1. Project 1.4 Changing patterns of HE governance in Europe and the UK: are they fit for purpose?
Michael Shattock

2. Outline Who are we? What is governance in an HE context?
‘A crisis in governance’
The Project: the research agenda
A decade of HE governance reform in Europe
Issues raised by the reforms
The research questions
Postscripts

3. Who are we?
Ellen Hazelkorn
Peter Scott
Michael Shattock
Aniko Horvath

4. What is governance in an HE context?
Governance is the process by which organisations and systems regulate themselves, take decisions and direct their development
Governance and mangement
Governance in HE is about policy, strategy, resources and resource allocation, leadership, participation and consultation and about interest groups

5. ‘A crisis in governance’
Some examples:
The BBC
UGC/HEFCE/Office of Students?
Royal Bank of Scotland
Kids Company
At the HE institutional level crises arise through weak or inadequate governing bodies, headstrong chief executives (and sometimes chairs of governing bodies), the exclusion of staff (and students) from decision-making, and the inability to adapt to change

6. The Project: the research agenda
Global and international influences—international organisations (EU, EUA, OECD, UNESCO, World Bank, GATS) and global pressures (league tables, competition, national prestige)
The national state—constitutional and fiscal arrangements, devolved governance, intermediary bodies, HE system management, accountability
The institution—autonomy, leadership and participation, the rise of governing bodies

7. A decade of HE governance reform in Europe
The EU modernisation agenda, austerity, globalisation and global competition,expanding numbers, mergers and efficiency
Some examples: Germany, France, Italy, Denmark, Norway, UK

8. Issues raised by the reforms
Is there a common pattern? If so is there a global (US?) model? Institutional isomorphism?
Are they driven by neo liberal ideologies, financial pragmatism or anxiety not to be left behind?
Do they encourage greater institutional autonomy or provide a more effective mechanism for state steering (or both)?
Where does the UK sit in comparison with reforms in Europe?
How far can we expect the governance of private HE to impact on public university governance in Europe and the UK?

9. The research questions
How these changing governance structures at global, system and institutional levels inter relate
How global influences and system changes impact on institutional governance and what the institutional response might be
The extent to which these changes provide the best constitutional and organisational framework for the conduct of research, scholarship and teaching

10. Postscript and discussion