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Beyond Accountability to Strategic Leadership
How much should governing bodies govern, and how much should they lead? Eamon Mullan, University Secretary at Ulster University, looks at the evolving role of university governing bodies in strategic leadership.![](https://www.ahua.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/University-Council-at-work-500x500.jpg)
Securing Board Diversity
Dr Matthew Andrews, University Secretary and Registrar at the University of Gloucestershire, makes a case for diversity on university boards, and offers advice to those responsible for institutional governance in their efforts to increase diversity across all the protected characteristics.![](https://www.ahua.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/9716504758_9552b1bff8_k-500x500.jpg)
Can Universities Learn Anything from Chilcot?
The Chilcot Report was released earlier this month, examining the circumstances of the UK’s involvement in the 2003 Iraq War. Gerry Webber, University Secretary at Edinburgh Napier University considers the report and the lessons to be learned from it.![](https://www.ahua.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/5911343345_50f994b17f_b-500x500.jpg)
Kids Company – Five Things I Learnt About Governance
Chris Ince, University Secretary at SOAS, University of London, reflects on the collapse of Kids Company and the governance lessons that can be applied to higher education.![](https://www.ahua.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/3483225862_927fd435af_b-500x349.jpg)
HE Governance in the USA – Through the Looking Glass
Andrew West recently attended the annual conference of the Association of Governing Bodies of Universities and Colleges (AGB) in Washington DC. AGB describes itself as the premier organisation centred on governance in higher education in the USA, thus covering some of the territory filled in the UK by the CUC’s work with the LFHE, alongside AHUA.![](https://www.ahua.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Lab3-500x457.jpg)
Governance of Animal Research
Roger Gair, University Secretary at the University of Leeds, explores the involvement of University governors in the regulation of animal research![](https://www.ahua.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/income-image-1-500x500.png)