Nigel Healey is a British-New Zealan
academic
in management and higher education, who is Professor of International Higher Education and Vice-President (Global and Community Engagement) at the

University of Limerick The University of Limerick (UL) ( ga, Ollscoil Luimnigh) is a Public university, public research university institution in Limerick, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Founded in 1972 as the National Institute for Higher Education, Limerick, it beca ...

. He served as Interim Provost and Deputy President during the Covid-19 pandemic from September 2020 to June 2022, returning to his substantive role in July 2022. His current research interests are in the internationalization of higher education, transnational education and

higher education policy Higher education policy refers to education policy for higher education institutions such as universities, specifically how they are organised, funded, and operated in a society. According to Ansell (2006) there are "three different institutional f ...

and management.

Career

Prior to his appointment at the University of Limerick, Healey held senior academic positions at

Fiji National University Fiji National University is a public university in Fiji that was formally constituted on 15 February 2010 by the Fiji National University Act 2009. By 2019, student numbers at the University had grown to almost 27,000. While each of the colle ...

Nottingham Trent University Nottingham Trent University (NTU) is a public research university in Nottingham, England. It was founded as a new university in 1992, although its roots go back to 1843 with the establishment of the Nottingham Government School of Design, w ...

, the

University of Canterbury The University of Canterbury ( mi, Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha; postnominal abbreviation ''Cantuar.'' or ''Cant.'' for ''Cantuariensis'', the Latin name for Canterbury) is a public research university based in Christchurch, New Zealand. It was ...

and

Manchester Metropolitan University Manchester Metropolitan University is located in the centre of Manchester, England. The university has over 40,000 students and over 4,000 members of staff. It is home to four faculties (Arts and Humanities, Business and Law, Health and Educat ...

, as well as teaching positions at the

University of Leicester , mottoeng = So that they may have life , established = , type = public research university , endowment = £20.0 million , budget = £326 million , chancellor = David Willetts , vice_chancellor = Nishan Canagarajah , head_labe ...

Leeds Beckett University Leeds Beckett University (LBU), formerly known as Leeds Metropolitan University (LMU) and before that as Leeds Polytechnic, is a public university in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It has campuses in the city centre and Headingley. The univ ...

and the

University of Northampton The University of Northampton is a public university based in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England. It was formed in 1999 by the amalgamation of a number of training colleges, and gained full university status as the University of Northampton in ...

. Healey has served as an economic policy advisor to the prime minister of

Belarus Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by R ...

and the deputy minister of economy of the

Russian Federation Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...

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 education conferences each year, includin
QS-APPLEQS MAPLEQS Europe
an
QS Americas
He is currently a Director of th
Central Applications Office (CAO)
in Ireland, a Governor o
De Montfort University (Kazakhstan)
and a member of the Advisory Board of th
European Reform University Alliance
Healey has previously served terms as a member of the Council of the

Association of Commonwealth Universities The Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) was established in 1913, and has over 500 member institutions in over 50 countries across the Commonwealth. The ACU is the world's oldest international network of universities. Its mission is ...

(ACU), the Board of Trustees for th
UK Council for International Student Affairs
(UKCISA) and the Council of the

Universities and Colleges Admissions Service The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS ) is a UK-based organisation whose main role is to operate the application process for British universities. It operates as an independent charity, funded by fees charged to applicants an ...

(UCAS), a director of the Australia and New Zealand Academy of Management and th
Chartered Association of Business Schools
and a member of the National Management Committee for the

Chartered Management Institute The Chartered Management Institute (CMI) is a professional institution for management based in the United Kingdom. The major membership classes are ''Member'', ''Fellow'' - for those with significant expertise - and ''Companion'' - the most sen ...

and

Universities New Zealand Universities New Zealand - Te Pōkai Tara is the peak body representing universities in New Zealand. It assumes the roles previously held by New Zealand Vice-Chancellors' Committee and the University Grants Committee which were founded in the Univ ...

Committee on International Policy. He is a Fellow of the

and th
New Zealand Institute of Management and Leadership
and a Principal Fellow of the

Higher Education Academy Advance HE (formerly the Higher Education Academy) is a British charity and professional membership scheme promoting excellence in higher education. It advocates evidence-based teaching methods and awards fellowships as professional recogniti ...

Education

Healey holds a BA (1st Class Hons.) Economics from the

University of Nottingham The University of Nottingham is a public university, public research university in Nottingham, United Kingdom. It was founded as University College Nottingham in 1881, and was granted a royal charter in 1948. The University of Nottingham belongs t ...

, an MA (Distinction) Economics from the

University of Leeds , mottoeng = And knowledge will be increased , established = 1831 – Leeds School of Medicine1874 – Yorkshire College of Science1884 - Yorkshire College1887 – affiliated to the federal Victoria University1904 – University of Leeds , ...

, an MBA (Distinction) from the

University of Warwick The University of Warwick ( ; abbreviated as ''Warw.'' in post-nominal letters) is a public research university on the outskirts of Coventry between the West Midlands (county), West Midlands and Warwickshire, England. The university was founded i ...

, a DBA in Higher Education Management from the

University of Bath (Virgil, Georgics II) , mottoeng = Learn the culture proper to each after its kind , established = 1886 (Merchant Venturers Technical College) 1960 (Bristol College of Science and Technology) 1966 (Bath University of Technology) 1971 (univ ...

and a PhD in Management from

Recent papers and reports

*1. Ilieva, J., Healey, N., Tsiligiris, V., Ziguras, C., Killingley, P. and Lawton, W. (2022)
The value of transnational education partnerships
British Council. *Healey, N. (2022)
What determines the success of an international branch campus?
THE Campus, 10 August. * Covington, R., Healey, N., Jones, A. and Trifiro, F. (2022)
Indonesia international branch campus feasibility study and overview of TNE across ASEAN
Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office. * Healey, N. (2022)
The challenges of building a national university in a Pacific Island Country: lessons from the first ten years of Fiji National University
Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1360080X.2022.2041255 * Healey, N. (2021)
Transnational education: the importance of aligning stakeholders’ motivations with the form of cross-border educational service delivery
Higher Education Quarterly, https://doi.org/10.1111/hequ.12371 * Healey, N. (2019)
The end of transnational education? The view from the UK
Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/13603108.2019.1631227 * Healey, N. (2018)
The challenges of managing transnational education partnerships: the views of “home-based” managers vs “in-country” managers
International Journal of Educational Management, 32(2), 241-256. * Healey, N. (2018). The optimal global integration – local responsiveness trade-off for an international branch campus. Research in Higher Education, 59(5), 623-649. * Healey, N. (2017)
Transnational education and domestic higher education in Asian-Pacific host countries
Pacific-Asian Education, 29, 57-74. * Healey, N. (2017)
Beyond “export education”: aspiring to put students at the heart of a university’s internationalisation strategy
Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education, 21(4), 119-128. * Healey, N. (2017). Reflections on the value of insider research as a qualitative research methodology. SAGE Research Methods Cases Part 2, DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781526401489 * Healey, N. (2015)
Managing international branch campuses: what do we know?
Higher Education Quarterly, 69(4), 386-409. * Healey, N. (2015)
The challenges of leading an international branch campus: the ‘lived experience’ of in-country senior managers
Journal of Studies in International Education, 20(1), 61–78. * Healey, N. (2014
When is an international branch campus?
International Higher Education, 78, 22–23 * Healey, N. and Bordogna, C. (2014)
From transnational to multinational education: emerging trends in international higher education
Internationalisation of Higher Education, 3, 34–56 * Healey, N. and Michael, L. (2014)

Higher Education Policy, 28(3), 369–391. * Healey, N.