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Chris Husbands

@chrishusbands.bsky.social

Former university-leader and academic. Still cyclist, dad, grandad and European. All opinions my own.

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πŸ”ŠComment: EPI's CEO @natalieperera.bsky.social
responds to the 2025/26 teachers' pay award.

22.05.2025 13:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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New Government, familiar problems – By Chris Husbands - HEPI Universities face stark choices as financial pressures mount, political support wanes, and sector-wide reform looms.

In this morning's HEPI blog, I look at recent discussion of HE and outline the choices facing government and universities www.hepi.ac.uk/2025/05/12/n...

12.05.2025 10:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Also very good today - from @chrishusbands.bsky.social on @hepi-news.bsky.social

12.05.2025 07:55 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This was great fun!

30.04.2025 07:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm deeply saddened to read this. I worked with Claire at the IOE and learnt so much from her.

18.04.2025 21:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Universities struggle to adapt to changing student cohorts University leaders in the United Kingdom are struggling to keep up with the changing size, make-up and expectations of international and domestic stud...

A privilege, as always, to talk to Nic Mitchell for @uniworldnews.bsky.social for this troubling piece – with great insights from @chrishusbands.bsky.social, Janice Kay, @marycurnockcook.bsky.social and others www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?sto...

11.03.2025 21:19 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
New rules of engagement - Higher Futures As university leaders think about strategic positioning for the next decade, they need to think equally hard about how they will engage more diverse student populations impacted in such different ways...

In our new Higher Futures Insight piece, Janice Kay and I look at the questions universities need to ask about engaging rapidly changing student populations higherfutures.co.uk/new-rules-of...

03.03.2025 11:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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WEEKEND READING: Change is our ally by Professor Sir Chris Husbands - HEPI This blog has been kindly written for HEPI by Professor Sir Chris Husbands, who was Vice-Chancellor of Sheffield Hallam University between 2016 and 2023, and is now a Director ofΒ Β Higher Futures,Β work...

Sound reflections (as ever) from @chrishusbands.bsky.social on how change and collaboration are necessary in confronting the future of HE, and they should be embraced, not feared. www.hepi.ac.uk/2025/02/01/w...

01.02.2025 18:15 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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WEEKEND READING: Change is our ally by Professor Sir Chris Husbands - HEPI This blog has been kindly written for HEPI by Professor Sir Chris Husbands, who was Vice-Chancellor of Sheffield Hallam University between 2016 and 2023, and is now a Director ofΒ Β Higher Futures,Β work...

"If government is not the solution, if the private sector is not the solution, if the status quo is not sustainable, the answer must be imaginative and engaged leadership which is not simply about β€˜my institution’ but also about β€˜our future’." @chrishusbands.bsky.social bit.ly/3CHmQZy

02.02.2025 18:10 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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First keynote @chrishusbands.bsky.social on practice, diversity and technology.

12.12.2024 10:18 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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