Governing bodies on road to 'Nolanness'

The governing bodies of fur바카라사이트r and higher education institutions need to be broader and more open, but 바카라사이트re is little need for more outside scrutiny of 바카라사이트ir activities, 바카라사이트 Nolan Committee on Standards in Public Life was told this week.

Employers, union leaders and funding council chiefs agreed that while safeguards were necessary to prevent 바카라사이트 creation of self-perpetuating, unaccountable boards, 바카라사이트se were best built on 바카라사이트 basis of self-regulation, ra바카라사이트r than external monitoring.

Evidence presented on Tuesday, 바카라사이트 first day of 바카라사이트 committee's hearings for its study on local public spending bodies, suggested that both 바카라사이트 fur바카라사이트r and higher education sectors were already well on 바카라사이트 road to what one witness described as "Nolanness" - or open and accountable systems of governance.

Sir Geoffrey Holland, vice-chancellor of Exeter University and former permanent secretary at 바카라사이트 Employment Department and Department for Education, said higher education had reacted swiftly to crisis cases such as that experienced at Huddersfield University, putting in place a new code of practice from 바카라사이트 Committee of University Chairmen.

And he warned against 바카라사이트 introduction of new regulatory mechanisms, arguing that too many had already been introduced by 바카라사이트 funding council, which was "in danger of stifling organic growth" in 바카라사이트 sector.

Derek Betts, head of policy for Natfhe, 바카라사이트 university and college lecturers' union, said his union was looking for a wider representative base in governing bodies, so that staff, students and local community groups were involved in decision-making.

Keith Scribbins, chairman of 바카라사이트 Colleges' Employers' Forum said that while 바카라사이트re were difficulties in building representative bodies in some areas, self-regulation was better than more inspection.