Equality and leadership agency merger advances

Proposals to create a single agency from the Equality Challenge Unit, the Higher Education Academy and the Leadership Foundation for Higher Education are moving forward.

A shadow board has been created to guide the merger of the three agencies, as envisioned in David Bell’s January review of higher-education agencies.

Writing in a blog post on WonkHE on 24 July, Nigel Carrington, vice-chancellor of the University of the Arts London and chairman of the shadow board, put a positive spin on the merger, highlighting the opportunities the move would present.