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. The evaluation was commissioned by Hefce, on behalf of the four higher education funding bodies in the UK, as part of its stakeholder management of the Leadership Foundation and carried out by an independent firm of consultants, Blue Alumni.
The main headlines in the evaluation are that:
Ewart Wooldridge, the Leadership Foundation’s Chief Executive stated:
"We welcomed the rigour of the evaluation process and are pleased that universities and colleges from across the UK see us and our work as part of the solution in helping with the challenges that they face."
The key learning points in the evaluation were:
The Leadership Foundation is sponsored by UUK and GuildHE, and is funded and supported by the higher education funding councils in England, Scotland and Wales and by the Department for Employment and Learning in Northern Ireland.
Last updated: 15 July 2010