Leadership Foundation

Introduction to Head of Department

The course significantly improved my confidence and my ability to take on the role of HoD. I had been very dubious about it beforehand, but both the facilitators and the participants taught me a lot about my strengths and about the role.

Professor Kirstein Rummery
Chair in Social Policy
University of Stirling

Introduction to Head of Department will take you through the contemporary contexts and challenges of being a head of department. It is a short but intensive programme that will give you the survival skills for the first few months in post so you can hit the ground running.

IHoD is grounded in the strategic issues and choices that institutions are currently facing, whilst giving you practical leadership preparation for new, aspiring or returning heads of departments. The programme is highly interactive and includes the use of diagnostic tools to explore your own leadership style and understand more about managing conflict and change. We will discuss how to build networks to support you in the role - and experienced heads will share their stories and hard-won knowledge as guest speakers.

We have been running a version of this programme for Scottish HEIs since March 2006, it has been adapted over that time to meet the changing needs of new heads of department, and we are now offering the revamped Introduction to Head of Department UK-wide. Participants will leave this programme with a much better understanding of the latest survival skills that they need to do a really good job, based upon the current contexts of higher education.

Find out more and book for the next cohort of IHoDs

• IHoDs 3 - Application Deadline: Friday 1 November 201

Contact

Ginnie Willis, Programme Director
Tori Senior, Marketing Coordinator, T: 020 3468 4818