Professor Ken Sloan, Vice-Chancellor and CEO of Harper Adams University

Professor Ken Sloan, Vice-Chancellor and CEO of Harper Adams University. Ken has extensive experience in strategy leadership, governance and commercial activities gained through both the Higher Education and private sectors, and he became a VC through a non-academic route. In this episode, we discuss his leadership of this specialist university, including its strategic focus, living the institutional values, the role of entrepreneurship and his overall optimism about the future. We also reflect more broadly on the vital role of specialist institutions and why a diverse UK HE sector can and should be maintained. This episode is kindly sponsored by GatenbySanderson, the UK’s leadership expert across public services, not for profit and education. We partner with universities to find and place exceptional HE leaders and develop their teams – improving leadership performance, inclusivity and accelerating change. The Association of Higher Education Professionals and the British Universities FInance Directors Group, BUFDG, are both proud to support Job Shadowing HE as a valuable source of professional insight.