The Times Higher Education Supplement: Struggle to fill v-c job vacancies
Changes in academe have led to a number of chiefs bowing out and a dearth of suitable candidates, reports Anna Fazackerley
Institutions are facing an uphill battle to find high-calibre vice-chancellors as university chiefs bow out ahead of a new commercial era for higher education, The Times Higher can reveal.
There has been a spate of announcements about university heads stepping down in recent months. And headhunters and senior university figures predict that at least another five departures will be announced this autumn. It is an unusually high turnover at the most senior levels of academe. Recruitment firms now fear that there may not be enough good candidates available to fill the vacancies.
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