The Leadership Foundation is seeking researchers to undertake occasional research projects. Applicants should apply by Thursday 2 March.
Paul Gentle is the new Director of Programmes at the Leadership Foundation.
The recruitment for Change Academy 2012 has begun.
The first of the new stimulus papers are published today. The authors Dr Kathleen M Quinlan, Glynne Stanfield and Professor Martin Hall. New insights about higher education and its future.
This one hour webinar will showcase the new Strategic Information and Communications Technology (S- ICT ) toolkit being launched by the LF/JISC InfoNet to coincide with this webinar.
Rebecca Nestor joins the LF on an interim basis from December 2011 to February 2012.
The Leadership Foundation is pleased to announce Atlanta, Georgia, USA as the latest destination for its prestigious International Leadership Development Programme (ILDP), complementing the already planned visit to Hong Kong.
Small Development Projects and more information about‘The led’ in relation to professorial leadership
The call for proposals for the 2012 Small Development Projects (SDP) is now open
Professor Stephanie Marshall to leave Leadership Foundation Following on from the announcement of the Higher Education Academy about her appointment as one of their Deputy Chief Executives.
Leadership Foundation redesigns its core programmes
Leadership Foundation and HEFCE announce £1 million to stimulate efficiencies in higher education
shared services resource news
We have new dates for 2012 runs of the International Leadership Development Progamme to Hong Kong and Chicago.
We are in the early stages of developing a new programme for those working in research and enterprise areas of universities.
Today (10 May 2011) at our latest HE Governance Summit (Current challenges & Looking Ahead to 2020) we launched 4 new publications.
The Guardian's half day seminar in partnership with the Leadership Foundation for Higher Education
The Leadership Foundation for Higher Education has appointed Professor Teresa Rees CBE AcSS as its new Director for Wales. Professor Rees’ main responsibilities will include keeping in touch with the leadership and organisational development needs of Welsh higher education institutions and developing programmes and initiatives for them.
We are delighted to announce the award-winning James Ashton-Bell, Student President, University of Bristol as one of our key speakers at Introduction to Higher Education Tuesday 15 March 2011.
Learn to build productive relationships
Record numbers of SDP bids!
The Leadership Foundation is very pleased to announce that Rona Cant is to be our guest speaker at the alumni conference.
HE Leadership Summit 2011: Speakers Announced
We need a leadership development representative for our work with the universities and higher education colleges of Wales.
Enabling Equality: Furthering disability equality for staff in higher education is a new joint research project commissioned by the Equality Challenge unit and the Leadership Foundation.
The Leadership Foundation has launched a survey about their Small Development Projects (SDPs) to assess the effectiveness of the projects.
Higher Education Futures: Key themes and implications for leadership and management by Jay Kubler (ACU) and Nicola Sayers, formerly of the Leadership Foundation, is an examination of the questions facing university leaders. The questions include: How will they be funded, who will they teach, what will they teach, how will they be regulated and governed, who will they serve and how will they be structured. This publication is a framework for leaders and other policy-makers to think about the factors that will help them plan for the future.
Up to £10,000 per project is now available for qualifying univerisites and higher education colleges. The call for proposals for 2010-2011 is now open.
The Leadership Foundation has appointed Sir Andrew Cubie CBE as the new Chair of the Board.
The latest brochure for Governor Development Programme 2010-11 is now available and has been sent to the HEIs.
The Leadership Foundation for Higher Education has received an extremely positive endorsement from the higher education sector in its second formal evaluation which took place after six years of operation. The evaluation report states that the Leadership Foundation is seen by the higher education sector as a valuable asset that gives major support to its initiatives to improve leadership, governance and management.
Latest research available!
Achieving equality for disabled staff in higher education : Invitation to Tender
UHR National Conference 2010
News of the sucessful 2010 Small Development Project bids
New leadership programme for senior finance professionals.
Governance: Reviewers and Authors wanted!
The 2010 round of applications for the Small Development Projects is now open.
University of Westminster win the first Staff Development Impact Award.
Range of Proposals for the Future of Higher Education
Collaborate to Innovate: Public Service Leadership First Annual Conference
The theme for the 2010 Higher Education Leadership Summit is Leading in the agile university: innovation, creativity and technology. It will take place in central London on Thursday 11 February.
Future education leaders to benefit from partnership
Colleagues at the University of East Anglia (UEA) have been exploring novel technology to facilitate group-work activities between collaborators who may be separated both in time and space.
With the our publication of the Lancaster survey results and the literature review we are asking for feedback and comments on the survey.
Professor Dawn Forman joins the Leadership Foundation's to lead the Governor Development Programme.
Development Programme for senior HR Business Partners in Higher Education
The Leadership Foundation continues its research and development series with three new key areas of research.
Following the launch of the Leadership Foundation's new Leadership Coaching Service the Leadership Foundation website has been updated to bring you more information about our Consultancy and Coaching services and how we can provide advice and support in a wide range of areas.
A new 12 month research programme led by Newcastle and Northumbria universities will pave the way for the UK's first national leadership programme, aimed at helping managers build bridges between higher education and partner organisations, to benefit cities and regions. The research is being funded with £69,500 from Hefce's Leadership Governance and Management(LGM)Fund, and is supported by the Leadership Foundation.
As part of the Leadership Foundation's 5th birthday celerbations and following The Higher Education Debate onthe 18 March, we published in partnership with the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI), a short report on the role of the market in higher education.
The latest edition of our in-house magazine ENGAGE is now available in PDF format.
The Leadership Foundation has contributed to the Secretary of State's consultation on Higher Education.
The call for proposals to participate in Change Academy 2009 is now open.
Leadership Summit 2009: What is an effective and high performing governing body in higher education? In partnership with CUC.
New evidence-based study to be announced at conference in Cardiff in November 2008
Launch of new interactive workshops for senior university leaders and managers across Europe announced.
Details of the Governor Development Programme for 2008/2009 are now available to view and download from the Governance page.
Latest edition of the Scottish Update now available to download.
We are seeking to appoint an independent individual or contractor to fulfil the role of Editor of the Governance Website.
This is the third year the Leadership Foundation have sponsored this award.
We are pleased to announce that more funding is now available for four SDPs.
The Leaership Foundation and CUC have jointly commissioned the Office for Public Management to conduct an study into what constitutes an effective governning body in Higher Education.
Due to popular demand the Leadership Foundation has decided to offer an additonal run of the The Martkeing Programme.
Longer Term Funding Arragement for Staff Development Forum
This research symposium will bring together new research, current experience and future challenges in higher education, at the Leadership Foundation's major keynote event, it will take place on the 12 and 13 February 2008.
The annual opportunity to hear about the Leadership Foundation's and Hefce's LF Fellowship and LGM projects.
This new book. Strategic Leadership of Change in Higher Education What's New?, published April 2007,edited by the Leadership Foundation's Professor Stephanie Marshall is essential reading for all those taking on leadership and management positions in higher education.
In today's THES an article sets out details of the Leadership Foundation's new Research Team Leaders course.
The Programme for the Staff Development Conference 2006 is now available.
The second Leadership Summit takes place on 25-26 January 2006 in central London. The theme is the Leaderhship and Development Challenges of Globalisation and Internationalisation. The 24-hour programme provides the opportunity for senior leaders and managers from UK higher education institutions to focus upon the global challenges and opportunities facing them today. The speakers at the summit will all bring an international perspective to the day, from different regions of the world, and from a mix of universities and international agencies (UNESCO, OECD and the World Bank.) Details of the main speakers and the host have now available.