Christopher Payne

Christopher Payne has more than ten years’ senior and mid-senior management experience in a variety of HEPs, during which time he has developed an advanced understanding of national policy developments in UKHE and their particular application within the Buckingham context. An active member of the AUA, with significant senior contacts across the sector, Chris is currently the University’s AHUA and ARC representative and regularly contributes to debate with sector commentators through his active Twitter profile @chrispayneHE. As a University administrator, Chris’ philosophy is that academic governance and management is best led by people and guided by process rather than the other way around, a culture that is best fostered by means of an engagement and outcomes-driven, rather than rules-driven, approach. Chris is currently undertaking a PhD in Higher Education with a particular focus on the impact of the Regulatory Framework on institutional autonomy.