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ISSUE 28 | Winter 2011/12

FEATURES

NEWS

06 INTERVIEW
Professor Ian Diamond talks about UUK's Efficiency and Modernisation Task Group report and next steps for the sector.
03 In Focus
  • Engage online
  • Consultancy new services
  • Have you got yours?
08 PROJECT UPDATE
Craig Gaskell from the University of Hull on the findings of a project on sate
llite campuses.
04
  • £1m Innovation and Transformation Fund launch
  • Starter for Ten: Professor Antony Bowne, Principal, Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music
10 PERSPECTIVE
The findings of a recently-completed Hefce-funded project on wellbeing and engagement by Kim Shutler-Jones, University of Leeds.
05
  • Strategic reflections: Excellent Research Needs a Gender Dimension
  • Research leadership: policy - practice - partnership
12 DEVELOPMENTS
Professor Wendy Purcell and Caroline Chipperfield, Plymouth University, on developing enterprising leadership.
09
  • Extension to our Knowledge Bank provision
  • Change Academy 2012
  • THE Awards
15 BOOK REVIEW
Professor Dominic Shellard, De Montfort University, on Julian Barnes' The Sense of Ending.
13
  • Staff Development Forum update
  • Herding Cats: being advice to aspiring academic and research leaders
16 CALENDAR OF EVENTS 14
  • Developing Higher Education: a Wapping moment?

ISSUE 27 | Autumn 2011

FEATURES

NEWS

06 INTERVIEW
Dr Andrew West talks about the evolution of Amosshe's student services teams assessment toolkit, and how it can be used to support service improvement and next steps.
03 In Focus
  • Going Global 2012
  • Introduction to Head of Department
  • International Higher Education: distinctiveness and branding
08 PROJECT UPDATE
Helen Robinson, University of Leicester, on skills for effective staff reviews.
04
  • Management Development Resources
  • Starter for Ten: Dr Sharon Ding, The Open University
10 PERSPECTIVE
Professor Peter Slee, deputy vice-chancellor at the University of Huddersfield talks about understanding strategy and making it work.
05
  • Strategic reflections: Risks and opportunities
  • The research managers programme
12 CAREERS
FOLD: addressing strategic development priorities at the University for the Creative Arts.
09
  • SDF: on the right lines!
  • Wellbeing and engagement for challenging times
15 BOOK REVIEW
Professor Peter Fidler talks about 'Alice in Sunderland: An Entertainment'
13
  • How strategically does your team manage information and technology?
  • Launch of a HE training and development evaluation toolkit
16 CALENDAR OF EVENTS 14
  • AGCAS honours Wilma
  • Staff development conference 2011: Book now for last few places
  • Bookmarks

ISSUE 26 | Summer 2011

FEATURES

NEWS

06

INTERVIEW
Karen Cox, University of Nottingham, describes her wide-ranging portfolio as pro-vice-chancellor.

03

In Focus

  • TMP 27: Take a look at what's new

  • ILDP 2012: East or West - Try both!

  • Essential Skills: Autumn 2011

08

PROJECT UPDATES
Anne Gwinnett, Oxford Brookes, on findings, resources, and next steps from the Distinct project.

04

  • Staff Development Conference 2011

  • Starter for ten: Professor Elizabeth Treasure

10

PERSPECTIVE
Claire McDonald and colleagues from Durham pose the question 'what are the leadership, governance and management  behaviours that promote success in academic departments?'

 05

  • Strategic Reflections: Sir Andrew Cubie

  • New director for Wales appointed

12

CAREERS
Dr Neil Raven, Loughborough University, on the role of reflective diaries in leadership development.

09

  • Staff Development Forum update

  • Strategic challenges for senior leaders

15

BOOK REVIEW
Professor John Craven on '1789: The Threshold of the Modern Age'.

13

  • Motivating academics: the role of prestige

 16

 CALENDAR OF EVENTS  14

ISSUE 25 | Spring 2011

FEATURES

NEWS

06

INTERVIEW
Dr Barbara Howell describes transformational change in space and practice at Ravensbourne.

03

In Focus

  • HE governance summit

  • Research: international partnerships

  • Distinctiveness and branding in HE

08

PROJECT UPDATES
An overview of the Small Development Project scheme and the 15 projects funded in 2011.

04

  • Strategic reflections: The Browne Review Six Months On

  • Universities Week 2011

11

CAREERS
Wendy Rose reflects on the use of coaching in managing underperformance at work.

 05

  • PCs to Africa

  • Starter for ten:Neal Juster

13

PERSPECTIVE
A summary of Berkshire Consultancy's Degrees of Change study on the impact of commercial pressures on universities.

10

  • Staff Development Forum update

  • End of the default retirement age

16

BOOK REVIEW
A short walk in the Hindu Kush, reviewed by Professor Nick Foskett, vice-chancellor, Keele University.

15

  • Leading internationalisation: raising our game

17

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

 

 

ISSUE 24 | Winter 2010-11

FEATURES

NEWS

06 Elite but not elitist
Jackie Dunn, director of the institute for lifelong learning at the University of Leicester on her passion for her own and student's development.
03

In Focus

  • Leading teaching teams in-house
  • Welcome to the Board
  • Pricing and Positioning
08 PROJECT UPDATES
Reports from two of the twelve projects funded by Hefce's LGM and leading transformational change programmes that will be presented at the dissemination day on 26 January 2011.
04
  • Leading internationalisation: raising our game
  • Starter for Ten: David Pilsbury
10 PERSPECTIVE
Carl Lygo, CEO of BPP University College on the challenges facing public and private providers of higher education.
   05

 

  • Strategic planning in uncertain times
  • Cardiff University wins THE 2010 award
12 INNOVATION
Making strides towards the 'intelligent university': Steve Bailey from JISC InfoNet on new resources to support business intelligence.
09
  • The procurement roadmap: Geoff Hope-Terry on approaches to advanced procurement
15 BOOK REVIEW
JProfessor Noel Lloyd, vice-chancellor, Aberystwyth University: The elegant road to technological advance.
13
  • Change Academy 2011
16 CALENDAR OF EVENTS 14
  • CIHE annual lecture
  • Bookmarks

ISSUE 23 | Autumn 2010

FEATURES

NEWS

06 INTERVIEW
Where ideas really take off - Helen Teague, head of OD at the University of Plymouth talks to Dr Lesley Huxley about organisational and leadership development for enterprise.
03

In Focus

  • LGM: It's all in the preparations
  • Call for proposals
  • Governor Development
08 PROJECT UPDATES
News from a project sponsored by Hefce's Leading Transformational Change Fund on Leading, governing and managing enterprising universities; and a Small Development Project sponsored by the Leadership Foundation: An initial evaluation of the perception of the contribution of leadership and management development programmes to OD and culture change in UK HEIs.
04
  • New Chair of the Board
  • Starter for Ten: Ajay Burlingham-Böhr, Anglia Ruskin University
  05
  • CIHE Annual Lecture
  • What's new in Arabic
10 PERSPECTIVE
Developing a lifelong alumni relationship. Susie Hills, University of Exeter, on their award-winning alumni relations activity.

09

 

  • Staff Development Forum update
  • Higher education leadership summit:
    10 February 2011
12 CAREERS
Not your typical training programme. Antony Brewerton, University of Warwick, reflects on the Future Leaders Programme.
11
  • Derby wins
  • Wolverhampton LEADs the way
15 BOOK REVIEW
Julie Lydon, vice-chancellor of the University of Glamorgan, reviews Jessica Mitford's Hons and Rebels.
13
  • Aspiring to a top role
16 CALENDAR OF EVENTS 14
  • Back on course
  • The role of private providers

ISSUE 22 | Summer 2010

FEATURES

NEWS

06 INTERVIEW
Professor Elspeth Jones describes how an embedded approach to internationalisation can change lives and open minds.
03 In Focus
  • Calling student governors
  • Critical times, creative responses
  • Our latest research
08 PROJECT UPDATES
LGM-funded projects on wellbeing and engagement; innovation in the market assurance of new programmes and the development of leadership and governance for healthy universities
04
  • Staff Development Awards 2010
  • Starter for Ten: Dr Chris Haslam, University of Chester
10 PERSPECTIVE
Dr Mark Jenner proposes a framework for leadership development that has experience, not competence at its heart.
05
  • Governing body effectiveness
  • Hot topics in governance
  • Leadership Foundation at Going Global
12 CAREERS
Dr Celia Whitchurch and Patrina Law suggest that relationships, rather than structures, are key to successful Third Space working.
09
  • SDF No 1 priority - CPD
  • The case for information standards
11
  • Higher Education survey into experiences of UK academics
15 BOOK REVIEW
Where you stand depends on where you sit; Professor Steve Smith on the Essence of Decision: Explaining the Cuban Missile Crisis.
13
  • The ability to deliver: a case study on models of governance in existing and proposed university centres
  • Mobilising your university: technology as a strategic enabler
16 CALENDAR OF EVENTS 14
  • Bookmarks

ISSUE 21 | Spring 2010

FEATURES

NEWS

06 INTERVIEW
Ewart Wooldridge reflects on leadership lessons from his career.
03 In Focus
  • New governance support
  • Advice in a crisis
  • New HEaTED website
08 PROJECT UPDATES
A small development project offers resources for customer service skills; two Hefce-funded transformational change projects outline anticipated learning resources for 'delivering more for less' and an action learning approach to developing institutional distinctiveness. 
04
  • With thanks to Professor Pittilo
  • Starter for Ten: Jon Baldwin, University of Warwick
10 PERSPECTIVE
Dr Tom Kennie proposes a model for understanding the dimensions and dynamics of academic leadership.
05
  • Leadership Summit 2010
  • LJMU makes top 100 equality list
12 CAREERS
Creative team development through the Creative Connect Process.
09
  • Leading transformational change
  • Staff development forum springs into action
15 BOOK REVIEW
Maintaining happiness in gloomy times. Professor Muriel Robinson reviews David Watson's latest book on morale in university life.
13
  • Support and practical guidance for governors
  • North West staff developers' retreat
16 CALENDAR OF EVENTS 14
  • Holding the mirror up: leadership challenges in the UK and China
  • Bookmarks

ISSUE 20 | Winter 2009

FEATURES

NEWS

06 INTERVIEW
Diane Bebbington talks to Nirmala Rao of SOAS on her personal and professional journeys in higher education
03 In Focus
  • Departmental leadership research report
  • Funding opportunities
  • Five years of leadership: our annual report
08 PROJECT UPDATES
News from projects sponsored by Hefce’s Leadership, Governance and Management Fund on future BME leaders' development; greener buildings and sustainable labs; and religious and interfaith literacy
   
04
  • Leading lines by Sara Parkin
  • York wins leadership development award
10 CAREERS
Lynne Howlett and colleagues from Newcastle University consider the return on investment of leadership coaching
05
  • New programme director
  • Starter for Ten: Deborah Harry, The University of Northampton
12 PERSPECTIVE
Paul Marshall offers a view from the 1994 group on challenges facing higher education
09
  • Higher education futures (Staff Development Conference 2009)
  • Westminster wins GoodPractice Impact award
15 BOOK REVIEW
Ewart Wooldridge CBE, chief executive of the Leadership Foundation, reviews two books on Barack Obama's life and times.
13
  • Leadership development in small institutions
  • Cathedrals Group launched
16 CALENDAR OF EVENTS 14
  • New online resource for strategic planning
  • Fundraising study tour to Canada
  • Bookmarks

ISSUE 19 | Autumn 2009

FEATURES

NEWS

06 INTERVIEW
Reversing the trend of marketisation: no ‘small ambition’ Dr Lesly Huxley talks to Wes Streeting, President of the National Union of Students
03 In Focus
  • Leadership Summit 2010
  • Governor Development Programme 2009-10
  • Essential Skills
08 PROJECT UPDATE
News from two projects sponsored by Hefce’s Leadership, Governance and Management Fund on Governance in medium and small-scale HEIs and The International staff website plus the Small Development Project         
04
  • Leading lines
  • Future education leaders to benefit from partnership
10 PERSPECTIVE
Paul Blackmore and Camille Kandiko talk about 'Leading across boundaries'
05
  • Are you interested in making technology briefings useful?
  • Starter for Ten: Paul Greatrix, University of Nottingham
12 CAREERS
Pathways to the top – a coherent approach to senior and professional leadership development
09
  • Staff Development Forum
  • Professorship
15 BOOK REVIEW
Petra Wend, vice-chancellor of Queen Margaret University Edinburgh, reviews Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet
13
  • Regional Events
  • ARP feedback
16 CALENDAR OF EVENTS 14
  • Cross-public services leadership conference
  • Benchmarking OD - a 10,000 miles perspective
  • Bookmarks

ISSUE 18 | Summer 2009

FEATURES

NEWS

06 INTERVIEW
Dr Lesly Huxley talks to Chris Cobb, pro vice-chancellor at Roehampton University, on the institution's architecture for change
03 In Focus
  • Be an early bird: Staff Development Conference 2009
  • Be first with our news and reviews: RSS feeds
  • Consultancy and coaching
08 PROJECT UPDATE
News from two projects: Researching and scoping a higher education and civic leadership programme, a Leadership Foundation Small Development Project and Optimising the potential of third space professionals in UK higher education, sponsored by Hefce's Leadership, Governance and Management Fund               
04
  • Staff Development Forum update
  • Starter for Ten, Gill Nicholls, University of Salford
10 PERSPECTIVE
Dr Lucinda Barrett describes 'The management of academic workloads: creating a community of good practice' research project
05
  • Introducing your regional co-ordinators
  • Higher Education Leadership Summit
12 CAREERS
Ewart Wooldridge reflects on the visibility of professional management careers in higher education
09
  • Communicating from the Top: HEliX
  • Asynchronous discussions
15 BOOK REVIEW
Professor Paul Webley, principal of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London reviews Parkinson's Law or the Pursuit of Progress
13
  • Change Academy 2009
  • Professionalising Research Management: Results from a recent study in 20 English universities
16 CALENDAR OF EVENTS 14
  • Teesside University: Investors in People success
  • New development programme for senior HR business partners in higher education

ISSUE 17 | Spring 2009

FEATURES

NEWS

06 INTERVIEW
Professor Elaine Thomas, vice-chancellor of the University for the creative Arts talks to Professor José Chambers
03 In Focus
  • Staff Development Conference 2009, Cardiff
  • Marketing Programme
  • We're moving
08 LGM FUND
Leading transformational change: LGM projects conference                             
04
  • Staff Development Forum update
  • Starter for Ten, Mary Watkins, University of Plymouth
10 PERSPECTIVE
David Baker of GuildHE on joining the debate on the future of HE
05
  • New strategy resource requires reviewers
  • Leadership Summit 2009
12 VIEWPOINT
Conversations with black and minority leaders and managers in higher education by Diane Bebbington, the Leadership Foundation's Diversity Advisor
09
  • Leadership coaching - the fundamentals
  • heidi proves useful to planners
14 CAREERS
Diane Allsopp describes assessing for leadership at Birmingham City University
13
  • New programmes for the academic and professional heartland
  • Cumbria recognises as 'Investor in People'
15 BOOK REVIEW
Professor Pamela Gillies, principal and vice-chancellor of Glasgow Caledonian University, reviews Working Against Poverty by Muhammad Yunus
16 CALENDAR OF EVENTS

ISSUE 16 | Winter 2008-09

FEATURES

NEWS

06 INTERVIEW
Steve Egan describes Hefce's approach to continuous improvement in discussion with Professor Philip Sullivan
03 In Focus
  • Vision for the future
  • Thriving in a global future
  • Leadership and management awards 2009
08 LGM FUND AND SDP UPDATE
News from two projects sponsored by Hefce's Leadership, Governance and Management Fund on governance and accountability and the role of the academic registrar, and from a recently funded Small Development Project on professorial leadership                                  
04
  • Staff Development Forum update
  • What no powerpoint? Staff Development Conference 2008
10 PERSPECTIVE
E-journalist Michelle Pauli, on people and IT in partnership
05
  • Creating leaders of the future
  • Starter for Ten, Nirmala Rao, School of Oriental and African Studies
12 VIEWPOINT
Ewart Wooldridge reflects upon running universities in challenging times, following a recent PVC/DVC Network event on coping with change
09
  • LJMU: Excellence rewarded
  • GuildHE and the education debate
14 PREVIEW
Kay Maddox-Daines, HR manager, describes life at University Campus Suffolk
11
  • New programme for vice-chancellors from Pakistan
  • Coventry wins top leadership award
15 BOOK REVIEW
Michael Brown, vice-chancellor of Liverpool John Moores University, reviews Winning Teams - Winning Cultures by Larry Senn and Jim Hart
13
  • TMP 16 visits Qatar
  • Tom Irvine, new director of consultancy
16 CALENDAR OF EVENTS

ISSUE 15 | Autumn 2008

FEATURES

NEWS

06 INTERVIEW
Professor Alison Wride, deputy head of the School of Business and Economics at the University of Exeter on a career in higher education: inspiration, opportunity, strategy, luck?
03 In Focus
  • Early bird bookings
  • Globalisation of universities
  • Research
08 LGM FUND
News on the LGM projects - Hefce's leadership, governance and management fund; a selection of updates covering age diversity, flexible working and the ecocampus award scheme                                  
04
  • Staff Development Forum update
  • Nothing endures but change: Change Academy news
10 ARE YOU GETTING YOUR SHARE?
Geoff Hope-Terry, chair, UUK Strategic Procurement group for Higher Education looks at the vexing question of procurement and the use of KPIs
05
  • Leeds award - University of Leeds in the Palladium's Balanced Scorecard Hall of Fame
  • Starter for Ten, Shona Cormack, The Robert Gordon University
12 GOVERNANCE EVENTS
 Governance: key performance     indicators

 Student Governors – a
   governor development seminar

09
  • Canada study tour 2009
  • iPED conference
  • Small institution networking
14 CAREERS - RESEARCH TEAM LEADERSHIP
Professor Karen Kirkby, chair in the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences at the University of Surrey and director of science for the Surrey Ion Beam Centre (IBC), reflects on a career in higher education and research
11
  • The 'V' Cities of Europe: New European leadership programme
  • Nicola Longley, international projects officer
15 BOOK REVIEW
Alison Johns, head of the LGM fund at Hefce looks at the lessons to be learned from Long Walk to Freedom, an autobiography of Nelson Mandela
13
  • Big developments for the Small Development Projects fund
  • Jisc infoNet: Strategis pressures revealed
16 CALENDAR OF EVENTS

ISSUE 14 | Summer 2008

FEATURES

NEWS

06 INTERVIEW
Leading the fundraising dance - Dr Lesly Huxley talks to vice-chancellors Eric Thomas (Bristol), Shirley Pearce (Loughborough) and Janet Beer (Oxford Brookes) on philanthropy in higher education
03 In Focus
  • Technology and strategic leadership in higher education
  • European-American Conference in Liverpool
  • Ten more Small Development Projects to be funded
08 LGM FUND
News on the LGM projects - Hefce's leadership, governance and management fund; a selection of updates covering estates leadership and management, academic workplaces and managing age diversity                                      
04
  • Staff Development Forum update
  • Governing bodies and equality
10 PERSPECTIVE
Hunting the headhunters, Professor Sir David Watson, of the Institute of Education, on the role of executive search agencies in higher education’
05
  • Speakers announced for SDC08
  • Starter for ten, Jim Franklin, University of Bedfordshire
12 THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE
Minding the attainment gap, the role of leadership in addressing differentials in relation to ethnicity and gender by Saheema Rawat, of the Equality Challenge Unit          
09
  • Partnership with the Martin Institute, University of Melbourne
  • New programme director, an interview with Paul Gentle, responsible for three key open programmes
14 PREVIEW
Enhancing organisational development capability in english universities by Professor José Chambers, University of Winchester
13
  • Report from New Directions, Dilemmas and Unfinished Business symposium
  • The leadership programme at University of Wolverhampton
15 BOOK REVIEW
Interesting times: a twentieth century life, Deian Hopkin, vice-chancellor of London South Bank University on Eric Hobswain's work

 

16 CALENDAR OF EVENTS

ISSUE 13 | 2008

FEATURES

NEWS

06 INTERVIEW
Professor David Delpy, chief executive of the EPSRC on leading in a changing research landscape
03 In Focus
  • Annual Report
  • Latest Research Reports
  • Staff Development Conference 2008
08 UPDATE
LF Fellowships research from Canterbury Christ Church University; University of Gloucestershire and University of Leeds
04
  • SDF Update
  • North West Staff Developers Group
10 PERSPECTIVES
Supporting Management Development in ‘Africa’s Camelot’
05
  • The Body/Mind Connection
  • Anne Marie Rafferty, dean of the Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery’s Starter for Ten
12 CAREERS
Investment in Research Team Leaders at Cardiff University
09
  • International Links
  • Change Academy for social work in Scotland
15 REVIEW
Professor Shirley Pearce, vice-chancellor of Loughborough University reviews Jim Collins’ Good to Great
11
  • Innovate to Integrate
  • Photo story – new dilemmas
16 CALENDAR OF EVENTS 13
  • A Leadership Challenge: Strategic IT
  • Innovation, Leadership and Excellence in HE

 

 

14
  • Innovation and Improvement: The Guild HE approach

ISSUE 12 | 2007

FEATURES

NEWS

06 INTERVIEW
Professor Paul O’Prey, vice-chancellor of Roehampton University, on valuing staff/student contribution
03 In Focus
  • Future Leaders Programme
  • Leading, Innovation and Excellence in HE: January 2008
  • New Directory of OD in HE
08 UPDATE
LF Fellowships research from Southampton Solent University; The Robert Gordon University and Newcastle University
04
  • SDF Update
  • Northern Ireland Regional Staff Development Forum
10 PERSPECTIVES
HE Academy Pathfinder at the University of Hertfordshire: CABLE
05
  • Leadership in Higher Education: New Directions, Dilemmas and Unfinished Business: February 2008
  • Mike Hudson, Director of Compass Partnership’s Starter for Ten
11 PERSPECTIVES
Dr Roy Smith, Aston University, experiences the fourth Change Academy
09
  • Brighton Eclectica: Development Connections – This year’s Staff Development Conference
15 REVIEW
Professor Mark Cleary, vice-chancellor, University of Bradford, reviews Marx’s classic, Das Kapital
12
  • New Director appointed: David Lock
16 CALENDAR OF EVENTS 13
  • The second meeting of the Leadership Foundation Diversity Champions

 

14
  • MASHEIN is funded for three more years
  • Professor Chris Cobb travels to China for the SINO-UK Leadership Exchange Programme.

ISSUE 11 | 2007

FEATURES

NEWS

06 INTERVIEW
Martyn Harrow and David Harrison of Cardiff University, on Information Services Leadership
04
  • SDF Update
  • Debbie Scully, of the Central School of Speech and Drama’s Starter for ten
08 UPDATE
LF Fellowships research from City University and Edinburgh University; University of Surrey and University of Teesside
05
  • Diana Burton, Liverpool John Moores University on the recent exchange visit to Washington
10 PERSPECTIVES
Professor José Chambers on the organisation development group’s forthcoming plans
07
  • Ginnie Willis, new director of leadership development for Scotland
12 CAREERS
Dr Magdalena Bak-Maier, staff development manager, at the University of Bristol on development support for researchers
09
  • Academic Leaders Programme
  • Leading Teaching Teams
13 CAREERS
Dr David Langley, director of Research and Enterprise Development at the University of Bristol on Support for the research administration community
11
  • The Human Resource Management 2008 Conference
15 REVIEW
Professor Patricia Broadfoot, vice-chancellor of the University of Gloucestershire reviews Plant U: Sustaining the World, Reinventing the University
14
  • Governor Development Programme Update
  • Developing Collective Leadership
16 CALENDAR OF EVENTS

 

ISSUE 10 | 2007

FEATURES

NEWS

06 INTERVIEW
Barry Quirk, chief executive of Lewisham Borough Council, on the challenges of leadership in local government
04
  • SDF Update
    And your Starter for Ten
08 VIEWPOINT
Managing student behaviour: Deborah Lee and Dawn Foreman raise this as a key issue for HE leaders
05
  • Transatlantic dialogue
12 CAREERS
Anna Meachin and David Langston on Oxford Brookes’ THES award-winning Core Management and Leadership Programme
07
  • Professionalising the profession: key challenges for AUA
15 REVIEW
Peter McCaffrey, pro vice-chancellor at London South Bank University reviews Exploring Good Leadership and Management Practice in Higher Education
09
  • Valuing organisational development Change Academy 2007
20 CALENDAR OF EVENTS 10
  • LF Fellowships

 

11
  • Strategic Leadership of Change in Higher Education: What’s New?

 

14
  • TMP12 goes to Dubai
    The roles and needs of service managers in HE

ISSUE 9 | 2007

FEATURES

NEWS

06 INTERVIEW
Rosemary Stamp, director of Stamp Consulting, considers the sector’s engagement with marketing
04
  • Brighton Eclectica: Staff Development Conference 2007
  • News from the SDF
08 VIEWPOINT
‘Strategic Xchange’ at the BBC
05
  • Associate Director for Wales
  • Succession Plan Wins Award
10 UPDATE
Summaries of three of the LF Fellowships
09
  • Transatlantic Dialogue
12 CAREERS
Professor Katharine Perera discusses the University of Manchester’s Women in Leadership Project
11
  • Leadership Development for Principal Investigators
13 CAREERS
The LSE and Warwick’s joint development project Coaching for Diversity
16
  • UCISA taking the Lead
  • LJMU – Top of the Class for Work-Life Balance
14 PERSPECTIVES
Professor Bruce Mcfarlane and Professor Neil Garrod of Thames Valley University, review the case for institutions with both further and higher education provision
17
  • Celebrating Successful Strategic Staff Development
19 REVIEW
Dr Brian Lang, principal and vice-chancellor of the University of St Andrews, reviews William Golding’s Lord of the Flies
18
  • Managing the University Community
  • Robert Gordon Success with IIP Re-accreditation
20 CALENDAR OF EVENTS

ISSUE 8 | 2006

FEATURES

NEWS

06 INTERVIEW
Elspeth MacArthur, director of human resources at the University of Edinburgh, discusses the changing role of HR in HE
04
  • Sharing the findings from our research programme
  • News from the SDF
10 CAREERS
Paul Mitchell reports on a bespoke leadership programme for registrars
05
  • Everything you wish you’d known
  • Regional Networks to support diverse staff groups
12 VIEWPOINT
Rob Cuthbert, deputy vice-chancellor at the University of the West of England considers the role of uncertainty in leadership
08
  • Small Development Projects
14 PREVIEW
The Leadership Foundation’s Dr Mark Jenner explores the values of the Leadership Series
09
  • Staff Development Conference
  • Strategic X-Change at the BBC
  • HE Succession Management resource online
15 REVIEW
Professor R Michael Pittilo, principal and vice-chancellor of the Robert Gordon University, reviews Charles Handy’s Understanding Organisations
11
  • Coaching for LF Fellows
16 CALENDAR OF EVENTS 13
  • A fun day at work

ISSUE 7 | 2006

FEATURES

NEWS

06 INTERVIEW
Deborah Rowland of RFLC helping leaders to understand and approach complex change
04
  • Introducing the research and development series
  • Staff Development Forum
10 CAREERS
Surinder Ubhi explains the University of Birmingham’s Moving on up career development programme
05
  • Friend raising, 2006 Canada Study Tour
  • LF Connect
  • Summer in the Fields
13 VIEWPOINT
Dr Simon Inger on developing research staff
08
  • Small Development Projects
14 PREVIEW
David Smith and colleagues consider the changing role of the pro vice-chancellor
09
  • Change Academy 3
  • Prepared for the future
15 REVIEW
The Leadership Foundation’s Professor Robin Middlehurst reviews Living Leadership: A Practical Guide for Ordinary Heroes
11
  • Mapping OD in English HEIs
  • Music (Measuring and Understanding the Systems Integration Challenge)
  • Bioscience Technology
  • Succession
16 CALENDAR OF EVENTS 12
  • The sixteen meet at Sunningdale Park

ISSUE 6 | 2006

FEATURES

NEWS

06 INTERVIEW
Professor Ingrid Moses, chancellor of the University of Canberra, discusses the challenges of leadership in Australian HEIs
04
  • LF Fellowships 2006/2007
  • Ethiopian University Presidents’ Study Tour
  • SDF Update
10 PERSPECTIVE
John Hogan, registrar of the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, lifts the lid on the challenges of the registrar’s role
05
  • Engaging with China
  • Leadership Lessons from the Bard
12 CAREERS
Dr Tom Kennie muses upon career transitions of vice-chancellors
07
  • “Can you Develop a Vice-Chancellor?”
  • Staff Development Conference 2006
14 VIEWPOINT
Paul Blackmore asks if academic disciplines should affect management development
08
  • Small Development projects
15 REVIEW
The Leadership Foundation’s Chief Executive Ewart Wooldridge reviews Peter Honey’s Problem People and How to Manage Them
09
  • The Challenges of Borderless Education
  • Marketing MASHEIN
16 CALENDAR OF EVENTS 11
  • Learning from America
  • Succession Update

ISSUE 5 | 2006

FEATURES

NEWS

06 INTERVIEW
Baroness Diana Warwick, chief executive of UUK, reflects upon the role of equality within Higher Education
04
  • A view from Scotland
  • Partnership: The way forward for HE Employee Relations
10 PERSPECTIVE
Sara Parkin of the Forum for the Future, and Leadership Foundation Board member, sets out the case for sustainable development
05
  • Principal Investigators
  • Liverpool: SDC2006
12 CAREERS
Professor Tony Moore of the University of Sussex describes his experiences of the Sino-UK Leadership Development Programme
08
  • Small Development Projects
14 VIEWPOINT
Dr Lesly Huxley describes the role of the JISC and its services
09
  • The Succession Challenge
15 REVIEW
Professor Paul Curran, vice-chancellor of Bournemouth University reviews the Competitive Advantage of Nations by Michael E Porter.
11
  • Work-Life Balance
16 CALENDAR OF EVENTS

ISSUE 4 | 2005

FEATURES

NEWS

06 INTERVIEW
What are you doing all the time? Professor Ian Jamieson, pro vice-chancellor, University of Bath, advocates that effective managers need to be seen
04
  • Festival at Leeds Met
  • The Governor Development Programme
  • Celebrating People Power
11 VIEWPOINT
Baroness Rennie Fritchie commissioner for public appointments sets out the case for recruiting for public appointments from a wider pool of individuals
05
  • Diversity in Progress
12 COLUMN
Professor Sir David Watson professor of higher education management at the Institute of Education considers how to keep a check on your mail
08
  • Small Development Projects
13 CAREERS
Pauline Mcleman and Patrick Smith from Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College look at how their institution develops its next generation of leaders
09
  • Developing capacity of heads of department
  • Staff Development Forum
  • Cambridge Conference
  • Change Academy
14 PERSPECTIVE
Professor Philip Gummett CEO of the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales looks at the challenges of devolution
10
  • Developmental mentoring for research staff
15 REVIEW
Professor Christopher Edwards, vice-chancellor of the University of Newcastle asks ‘Who moved my cheese?’
16 CALENDAR OF EVENTS

ISSUE 3 | 2005

FEATURES

NEWS

06 INTERVIEW
Sir Michael Bichard asks how much fun are you to work with?
04
  • Support to Small and Specialist HEIs
  • LSE staff take to the waves
  • Tracking the LGM Agenda for HEIs
10 VIEWPOINT
Professor Richard Chait on whether we need visionary leaders
05
  • Staff Development Conference – Orchestrating Change: Development in HE
12 CAREERS
Includes: From management to academy, Bridging the divide and Developing university research staff
08
  • Small Development Projects
14 PERSPECTIVE
Professor Patricia Broadfoot advocates a person centred approach
09
  • Using the Leadership Foundation Knowledge Bank
  • Missouri welcomes Bob
  • News from the Staff Development Forum
15 REVIEW
Professor John Taylor reviews Dr Liz Elvidge’s new book
16 CALENDAR OF EVENTS

ISSUE 2 | 2005

FEATURES

NEWS

06 INTERVIEW
University Challenge: Pam Taylor, Principal of Newman College of Higher Education sets out a vision for a change culture in UK Higher Education
04
  • Staff Development Forum and Conference updates
  • Governor Development Programme
10 VIEWPOINT
René Carayol, business consultant and author suggests why diversity should be part of the business strategy
05
  • The National Organisational Development Group
  • The Leadership Summit
  • The LF Fellowship Award Ceremony
  • TMP Fellows in New York City
12 PREVIEW
The Leadership Foundation’s representative in Scotland, Anne Sibbald updates us on the staff development activities north of the border
08
  • Small Development Projects
14 PERSPECTIVE
Mary Stiasny, Director of Education and Training at the British Council provides an insider/outsider view of Higher Education
09
  • Diversity in Higher Education
  • A Collaborative Scottish Diversity Project
  • LJMU Developing Good Practice in Equality and Diversity
  • York welcomes Bob
15 REVIEW
Sir David Watson, vice-chancellor of the University of Brighton gives us his reading list.
16 CALENDAR OF EVENTS

ISSUE 1 | 2005

FEATURES

NEWS

06 SUPPORTING LEADERSHIP
Ewart Wooldridge explains the work of the Leadership Foundation
04
  • Professor Robin Middlehurst sets out the Research Agenda
  • Staff Development Forum
  • TMP Fellows in New York
  • The new LGM Fund
10 QUALITY, SUPPORT AND RECOGNITION
Professor Paul Ramsden talks about his vision for the HE Academy
08
  • Hertfordshire Success
  • Small Development Projects
  • Professor Bob Thackwray at the University of Namibia
12 PERSPECTIVES: A DIVERSE MENU
Professor Eric Thomas gives his view of the Top Management Programme
14 PREVIEW
Professor Stephanie Marshall describes the refining of Preparing for Strategic Leadership
16 CALENDAR OF EVENTS