University boss: Head teacher, mayor or chief executive?
Thursday, 10 October 2013
"Sir David Bell is Vice-Chancellor of the University of Reading. So what does he do all day?" asks BBC News on the main homepage and education section of their website today.
"Does it make him a high-powered head teacher, responsible for the university's academic prowess?
"Or does it make him chief executive of a multi-million pound enterprise, plotting its future business strategy?
"[...]On the most practical level, he says, it's like running a small town, with its own housing, doctors, libraries, nursery, shops, bars, sports facilities, hundreds of acres of parkland and campus security."