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What they say about TMP
What will you remember most about TMP?
- “I now know so much more about what i don't know - and I can do something about that. I have grown in confidence, realising that my woes are the same woes that concern other right across the sector.”
Dr Richard O'Doherty TMP 24
Assistant Vice-Chancellor: Business Change and Innovation, University of the West of England, Bristol
- “TMP offers outstanding learning experiences for senior leaders in higher education. The balance between process and content is excellent, providing opportunities for personal growth as well as practical problem-solving in supportive groups and teams. I recommend it to any senior university leader st any point of transition in their career."
Professor Bill Louden TMP 24
Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor, University of Western Australia, Australia
- “It was utterly superb: fine education, self-analysis, practical experiences and engagement with a stimulating group of peers”
Professor Peter Mathieson TMP 24
Dean of Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Bristol
- “As a newly appointed Dean and Pro Vice-Chancellor, TMP has given me the self-assurance to undertake strategic decisions with more confidence. I feel more empowered in my leadership. The networks built on TMP have given me critical friends for life!”
Professor Ruth Ashford TMP 24
Dean and Pro Vice-Chancellor (Business School), Manchester Metropolitan University
- "TMP came highly recommended and it more than lived up to expectations. I find its benefit extends well beyond its content and beyond me as an individual."
Professor Sharon Huttly TMP 23
Dean of Studies, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
- "TMP has been an outstanding experience for me. It has been simultaneously affirmative and challenging and has provided me with new insight into higher education leadership and management during these volatile times."
Dr Neil Simco TMP 23
Dean of Arts, Humanities and Business, University of the Highlands and Islands
- "TMP not only gave me the opportunity to develop my strategic skill set, but also provided me with the tools to develop the resilience needed for a leadership role in a modern HEI."
Professor Scott Davidson TMP 23
Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Teaching, Quality and The Student Experience), University of Lincoln
- “An excellent investment in my future for myself and any organisation I work for.”
Professor Jane Lewis TMP 23
Dean of School of Life Sciences, University of Westminster
- "Inspirational Leadership through Mythodrama was brilliant."
Dr Tony Rich TMP 22
Registrar and Chief Operating Office, University of Bristol
- "My career until recently was outside of higher education, TMP has enabled me to understand the HE sector better, whilst obtaining a great network of contacts to help in the journey ahead."
Stephen Wells TMP 22
Director of Estates and Facilities, London South Bank University
- "The modelling exercise on Eastchurch was stimulating and bang up-to-date."
Professor Ian Harvey TMP 22
Executive Dean, Faculty of Medicine and Health Science and Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of East Anglia
- “It's only week one and I already feel I've benefited hugely: it's like a hothouse bringing everything you wanted (and needed) to know about leadership into an incredibly concentrated and focused format. It's like a year compressed into a week."
Professor Naren Barfield TMP 18
Head of Research and Postgraduate Studies, The Glasgow School of Art
- "Learning interesting things with a fascinating and entertaining group of people."
Dr Paul Greatrix, TMP 17
Registrar, University of Nottingham
- "I'll remember the international study tour to Qatar. I hadn't been to the Middle East before and hadn't understood the completely different social paradigms, it was a real eye-opener."
Deborah Harry, TMP 16
Director of finance, University of Northampton
- “A good thing in itself - TMP clearly is a badge of distinction, but it also gave me insights into the next levels of seniority which will stand me in good stead.”
John Simmons TMP 15
Executive Dean, Macquarie University, Sydney
- “Friendship, early morning swimming and being advised to take my glasses off rather than hide behind them during an interview situation - this proved to be right and I got the job.”
Professor Mary Watkins TMP 15
Deputy Vice-Chancellor (academic and partnerships), University of Plymouth
- "Comradeship - working together on task with delightful colleagues. A core group of us meet regularly on an informal basis to share experiences and update one another on the progress on our projects, and generally give mutual support. It's immensely precious to me."
Professor Nirmala Rao, TMP 13
Pro-director teaching and learning, School of African and Oriental Studies
- "All the people and passion they bring to their work."
Professor Anne-Marie Rafferty, TMP 11
Dean of the Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery, King's College London
- "Laughter and learning, but particularly the Action Learning Sets; a group that I still look to for advice and solace."
Professor Gill Nicholls, TMP 10
Deputy vice-chancellor, University of Surrey
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