley, L. (2006) 'Diversity in the academy? Staff and senior manager perceptions of equality policies in six contemporary UK higher education institutions', Policy Futures 4(2): 185-202.
12. Deem, R., Morley, L. and Tlili, A. (2005) 'Negotiating equity in HEIs: A case-study analysis of policies and staff experiences', Higher Education Funding Council for England, retrieved May 2005 from http://www.hefce.ac.uk/pubs/rdreports/2005/rd10_05/.
13. Exworthy, M. and Halford, S. (eds.) (1999) Professionals and the New Managerialism in the Public Sector, Buckingham: Open University Press.
14. Fraser, N. (1995) 'From redistribution to recognition: Dilemmas of justice in a 'post-socialist' age', New Left Review I/ 212(July-August): 68-93.
15. Fraser, N. (2000) 'Rethinking recognition', New Left Review 3(May-June): 107-120.
16. Fraser, N. and Honneth, A. (1998) Redistribution or Recognition?: A Political-Philosophical Exchange, London: Verso.
17. Goodall, A. (2009) Qualified to Lead? Why Research Universities should be Led by Top Scholars, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press (forthcoming).
18. Greenbank, P. (2006) 'The evolution of government policy on widening participation', Higher Education Quarterly 60(2): 141-166.
19. Hale, S. (2006) 'Widening participation, equalising opportunity? Higher education's mission impossible', Politics 26(2): 93-100.
20. Harley, S. (2003) 'Research selectivity and female academics in UK universities: From gentleman's club and barrack yard to smart macho', Gender & Education 15(4): 377-392.
21. Kennie, T. and Woodfield, S. (2007) 'Top team structures in UK higher education institutions: Composition, challenges and changes', unpublished paper presented to the European Association for Institutional Research Annual Conference, Rome, Italy.
22. Kerckhoff, A.C., Fogelman, K., Crook, D. and Reeder, D. (1996) Going Comprehensive in England and Wales, London: Woburn Press.
23. Layer, G. (2005) Closing the Equity Gap: The Impact of Widening Participation Strategies in the UK and USA, Leicester: National Institute of Adult Continuing Education.
24. Lucas, L. (2006) The Research Game in Academic Life, Maidenhead: Open University Press & the Society for Research into Higher Education.
25. Maher, F.A. and Tetreault, M.K.T. (2007) Privilege and Diversity in the Academy, London and New York: Routledge.
26. Morley, L. (2007) 'Sister-matic: Gender mainstreaming in higher education', Teaching in Higher Education 12(5): 607-620.
27. Morley, L. and Lugg, R. (2009) 'Mapping meritocracy: Intersecting gender, poverty and higher educational opportunity structures', Higher Education Policy 22(1): 37-60.
28. Peters, T. and Waterman, R.H. (1982) In Search of Excellence, London: Harper and Row.
29. Price Waterhouse Coopers LLP. (2005) 'Cross-sectoral study of equal opportunities and diversity', Higher Education Funding Council for England, retrieved May 2005 from http://www.hefce.ac.uk/pubs/rdreports/ 2005/rd11_05/.
30. Ross, K. (2005) 'National survey of equal opportunities practices in higher education', Higher Education Funding Council for England, retrieved from http://www.hefce.ac.uk/pubs/rdreports/2005/rd13_05/.
31. Salisbury, J. and Riddell, S. (eds.) (2000) Gender, Policy and Educational Change: Shifting Agendas in the UK and Europe, London: Routledge.
32. Squires, J. (2002) 'Culture, Equality and Diversity', in P. Kelly (ed.) Multiculturalism Reconsidered, Cambridge: Polity Press, pp. 114-132.
33. Strebler, M. and O'Regan, S. (2005) 'Non-disclosure and hidden discrimination in higher education', Higher Education Funding Council for England, retrieved May 2005 from http://www.hefce.ac.uk/pubs/ rdreports/2005/rd09_05.
34. Tlili, A. (2007) 'Rendering equality and diversity policies in UK higher education institutions', Critical Discourse Studies 4(3): 283-310.
35. Watson, D. (2008) 'Hunting the headhunters', Engage 1(14): 10-11.