HE Leadership explained: The VC

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Apparently you get a VC for gallantry in the face of the enemy.  So, why do so many Higher Education detractors vilify the VC?

Picture by: EyeSerene Original: Richard Harvey

The VC means gallantry:

• Keeping a straight face when someone asks if the TEF really indicates Teachng Quality.
• Finding something positive to say both in public and to Professors when your institution only got BRONZE.
• Setting a rapid change agenda in an environment where change is measured in decades.
• Showing that you are worth it when the size of your "Total Remuneration Package" is revealed in the press.
• Delaying that Freedom of Information request about international trips.

.....in the face of the enemy:

• Students ?
• Staff ?
• Council ?
• Accreditation bodies ?
• HEFCE ?
• Jo Johnson ?
• Other Universities ?

Personally I think that VCs get everything they deserve.