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Leadership Foundation
The Leadership Foundation is a membership organisation that delivers leadership development and consultancy advice to higher education institutions in the UK and around the world.
Our strategy, Catalysing Change, focuses on uniting research and practice, identifying ‘what works’ and pathways to impact. It outlines practical resources to support leadership, governor and management development through our work, and learning for the wider higher education community.
Further information: lfhe.ac.uk
Ravensbourne – cost effectiveness through creativity – case study – April 2015
The move from Chislehurst to central London shift helped to deliver a high quality student experience and significant cost efficiencies through a culture of collaboration and extensive digitisation of the whole range of institutional systems and processes.
University of Cumbria – financial turnaround – case study – April 2015
Cumbria faced several years of severe financial challenges after its formation, ending 2007/08 with just £0.5m cash and with significant deficits in the three years to 2009/10. However, this position was turned around to the situation today, where the university is generating annual surpluses and improving year on year.
University of Birmingham – sustainable excellence programme – case study – April 2015
Sustainable excellence was a three year plan that was initiated immediately prior to the development of the university’s strategic framework in order to unlock the university’s potential, reposition it in a difficult environment and elicit a step change in performance.
People Management Framework – University of Leeds – case study – April 2015
The university-wide People Management Framework (PMF) was introduced in 2007 and its purpose was to ensure a consistent, strategically connected and measurable high quality approach to people management, based on the university values. This has had a positive impact on academic excellence and organisational success
Performance Enabling Programme – University of Swansea – case study – April 2015
Swansea’s award-winning Performance Enabling Programme was established to drive cultural change over a five-year period to deliver the university’s strategic aims of an outstanding student experience, excellence in research and innovative engagement with the national knowledge economy.
Academic promotion and progression programme – Kingston University – case study – April 2015
This was a large-scale university-wide change programme which involved modernising the entire academic role framework and promotional routes.
Universities failing to evidence the benefits of business improvement, survey reveals
A recent survey by the University of Strathclyde reveals that universities are not successfully evidencing the benefits of business process improvement. Strathclyde's Heather Lawrence introduces the findings of the research.
Portable appliance testing – University of York – case study – May 2015
The University of York has achieved significant resource and cash savings through use of the Portable Appliance Testing framework, and received a significantly more streamlined service as a result. The move followed an NEUPC account management member meeting in which senior Procurement Manager Mark Hayter worked with the university to carry out a review of contract spend, usage and opportunities to create further efficiencies.
A new website is born for changing the learning landscape
The Leadership Foundation has launched an area on its website dedicated to the HEFCE-funded project Changing the Learning Landscape, which will highlight technology enhanced learning activities in specific universities as well as tools that can be used to support these developments.
Getting to grips with procurement: the crucial role of governors
Nick Petford, Vice-Chancellor of The University of Northampton and Chair of Procurement UK, examines the role of governors in ensuring institutions manage resources effectively.
