Professor Christine King, Vice‐Chancellor and Chief Executive of Staffordshire University

Abstract

Professor Christine King is Vice‐Chancellor and Chief Executive of Staffordshire University. She is an active and recognised champion of access, inclusion and diversity and is the chair of the West Midlands Higher Education Association.As an academic, Professor King has an international reputation. She is a Professor of History and her research interests include the history of religion, especially the non‐Jewish victims of the Holocaust. She is a Trustee of the Centre for the Study of Implicit Religion and Contemporary Spirituality (CSIRCS).As well as her academic interest in history and religion, Professor King is also very active in the field of management. She is a founder member and past Chair of the Through the Glass Ceiling, a network of senior women managers and co‐author of Through the Glass Ceiling: Effective Senior Management Development for Women.Here, Peter Gilbert, Professor of Social Work and Spirituality at Staffordshire University and author of Leadership: Being Effective and Remaining Human, talks to Professor King about her views on leadership.

Citation

(2008), "Professor Christine King, Vice‐Chancellor and Chief Executive of Staffordshire University", International Journal of Leadership in Public Services, Vol. 4 No. 4, pp. 45-47. https://doi.org/10.1108/17479886200800036