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Frisk, Sylva; Apelgren, Britt-Marie; Sandoff, Mette – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2023
As excellence in teaching and learning, in combination with a focus on student performance rates, are guiding the demands placed on higher education institutions, modern universities are attributing strategic importance to leadership of teaching and learning. Previous studies on educational leadership have, nevertheless, identified significant…
Descriptors: Leadership Role, Universities, Strategic Planning, Leadership Training
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Peterson, Helen – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2016
Sweden is among the countries with the highest per cent of women university Vice Chancellors in Europe. In "She Figures 2012" the average proportion of female Vice Chancellors in the 27 European Union countries is estimated to be 10 per cent. In Sweden the number is much higher: 43 per cent. Swedish higher education management has…
Descriptors: Women Administrators, College Administration, Foreign Countries, Females
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O'Connor, Pat; Goransson, Anita – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2015
We focus on gender stereotypes in West European university management by comparing two countries: Sweden and Ireland. In secular Sweden there are strong policies that are implemented at all political levels supported by the public discourse; while in Ireland such measures are few and the equality infrastructures and discourse have been weakened by…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Administration, Sex Stereotypes, Comparative Analysis