Kazakhstan-World Bank Joint Economic Research Program

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Kazakhstan-World Bank Joint
Economic Research Program
Robin Middlehurst
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Outline

• Leadership Foundation - Overview
• Leadership Challenges for UK HE
• Leadership Foundation - Activities
• Programme Evaluation
• Leadership Foundation Research
• Leadership Foundation - International

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Background

• Established 2004
• Independent Board with private sector Chair
• Range of activities
• Open Programmes
• Tailored Programmes
• Membership
• Research
• Consultancy
• International
• Small central team Key associates

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Funding

• Funding Council (government) grant
• Membership fee service
• Fee income for programmes projects

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Vision

• Our vision is that the leadership, governance
  and management of UK higher education
  institutions is regarded as world-class and the
  practice of excellence in leadership attracts the
  same high esteem as excellence in research,
  teaching and learning

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Key Statistics

• Over 96 of the higher education sector are LFHE
  members
• There are 150 UK member institutions
• 25,000 website downloads of LFHE Research
  publications
• Take-up of core programmes has increased by 16
  this year

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Key leadership issues in HE

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Leadership development issues in UK HEIs

• Succession planning selecting and nurturing
  leadership talent
• Market positioning of HEIs brand student
  perceptions community/regional/global
• Implications of Information and Communications
  Technology
• Coping with change
• Developing senior teams and project teams
• Leadership of collaborations, partnerships,
  alliances
• Middle management development
• Evolving governance context
• Leadership of teaching and research
• Diversity

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Activities

• Four main work-streams
• Supporting individual leaders (programmes such as
  Top Management Programme, Senior Strategic
  Leadership, mentoring, coaching)
• Developing Higher Education Institutions
  leadership capacity (working with senior teams,
  organisational development, LFHE Fellowships)
• Promoting professional learning networks
• Generating ideas and innovation (Research, Small
  Development Projects)
• Cross-cutting themes
• International, cross-sector, diversity,
  sustainability

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Programme Evaluation

• Participant Feedback
• Inter-modular assessment
• Client satisfaction
• Impact Analysis

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LFHE Research Base

• Investment in the sector
• Range of research projects
• Purposes
• Increase LFHE intellectual capital and knowledge
  resources
• Identify key challenges and issues in HE
  leadership, governance and management
• Identify good practice and relevant issues across
  sectors and internationally
• Taking the LFHE forward
• Linking to programmes and wider activities

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International Projects

• Joint programmes
• Twinning schemes
• Study visits
• International conferences
• Joint research

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International Projects

• China-UK Leadership Development Network Programme
• Canadian Study Tour
• Top Management Programme - Brussels, Dubai, Abu
  Dhabi, Qatar, Washington
• Transatlantic partnership (Washington)
• Programme for HE leaders from Pakistan
• India-UK Leadership Development Network Programme
  
• Research on managing institutional partnerships
  (with Malaysia, Australia)

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