MODERN Advisory Board
MICHAEL SHATTOCK
Visiting Professor at the Institute of Education, London and former Registrar of Warwick University
Prof. Michael Shattock

*28.4.1936
Academic career
| 1960 |
BA Hons Modern History, St. Catherine's College, University of Oxford |
| 1964 |
MA
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Awarded
| 1988 | OBE |
| 1997 | Hon LLD, University of Reading |
| 2000 | Hon LLD, University of Warwick |
Posts Held
| 1969-1999 |
Deputy Registrar, Academic Registrar and Registrar (1983), University of Warwick. |
| 1999- | Visiting Professor, Centre for Higher Education Studies, Institute of Education, University of London, and founding Joint Director of the MBA in Higher Education Management. |
Publications
Books
| 1983 |
The Structure and Governance of Higher Education, Leverhulme Programme on the Study of the Future of Higher Education (Ed.), SRHE 1983, 210 pp. |
| 1983 | Resource Allocation in British Universities, Michael Shattock and Gwynneth Rigby, SRHE 1983, 184 pp. |
| 1991 | Making a University, University of Warwick, 1991, 128 pp. |
| 1991 | Dimensions of Evaluation in Higher Education, Urban Dahllof, John Harris, Michael Shattock, Andre Staropoli, Roeland in't Veld, Jessica Kingsley (for OECD), 1991, 192 pp. |
| 1994 |
The UGC and the Management of British Universities, Open University Press, 1994, 171 pp.
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| 1997 | The Creation of a University System (Ed.), Blackwell Publishers, 1997, 265 pp. |
| 2003 | Managing Successful Universities, Open University Press, 2003, 201pp. |
| 2004 | Entrepreneurialism and the Transformation of Russian Universities (Ed), UNESCO, 2004, 334pp. |
| 2006 |
Managing Good Governance in Higher Education, Open University Press, 2006, 171pp. |
| 2009 | Entrepreneurialism in Universities and the Knowledge Economy (Ed), 2009, Maidenhead: Open University Press, p. 237 |
Editor
| 1986-1996 | Higher Education Quarterly, Blackwells |
| 1995-2000 | Minerva, Kluwer Press |
| 2000-2008 | Higher Education Management and Policy, OECD |
Articles and chapters in books
| Some 60 articles or chapters in books |
Research Grants
| 2003-2006 |
Project_Director, European Universities for Entrepreneurship – their Role in the Europe of Knowledge: EU Framework 6 Grant € 1m |
| 2005 | Project Director, Higher Education Institutions’ Finances and Provision: Baseline Institutional Case Studies: Department for Education and Skills £100K |
Major advisory/consultancy
In the UK and Europe:
- Led the team which rescued Cardiff from bankruptcy (1987), chaired the Public Enquiry into the affairs of Derby College, Wilmorton (1994), conducted major Inquiries into the European University Institute in Florence (1994) and into the governance and management of Cambridge University (2001).
- Reviewed the operations of the European University Institute in Florence (1998), the governance andmanagement of Queen's University Belfast (1997), the administration of Birmingham (1995) and LSE (1996).
- Led the IMHE/OECD group on the reform of higher education management in Central and Eastern Europe 1992-1997.
- Adviser on the governance and management of higher education to the Review of Higher Education in Wales conducted by the Welsh Assembly (2001) and to the Review of Higher Education in Scotland conducted by the Scottish Executive.
- Chaired the OECD Review of Irish Higher Education, 2003-4.
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Extensive advisory work on the establishment of universities (United Arab Emirates, Cyprus, Namibia) on higher education systems (Lesotho, Kenya) and in reviewing governance and management (Malta, University of Western Australia, University of West Indies, University of Cape Town).
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I act extensively as an advisor/consultant to UK and other universities on governance, management and planning issues as part of my work at the Institute of Education.
