University business students as charity trustees: A win-win for all?

IF 1.9 Q2 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

Industry and Higher Education Pub Date : 2023-12-04 DOI:10.1177/09504222231219002

Carl Evans, Nigel Jackson

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Abstract

Charities are facing a crisis in recruiting board trustees. Additionally, boards have been criticised for lacking diversity and being unrepresentative of society. The purpose of this paper is to propose a solution to the problem of trustee recruitment, by considering university business students as trustees. Through an analysis of advertised trustee jobs, the proposal is evaluated against degree subject benchmark statements. The findings identify some key person characteristics specified by charities when recruiting trustees. The generic criteria could be met by most students and many of the personal skills are developed by students while at university. However, to address some of the experience criteria, may require additional training and some yielding by charities. The paper offers originality in its proposition of appointing university business students as trustees and in its approach to examining the feasibility of that proposition through an analysis of trustee jobs.

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大学商科学生担任慈善机构受托人：双赢？

慈善机构在招募董事会成员方面面临危机。此外，董事会还因缺乏多样性和不能代表社会而受到批评。本文的目的是通过将高校商科学生作为受托人，提出一种解决受托人招聘问题的方法。通过对广告中的受托人职位的分析，根据学位科目基准陈述对该提案进行评估。调查结果确定了慈善机构在招募受托人时指定的一些关键人物特征。大多数学生都能达到一般的标准，许多个人技能是学生在大学期间培养出来的。然而，为了满足一些经验标准，可能需要额外的培训和慈善机构的一些让步。本文提出了任命大学商科学生为受托人的建议，并通过分析受托人的工作来检验该建议的可行性。

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Industry and Higher Education EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH-

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4.20

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17.60%

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期刊介绍： Industry and Higher Education focuses on the multifaceted and complex relationships between higher education institutions and business and industry. It looks in detail at the processes and enactments of academia-business cooperation as well as examining the significance of that cooperation in wider contexts, such as regional development, entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystems. While emphasizing the practical aspects of academia-business cooperation, IHE also locates practice in theoretical and research contexts, questioning received opinion and developing our understanding of what constitutes truly effective cooperation. Selected key topics Knowledge transfer - processes, mechanisms, successes and failures Research commercialization - from conception to product ''Graduate employability'' - definition, needs and methods Education for entrepreneurship - techniques, measurement and impact The role of the university in economic and social development The third mission and the entrepreneurial university Skills needs and the role of higher education Business-education partnerships for social and economic progress University-industry training and consultancy programmes Innovation networks and their role in furthering university-industry engagement