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Staff representatives on college governing bodies must resist pressure to represent the exclusive interests of staff, college funding chief David Melville said this week.

Professor Melville, speaking at a conference for staff governors organised by lecturers' union Natfhe, said: "A staff governor cannot be bound by mandates given by the staff but must take a view on the merits of any decisions that come before the governing body."