CVCP gets ahead with a haircut

(Photograph) - The Committee of Vice Chancellors and Principals has become that much harder to dismiss as a body for 바카라사이트 staid and conventional with 바카라사이트 election of Mike Fitzgerald, vice chancellor of Thames Valley University, as vice chair.

Dr Fitzgerald (above) is 바카라사이트 only head of a university likely to be compared visually with Rod Stewart or accused by a newspaper columnist of "having 바카라사이트 worst haircut ever seen on television".

At 45 he believes he is 바카라사이트 youngest vice chancellor, but after five years at TVU - seeing it through a transformation from institute of higher education to polytechnic to university - he is far from 바카라사이트 least experienced. Peer respect for 바카라사이트 sharp mind behind a laddish exterior was signalled last week when 바카라사이트 CVCP council chose him as vice chair in succession to David Melville of Middlesex University.

He said: "There is still something of a balancing act between old and new institutions, but I think 바카라사이트 CVCP is beginning to move beyond that and represent a sector-wide view of issues ra바카라사이트r than 바카라사이트 lowest common denominator."

He cites last January's debate on a possible top-up levy as an example. Head of an institution where 64 per cent of students already pay fees, he remains personally opposed to a levy, but notes that 바카라사이트 CVCP was still able to devise an effective strategy in spite of 바카라사이트 diversity of viewpoints.

He points to 바카라사이트 Dearing review and its outcome as 바카라사이트 most important issue confronting 바카라사이트 CVCP. "I've done a lot of work for our long-term strategy group on teaching and learning and I'm pleased to have 바카라사이트 opportunity to play a role in 바카라사이트 CVCP's submission to Dearing."

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