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Outline
• Leadership Foundation - Overview• Leadership Challenges for UK HE• Leadership Foundation - Activities• Programme Evaluation• Leadership Foundation – Research• Leadership Foundation - International
Background
• Established 2004• Independent Board with private sector Chair • Range of activities
– Open Programmes– Tailored Programmes– Membership– Research – Consultancy– International
• Small central team & Key associates
Funding
• Funding Council (government) grant• Membership fee + service• Fee income for programmes &
projects
Vision
• “Our vision is that the leadership, governance and management of UK higher education institutions is regarded as world-class and the practice of excellence in leadership attracts the same high esteem as excellence in research, teaching and learning”
Key Statistics
• Over 96% of the higher education sector are LFHE members
• There are 150 UK member institutions• 25,000 website downloads of LFHE Research
publications• Take-up of core programmes has increased
by 16% this year
Key leadership issues in HE
15 key strategic
challenges for UK HE
institutions, 2005 - 2012
Student numbers Funding/Fees
Research – RAE -leadership of research
Competition/collaboration
Resources/Estates: Project Management
Internationalisation
HR
Enhancing student experience – teaching and
learningIT/E-learning
Governance
Access / widening participation
Market positioning / ‘Brand’
Sustainability and social/cultural agendas
Business/regional/community links
Embedding equality and diversity in all activities
Leadership development issues
in UK HEIs• Succession planning – selecting and nurturing
leadership talent• Market positioning of HEIs – brand; student
perceptions; community/regional/global• Implications of Information and Communications
Technology• Coping with change• Developing senior teams and project teams• Leadership of collaborations, partnerships, alliances• Middle management development• Evolving governance context• Leadership of teaching and research• Diversity
Activities• Four main work-streams
– Supporting individual leaders (programmes such as Top Management Programme, Senior Strategic Leadership, mentoring, coaching)
– Developing Higher Education Institutions’ leadership capacity (working with senior teams, organisational development, LFHE Fellowships)
– Promoting professional learning networks
– Generating ideas and innovation (Research, Small Development Projects)
• Cross-cutting themes
– International, cross-sector, diversity, sustainability
Programme Evaluation
• Participant Feedback• Inter-modular assessment• Client satisfaction• Impact Analysis
LFHE Research Base
• Investment in the sector • Range of research projects• Purposes:
– Increase LFHE intellectual capital and knowledge resources
– Identify key challenges and issues in HE leadership, governance and management
– Identify good practice and relevant issues across sectors and internationally
– Taking the LFHE forward – Linking to programmes and wider activities
International Projects
• Joint programmes
• Twinning schemes
• Study visits
• International conferences
• Joint research
International Projects
• China-UK Leadership Development Network Programme
• Canadian Study Tour• Top Management Programme - Brussels,
Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Qatar, Washington• Transatlantic partnership (Washington)• Programme for HE leaders from Pakistan• India-UK Leadership Development Network
Programme • Research on managing institutional
partnerships (with Malaysia, Australia)