Across the pond

Times Higher Education has a background story on the shock resignation of Malcolm Gillies, vice chancellor of City University, London. Have just given it a quick read at the internet cafe down the road from the house I am staying in on Cap Frehel in Brittany. The Higher Ed reports that there have been long-standing differences between Council and Gillies, which began with the previous chair, an accountant who had to retire from ill-health.

Nothing in the Higher Ed contradicts last week’s reports in The Times, The Guardian and The Independent. The Higher Ed say that the chairs of Council felt Gillies was acting too much like a chief executive. Whereas Gillies felt that the Council was too much influenced by business thinking and wanted new members of Council with experience of education, including an ex-vice-chancellor.

More on this saga next week when I get back. But today the sun is shining here so am off to the stunning beaches around the Cap.

Here is the link to the Higher Ed story and the link to last week’s Times report.