Bloomsbury Leadership for Sustainability in Higher Education (Perspectives on Leadership in Higher Education)

The authors provide a much-needed reference for all academic leaders and managers in higher education seeking to initiate or lead an economic, social and environmental sustainability agenda in their institution. Leadership for Sustainability in Higher Education is equally relevant to any academic researching leadership or organisational theory, combining the use of theoretical construct with practice-based experience. Sustainability is a complex concept, and the challenge of understanding it and applying it to a diverse, multi-agent, organisational setting with its potentially conflicting priorities cannot be underestimated. To assist this, the book provides key learning from the authors extensive academic and professional experience in this area, supplemented with reference to key learning from other leaders and institutions. Janet Fraser-Haddock, Peter Rands and Stephen Scoffham bring together the wide range of influences and considerations to succeed, including: · an understanding of what is (and isnt) sustainability · the range of perspectives through which to view sustainability · activities and actions undertaken in the higher education sector to date · influencers on the sustainability agenda, whether policy- or demand-led, external or internal · barriers to success. These factors all combine to provide a framework for the reader within which to consider leadership for sustainability, both at an individual level and within the higher education culture and organisational norms. The authors provide a theoretical underpinning of key concepts, supplemented by examples of practice across the sector, both within the UK and internationally. Case studies from the UK, Australia, North America and India all bring to life the key opportunities and challenges of leading the sustainability agenda across a range of higher education institutions.