Section A: Introduction
1 Boards in action 1
2 The policy contexts across the four UK countries 5
Section B: Key tasks for boards
3 How boards engage in strategy work 11
4 Strategic risk management and the role of the board 15
5 Accountability: Prescriptions, practices and the need for new thinking 19
6 College governing: Addressing equality and diversity 25
Section C: Key roles and relationships
7 The role of the governance professional 31
8 The role of the student governor 37
9 The chair: Power dynamics in the boardroom 43
Section D: Covid-19
10 Online board meetings and Covid-19: How board meetings went online 49
Section E: Impact
11 The impact of the project 55
Section E: Conclusions and Recommendations
12 Conclusions and recommendations: How do boards enable colleges
to realise their strategic aims? 59
Afterword 63
Acknowledgements and thanks 65
References 67
Appendix A. Objectives of the research 72
Appendix B. Summary of data collected 72
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