Luisa Bunescu, Thomas Estermann, Karen Decancq, Friðrika Harðardóttir, Koen Verlaeckt This NEWLEAD guide offers recommendations and reflections for university leaders, university sector representatives and policy makers interested in setting up a leadership development programme (LDP). The Innovative Leadership and Change Management in Higher Education (NEWLEAD) project seeks to build the capacity of university leaders across Europe in …
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NEWLEAD consortium meets at the Gdansk University of Technology back-to-back with EUA’s Annual Conference
URL and CRUE, with the support of EUA publish Workbook 1 on leading change in diversity and cross-cutting challenges On Friday 21 April, the NEWLEAD consortium held a hybrid meeting at the Gdańsk University of Technology (Poland), back-to-back with the 2023 Annual Conference of the European University Association. Members of the NEWLEAD consortium in Gdansk …
HUMANE 2023 Annual Conference in partnership with EUA
14 – 16 JUN 2023 | CONFERENCE ESCI-UPF, SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS, UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA | BARCELONA, SPAIN Leading together: Academic leaders and senior managers of professional services joining forces to address global societal challenges Registration As part of the Erasmus+ supported NEWLEAD project on innovative leadership and change management, the European University Association is partnering with HUMANE (Heads of University …
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Leading through disruptive transformations in higher education
Key takeaways from the NEWLEAD Focus Groups on leadership development and institutional transformation in higher education Luisa Bunescu, Thomas Estermann Today, more than ever before, universities are expected to fulfil multiple and increasingly challenging roles. Invariably, university leaders are walking a tightrope, caught between long-term strategy implementation and short-term crisis management. This report, produced under the …
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More than just a matter of style: female leadership in higher education
Kerstin Mey, University of Limerick The growing participation of women in higher education is not yet reflected in university leadership. Here, Kerstin Mey examines barriers to reaching a critical mass of female leaders in higher education and current initiatives to promote greater inclusion, as well as the benefits progress on this will bring on campuses …
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Newlead project gathered more than 50 higher education leaders in two focus groups organised in Barcelona and Reykjavík
Focus group 1 was held at the end of March 2022 and was hosted by Ramon Llull University (Barcelona) Focus group 2 was held at the beginning of June 2022 and was hosted by the University of Iceland (Reykjavik) In the first half of 2022, the NEWLEAD Consortium organised two focus groups (Multiplier events) that …
NEWLEAD second focus group 02/06 and 03/06 in Reykjavik
University of Iceland is hosting the second NEWLEAD focus group on Thursday 2 and Friday 3 of June. This second focus group will offer an opportunity for leaders with both academic and management profiles of higher education institutions to further enhance their leadership skills by discussing and reflecting on disruptive transformation in their institutions. They …
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NEWLEAD focus group 31/03 and 01/04 in Barcelona
Ramon Llull University is hosting the first NEWLEAD focus group on Thursday 31 March and Friday 1 April at the La Salle-URL campus. Using a thematic and inclusive approach, the focus groups have been designed in response to these challenging times and will present specific and pertinent issues that higher education leaders must address to …
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Call for participation: NEWLEAD focus groups for university leaders
The call for participation in the NEWLEAD focus groups on leadership development and institutional transformation in higher education is now open to senior leaders at European higher education institutions. The deadline is 31 January 2022. Two focus groups will offer an opportunity for senior leaders to further enhance their leadership skills by discussing and reflecting on disruptive transformation …
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Postponement of the NEWLEAD focus group in Barcelona
After a meeting between the European University Association (EUA) and the Ramon Llull University, where the event was to be hosted, it has been decided to postpone the focus group to early Spring next year. The increase in Covid-19 numbers in many European countries has increased the growing risk that many participants may not be …
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