transforming your leadership
Emerging Entrepreneurial Leaders will provide you with the skills to respond positively and innovatively to the challenges brought about by changes in the higher education landscape. Our programme will enhance and transform your leadership to build confidence and resilience to implement change and innovation.
Key elements
Our online programme provides the opportunity to learn from, and engage with, inspirational speakers ensuring space and interaction to explore your own change challenges.
The programme is spread over three separate one day sessions enabling you to reflect and implement change. Each day includes presentations, discussion and breakout groups. There is also time allocated for refreshments and a lunch break. Topics covered include:
We explore the challenges and opportunities for higher education as a result of the rapidly changing external landscape. You will gain greater understanding of how this impacts on you, your school/service as well as the wider higher education sector
We consider entrepreneurial leadership in practice, understanding change theories and how to manage and implement change in practice
You are encouraged to reflect on your personal leadership and how applying a more creative and entrepreneurial style can impact positively on your school/service and university. We will consider the difficulties and faced and how these can be tackled.
Who should attend?
The programme is specifically designed for individuals in leadership roles in universities or colleges. It will be relevant for heads and directors (or deputies) of schools, academic departments or professional services.
Emerging Entrepreneurial Leaders will also benefit recently appointed heads or directors, as well as more experienced staff seeking further high-quality leadership development.
Benefits of attending
- Have greater understanding of the key concepts of entrepreneurial leadership and leading transformational change
- Gain knowledge of the changes and challenges impacting on the UK university sector
- Feel more confident about leading change and responding to the challenges
- Explore ways of becoming an agile and strategically focussed leader whilst maintaining day to day operational responsibilities
- Build a network with like-minded individuals who are facing similar challenges and learn about approaches being taken in other universities
Course details
- Length: Three study days, between 10.00am and 4.00pm UK time
- Format: Online
- Certification: You will receive a certificate
- Price: £785
We look forward to seeing you at Emerging Entrepreneurial Leaders. We are offering an additional day to everyone focussed on place and local/regional engagement. During the day you will hear of the challenges and opportunities for higher education in the face of a rapidly changing external environment and explore how it impacts on you, your school/service as well as wider higher education. For just £200 you will have a day to consider the different approaches to support local societal and economic growth.