Module One: 10-12 March 2026

10th March
11:00 – Arrivals
11:30 – Introduction to each other and the programme; icebreaker
12:30 – Lunch
13:15 – Introduction to Entrepreneurial Leadership and 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 – Reflection on the day
17:00 – Close
19:00 – Dinner

11th March
09:00 – Welcome and intro to day 2
09:15 – Leading Change and Transformation – Professor Lesley Dobree
10:00 – Tackling Global and European Change in Higher Education – Professor Stephanie Marshall, Vice Principal (Education), Queen Mary University of London
11:30 – Break
11:45 – Leading Change and Transformation (continued) – Professor Lesley Dobree
12:45 – Lunch and personal time
13:45 – Shifting Sands – Professor Karen Stanton, Vice Chancellor, University of the Arts London
15:00 – Break
15:15 – Small groupwork – Professor Lesley Dobree and Ceri Nursaw
16:15 – Time-Poor Innovator – Ceri Nursaw 
17:00 – Close
19:00 – Dinner

12th March
09:00 – Welcome
09:30 – Speaker TBC
11:00 – Break
11:30 – Small group work activity
13:00 – Lunch
13:30 – Maintaining Entrepreneurial Energy and Mindset in Financially Challenging Times – Professor Helen Laville, Vice-Chancellor, Oxford Brookes University 
15:00 – Break
15:30 – Reflections and takeaways
16:00 – Close