The role and perspective of a UK chair of the governing body / Chris Sayers -- The university secretary: at the heart of governance / Tony Strike -- Higher education governance and policy on trial: "he do the police in different voices" / Jonathan W. Nicholls -- Changing governance models in North American higher education / Robert A. Scott -- Shaping European universities: a perspective from the Netherlands / Stephan van Galen -- Diverging governance models in a devolved system: case studies from Scotland and Wales / Rebecca Davies and Gerald Webber -- Changing university governance in South Africa / David J. Hornsby and Ruksana Osman -- Changing governance models in Australian universities / Giconda di Lorenzo and Julie Wells -- Can there be a universal framework of good governance / Nina Atwal, Mark Butler, Divia Mattoo and Michael Wood -- How current trends in UK corporate governance might influence future higher education governance and policy / Lorraine Young -- The legal framework for university governance in England: how to understand, comply and build on it / Smita Jamdar -- The development and purpose of corporate governance codes / John Rushforth -- Regulating higher education markets: the English policy experiment as a case study / David Palfreyman -- Public good(s), public benefit and the public interest: a critical examination of three public purposes of English universities / Adam Dawkins -- Effectiveness and effectiveness reviews / Andy Shenstone -- Assurance of academic standards and quality by and beyond the academy / John Rushforth -- A focus on performance and risk: the light and shade of trust and accountability / Tony Strike