The Higher Education Leadership Learning Online Community

Board leadership is a key determinate of governing body effectiveness. The event is designed to support those who lead, or aspire to lead, a governing body. It will provide an opportunity to discuss and examine the role of the chair in leading the board and the importance of creating a boardroom culture to allow openness and debate. As part of this aim, it will examine the importance of establishing effective working relationships with the head of institution, governors and the clerk or secretary, as well as
considering how to deal with difficult issues.

The programme will be delivered by facilitators Dr David Faraday and Shirley Wardell who have extensive experience of research team leadership.

Leading Transformation in Learning and Teaching (designed jointly by the Leadership Foundation and the Higher Education Academy) is the leadership programme to develop, enhance or transform learning and teaching programmes and courses in higher education. The process by which university programmes are transformed, or freshly developed, to meet new needs, expectations and demands will be the main theme.
This programme will provide the opportunity for a more extended learning experience interspersed with time for both reflection and the application of ideas. The full programme builds towards a Transformation Pilot, a project of your own undertaken back in your own institution with the support of a third one-day workshop (Module Three) and two facilitated on-line action-learning sets. This highly applied approach is also supported by a Reflection and Action Planning Booklet that follows the course structure, provides a framework for recording actions, reflections and intentions, and suggests further reading and resources. With the support of your insitution this can provide a very strong piece of evidence to build towards an application for professional recognition against Descriptor 3 of the UK Professional Standards Framework.