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Session One: 5-7 February 2025
5th February
11:00 – Arrivals
11:30 – Introduction to each other and the programme; icebreaker (two objects)
12:30 – Lunch
13:15 – Leading and Creating the Entrepreneurial University: some initial thoughts – Professor Lesley Dobree
15:00 – Break
15:30 – Overview of the Higher Education Policy Landscape: Challenges and Opportunities – Nick Hillman, Director, HEPI
16:45 – Recap and close
19:00 – Dinner
6th February
09:00 – Welcome and intro to day 2
09:30 – Introduction to entrepreneurial leadership and the entrepreneurial university – Professor Lesley Dobree
11:00 – Break
11:30 – Small group work activity
13:00 – Lunch
13:45 – Maintaining Entrepreneurial Energy and Mindset in Financially Challenging Times – Professor Helen Laville, Provost and Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Kingston University
15:00 – Break
15:30 – Professor Ken Sloan, Vice Chancellor, Harper Adams University
17:00 – Close
19:00 – Dinner
7th February
09:00 – Welcome
09:30 – Ian Dunn, Provost, Coventry University, “What entrepreneurial leadership means to me”
11:00 – Break
11:30 – Small group work activity
13:00 – Lunch
13:30 – Professor Paul Gough, Vice Chancellor, Arts University Bournemouth
15:00 – Break
15:30 – Nick Hillman – Overview of the Higher Education Policy Landscape: Challenges and Opportunities
16:45 – Recap and close
Session Two: 12 March 2025
10:00 – Welcome and recap
10:45 – Break
11:00 – Professor Karen Bryan, Vice-Chancellor, York St John University
12:30 – Lunch
13:30 – Entrepreneurial Universities to Make the World Better, Professor Fernando Reimers, Ford Foundation Professor of the Practice in International Education and Director of the Global Education Innovation, Harvard University
15:00 – Break
15:15 – Discussion Groups
16:00 – Close
Session Three: 27 March 2025
09:00 – Welcome
09:30 – Session TBC
11:00 – Break
11:30 – Facilitated session; participants each to present 5 minutes: approach to partnerships and networking
12:30 – Lunch
13:30 – Professor Liz Bacon, Principal and Vice-Chancellor, Abertay University
14:45 – Wrap up
15:00 – Close
Session Four: 15 May 2025
09:00 – Welcome
09:30 – Professor Andy Salmon, Pro Vice-Chancellor, Bath Spa University
10:45 – Break
11:00 – Professor Liz Mossop, Vice Chancellor, Sheffield Hallam University
12:30 – Lunch
13:30 – Group work and discussion
15:00 – Close
