Leadership Foundation

Developing higher education: strategies for a new era

2-3 November 2011

Overview

What part can you play in Developing higher education: strategies for the new era? As a sector we are perhaps facing some of the biggest cultural and conceptual changes for years, but how change-ready are we? As development professionals, what strategies do we need to help develop higher education colleagues and institutions for this new era?

This two-day conference aimed to give participants opportunities to explore and share:

• The implications of the new era for their own institutions and professional roles
• Development of approaches that deliver today and address tomorrow’s challenges
• Emergent development approaches and innovative practice fit for future purpose

We were delighted to offer for the third year the GoodPractice Impact Award, designed to recognise, celebrate and reward projects or initiatives that have made a significant, positive difference to individuals, teams or institutions in response to identified strategic priorities at institutional, regional or national levels.

Powerpoints from the Day 

• Learning to Manage or Managing to Learn: An exploratory case-study of how university managers learn and develop within their roles
  Workshop 6 and 14
  Marj Spiller, Head of Professional Development, Staffordshire University
• The future for staff development? Internal trading or outsourcing
  Workshop 9
  Malcolm Harper, University of Manchester
• Leadership Succession and Talent Management
  Workshop 10
  Imperial College London