This volume provides an alternative means of discussing the development and significance of managers and management in universities and colleges. It is particularly concerned with the way managing involves the development of different ways of talking, acting and relating to people at work. Yet this is often difficult, and variably successful, as it confronts often strong professional and occupational work identities and cultures. the book provides a detailed look at the manager in contemporary further and higher education in Britain as post-compulsory education has been required to operate on...

How can universities and colleges realistically manage the delivery of equal opportunities for both students and staff? how can institutional and structural inequalities be addressed? what is the role of higher education managers in realizing the goal of widening participation and what strategies can be employed to achieve that goal? what examples of good practice already exist which be adapted to suit the specific environments of different institutions?