The International Centre for Higher Education Management (ICHEM)

We explore higher education innovation for global wellbeing.

Who we are and what we do

Find out more about our research and publications from ICHEM members.

International Centre for Higher Education Management (ICHEM) faculty

As part of the School of Management, ICHEM brings together world-class scholars, visiting professors and doctoral researchers from over 25 countries.

International Centre for Higher Education Management (ICHEM) research

Our research spans leadership, management and policy to influence thinking and ways of working in higher education.

International Centre for Higher Education Management (ICHEM) publications

Journal and conference papers relating to our work.

DBA (HEM) students and alumni

Find out about our DBA in Higher Education Management students and see who has graduated from the programme.

International Centre for Higher Education Management Conference 2023

Global scholars, university leaders and DBA alumni from around the world joined us at the ICHEM conference, hosted by the School of Management on 19 and 20 June 2023.

The conference's theme was 'The Future of Higher Education: Competition, Collaboration and the Global Good'.

Developments and insights

Research, analysis and news.

Blog: Universities' international engagement – time for an ethical overhaul?

DBA alumni Professor Nigel Healey, Dr Fiona Hunter and Dr Vicky Lewis grapple with the ethics of university internationalisation.

Blog: Why the HE skills debate is a false dichotomy

Back view of a group of students celebrating graduation

Director of Higher Education Management Programmes Dr Dan Davies argues against the positioning of higher and further education in opposition to one another.

DBA profile: Charlie Tennant

Dan Davies and Charlie Tennant at an awards ceremony

The Vice Principal at London School of Science & Technology shares his experience of this unique doctoral programme.

Blog: Universities, AI and the common good

Professor Rajani Naidoo lays out how higher education must find paths for meaningful engagement with AI, to leverage its potential and mitigate the hazards.

DBA student wins international award for doctoral thesis

Professor Linda du Plessis wins a prize in the 2022 Emerald and Higher Education Teaching and Learning Association 'Outstanding Doctoral Research Awards'

Dr Hong Bui celebrated as one of Vietnam’s most inspiring women

Forbes Vietnam has named Dr Hong Bui, from the University of Bath School of Management, as one of Vietnam’s 20 most inspiring women for 2021.

Events

Join the conversation and be part of our community.

ICHEM Seminar Series 2025: Eating Real Food with Synthetic Spoons

13 Feb 2025 3.30pm 5.28, 10 East , University of Bath

Professor Dirk Lindebaum will present his research on the dangers of digitally mediated management learning and education

Engagement with practice

We collaborate with researchers, policy makers and leaders to create new ideas and facilitate changes.

DBA in Higher Education Management

A smiling student superimposed over a Georgian terrace

MEANINGFUL CONNECTIONS. POWERFUL RESEARCH. THOUGHT(FUL) LEADERSHIP.

About us

ICHEM is an interdisciplinary research centre, based in the School of Management at the University of Bath. With a focus on sustainable transformation, we challenge taken for granted assumptions, build theoretical advances and develop alternative strategies for higher education that can contribute to global wellbeing.

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