Our television screens are currently alight with the latest batch of business hopefuls fighting it out in the boardroom on The Apprentice.
For those who have never entered a board setting, the impression presented by reality television is that of a corporate battleground where (predominantly white, middle class) individuals speak over and desperately point the finger at one another.
Indeed, this may ring true with many individuals’ experience of serving on a board. In the world of higher education, there is however one particular perspective that is likely to differ from that of any other board member – the student governor.
The student governor(s) is typically (but not always) an elected representative of the SU, usually a recent graduate, several decades junior of the average age of the governing body.
