A new report Strategic Technical Leadership: Advocacy, Empowerment and Transformation highlights a substantial gap in technical leadership in most UK universities.
Based on HESA data from 2022/23,* only 45% of higher education institutions have technicians in a strategic leadership role.
This report, published by the UKRI – Research England funded TALENT Programme and the UK Institute for Technical Skills and Strategy Research and Policy Group, emphasises the crucial and emerging role of Strategic Technical Leaders in the changing higher education and research landscape.