Appointed 2025

Paul Temple is Honorary Associate Professor at the UCL Institute of Education, where he was previously Co-Director of the Centre for Higher Education Studies. His recent books include The Connected University (2025, Routledge), The Physical University: Contours of space and place in higher education (2014, Routledge) and The Hallmark University: Distinctiveness in higher education management (2014, Institute of Education Press).

He is the joint author of the Oxford Very Short Introduction to Universities and Colleges (2017, Oxford University Press).

Paul Temple is Honorary Associate Professor at the UCL Institute of Education, London, where he was previously Co-Director of the Centre for Higher Education Studies. He also co-directed the MBA programme in higher education management. His research interests focus on issues of efficiency and effectiveness in higher education institutions, which has led him to study the physical forms and organisational arrangements of universities and colleges and how these may affect their academic work. His recent books include The Connected University: A space and a place for knowledge (2025, Routledge), the edited volume The Physical University: Contours of space and place in higher education (2014, Routledge) and The Hallmark University: Distinctiveness in higher education management (2014, Institute of Education Press). He is the joint author of the Oxford Very Short Introduction to Universities and Colleges (2017, Oxford University Press).