Nigel Healey is a British-New Zealand academic in management and higher education. His current research interests are in the internationalization of higher education, transnational education and
higher education policy
Higher may refer to:
Music
* The Higher, a 2002–2012 American pop rock band
Albums
* ''Higher'' (Ala Boratyn album) or the title song, 2007
* ''Higher'' (Chris Stapleton album) or the title song, 2023
* ''Higher'' (Ezio album) or the title ...
and management.
Career
Dr Nigel Healey was Professor of International Higher Education and Vice-President of Global and Community Engagement at the
University of Limerick
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until his retirement in October 2024. During his time at the University of Limerick, he served as Interim Provost and Deputy President during the
Covid-19 pandemic
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from September 2020 to June 2022, returning to his substantive position in July 2022. Prior to his appointment at the University of Limerick in April 2020, Healey held senior academic positions at
Fiji National University
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By 2019, student numbers at the University had grown to almost 27,000. While each of the co ...
,
Nottingham Trent University
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, the
University of Canterbury
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and
Manchester Metropolitan University
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, as well as teaching positions at the
University of Leicester
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,
Leeds Beckett University
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and the
University of Northampton
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Belarus
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and the deputy minister of economy of the
Russian Federation
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and managed a number of multinational research and economic development projects in different parts of the world. His current research interests are in the internationalisation of higher education, transnational education and higher education policy and management. Earlier in his career, he was the author and/or editor of a number of books on macroeconomic and monetary policy.
He is chair of th QS Global Advisory Committee which organises international higher education summits around the world each year, including th Middle-East and Africa (each March) Europe (each June), th Americas (each September) and th Asia-Pacific (each November). Until his retirement in October 2024, he was institutional coordinator of th EMERGE European University Alliance and a member of the Advisory Board of th European Reform University Alliance Healey has previously served terms as a director of th Central Applications Office (CAO) in Ireland, governor o De Montfort University (Kazakhstan) a member of the Council of the
Chartered Management Institute
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Chartered Management Institute
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Higher Education Academy
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.
Education
Healey holds a BA (1st Class Hons.) Economics from the
University of Nottingham
The University of Nottingham is a public research university in Nottingham, England. It was founded as University College Nottingham in 1881, and was granted a royal charter in 1948.
Nottingham's main campus (University Park Campus, Nottingh ...
, an MA (Distinction) Economics from the
University of Leeds
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, an MBA (Distinction) from the
University of Warwick
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University of Bath
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and a PhD in Management from
Nottingham Trent University
Nottingham Trent University (NTU) is a public research university located in Nottingham, England. Its origins date back to 1843 with the establishment of the Nottingham School of Design, Nottingham Government School of Design, which still opera ...