Download or read book Higher Education, Leadership and Women Vice Chancellors written by P. Burkinshaw and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-05-26 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why are there so few women vice chancellors in UK higher education? In this book, Paula Burkinshaw explores the contemporary conversation around the 'missing women at the top' across UK society through in-depth interviews with the (hitherto) silent voices of women vice chancellors. These women have successfully negotiated with and navigated the gendered leadership cultures of higher education throughout their careers and speak of the masculine communities of their workplaces. Advocating the need to achieve a critical mass of women at the top, this book suggests there is still much to be done in the higher education sphere.