A reminder of the seminar by Prof. Sir David Watson
In Room 642 from 3 to 5 pm 17 March (time changed) - all welcome!
The Chinese Study Society (CSS) is honoured to invite you to the new
seminar series 2008/2009.
The fourth seminar takes place on Tuesday March 17, 2009. Sir David
Watson, a Historian and Professor of Higher Education Management at
the Institute of Education, University of London, will present his
latest work:
'Leadership of and through British and Chinese Universities'.
Chair: Shuiyun Liu
This seminar is from 3 pm to 5 pm in Room 642, Institute of Education,
20 Bedford Way, London WC1H 0AL. (Please follow the link
http://ioewebserver.ioe.ac.uk/ioe/cms/get.asp?cid=4075&4075_0=9083 to
get the information about how to come to IOE)
Everyone is welcome. To book a place, please contact Liu Shuiyun at
[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> or Liu Ye at [log in to unmask]
<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
We look forward to seeing you.
With Regards,
Shuiyun Liu on behalf of the CSS
Speech Outline:
Prof. Sir David Watson will explore the pressures on leaders from
outside and inside universities in the special context of the early
twenty-first century knowledge economy. Looking at the comparative
position of UK and Chinese universities, he will focus on higher
education's responsibilities to communities at all levels: internal,
local; sub-regional, regional, national, regional-international and
global. Particular emphases will include the role of higher education
in the 'public service alliance', in fostering economic development,
and in supporting civil society.
Presenter Bio:
David Watson is a Historian and Professor of Higher Education
Management at the Institute of Education, University of London. He was
Vice-Chancellor of the University of Brighton between 1990 and 2005.
His most recent books are Managing Civic and Community Engagement
(2007) and The Dearing Report: ten years on (2007). His current
project is a book on "morale" in universities.
He has contributed widely to developments in UK higher education,
including as a member of the Council for National Academic Awards
(1977-1993), the Polytechnics and Colleges Funding Council (1988-92),
and the Higher Education Funding Council for England (1992-96). He was
a member of the Paul Hamlyn Foundation's National Commission on
Education, and the National Committee of Inquiry into Higher Education
chaired by Sir Ron Dearing. He was the elected chair of the
Universities Association for Continuing Education between 1994 and
1998, and chaired the Longer Term Strategy Group of Universities UK
between 1999 and 2005. He is a Trustee of the Nuffield Foundation, a
Companion of the Institute of Management and a National Teaching
Fellow (2008). He chairs the national Inquiry into the Future for
Lifelong Learning, which will report in June 2009. He was knighted in
1998 for services to higher education.
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Astrid Nordin
Postgraduate Research Student,
British Inter-University China Centre
and
Department of Politics, School of Social Sciences,
The University of Manchester,
Oxford Road, M13 9Pl Manchester
Web:
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