Kazakhstan-World Bank Joint
Economic Research Program
Robin Middlehurst
Outline
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Leadership Foundation - Overview
Leadership Challenges for UK HE
Leadership Foundation - Activities
Programme Evaluation
Leadership Foundation – Research
Leadership Foundation - International
Background
• Established 2004
• Independent Board with private sector Chair
• Range of activities
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Open Programmes
Tailored Programmes
Membership
Research
Consultancy
International
• Small central team & Key associates
Funding
• Funding Council (government) grant
• Membership fee + service
• Fee income for programmes &
projects
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”
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
Key leadership issues in HE
Student numbers
Funding/Fees
Market positioning / ‘Brand’
Access / widening participation
Competition/collaboration
HR
IT/E-learning
Resources/Estates:
Project Management
15 key
strategic
challenges for
UK HE
institutions,
2005 - 2012
Enhancing student experience –
teaching and learning
Research – RAE leadership of research
Governance
Sustainability and
social/cultural agendas
Internationalisation
Business/regional/community
links
Embedding equality and diversity in all activities
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
Activities
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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)
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Cross-cutting themes
– International, cross-sector, diversity, sustainability
Programme Evaluation
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Participant Feedback
Inter-modular assessment
Client satisfaction
Impact Analysis
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
International Projects
• Joint programmes
• Twinning schemes
• Study visits
• International conferences
• Joint research
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)