Training for Academic Leads

Academic Leads will be expected to undertake the following training:

The Role of an Academic Lead (AL)

This element of training will focus on:

  • The role of the AL as a member of the College Senior Management Team
  • Relationship with Associate Dean Research, Associate Dean Education and Head of Discipline
  • The role of the AL in agreeing personal goals and assessing achievements across the whole spectrum of academic activity
  • Identifying areas where specific guidance is needed to undertake their role eg University and College Strategies, induction processes the Professional Development Programme, promotion systems, PCAP, etc...
  • How the new academic PDR will operate
  • Exploring some typical PDR scenarios

This will be delivered on a College basis and will allow specific issues related to discipline and local processes to be discussed.

The role of an Academic Lead - training dates

All College-based briefing sessions have now taken place.

Coaching Skills for Lead Academics (1 day)

To get the best from people, ALs will need to exercise a high degree of leadership in particular a coaching style of leadership.

All ALs will need to attend a one day workshop which will put coaching techniques centre stage as a simple and effective way of creating a new dynamic in the review meetings.  In addition coaching skills will also be extremely helpful in a broader range of situations, such as supervising students and leading high performing individuals.

To further details and to register please see the Coaching Skills for Lead Academics course details on the Learning and Development website.  

Coaching Skills for Lead Academics - training dates

New dates for 2011/12 will be available soon.