Ian M. Kinchin is Emeritus Professor in Higher Education within Surrey Institute of Education, University of Surrey, UK. Since ‘retiring’, he has written, How to Mend a University (Bloomsbury, 2024) and Reclaiming the Teaching Discourse in Higher Education (Bloomsbury, 2025). His current research centres around the concept of the ecological university. Ian holds a PhD in science edu-cation and a DLitt in higher education.