Institute of Education London

Dr Paul Temple

• • BA, MA, DPA, EdD
  • Reader in Higher Education Management
• Faculty:
  • Faculty of Policy and Society
• Department:
  • Lifelong and Comparative Education
• Summary:
  • Higher education management, particularly organisational effectiveness in its various forms. My research has included studies of institutional change in the UK and in eastern Europe; the finance of higher education; the impact of built environment of academic effectiveness; and marketing and branding in higher education.
• Teaching:
  • Co-director of the MBA in higher education management. Contributor to aspects of the EdD programme.
• Research:
  • "GOODUEP", a six-country study of the management of university-enterprise partnerships.
    Study for the European Commission of reform of higher education management and funding across Europe.
• Professional Activities:
  • Executive editor, "London Review of Education"
    Member, editorial board, "Journal of Education Policy"
• Conferences/presentations:
  • "Knowledge management in the university: the case of university/enterprise relations in Europe". Society for Research into Higher Education conference, Liverpool, 9-11 December 2008.
    The university space: is university effectiveness linked to its physical form? Society for Research into Higher Education conference, Brighton, 11-13 December 2007.
    Entrepreneurialism and the Knowledge Society: some conclusions from cross national studies. EAIR Forum, Rome, 30 August-1 September 2006.
• Personal Country Knowledge:
  • Higher education in eastern Europe, especially the Balkan region, notably Romania, Bosnia-Herzogovina; also knowledge of Hong Kong higher education policies and practice.
• Research Students:
  • Supervising doctoral research in the areas of:
    quality assurance in higher education in China;
    change processes in higher education in Greece;
    national and international effects on university development in Greece;
    internationalisation trends in higher education; developments in private higher education;
    resource allocation models and institutional effectiveness;
    international course accreditation policies;
    development of management education in China;