UK business schools have grown rapidly over the last forty years. They account for a substantial proportion of students and overall income (especially from overseas), with one in seven undergraduates and one in five postgraduates studying business and management related subjects. Underlying this robust picture, where business schools are integral to their universities’ successes, some interesting issues arise about the future for business schools and particularly the leadership pipeline. This report focuses on business schools and how like other schools within universities face a challenging, complex and ambiguous future and there appears to be a limited pool of candidates applying to become deans.