{"id":86,"date":"2016-08-04T11:59:57","date_gmt":"2016-08-04T10:59:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/peopletalk\/?p=86"},"modified":"2016-08-04T14:49:13","modified_gmt":"2016-08-04T13:49:13","slug":"calling-all-newly-appointed-heads-of-school-institutes-and-faculty-deans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/peopletalk\/calling-all-newly-appointed-heads-of-school-institutes-and-faculty-deans\/","title":{"rendered":"Calling all newly appointed Heads of School, Institutes and Faculty Deans&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><strong>If you haven\u2019t done it already, this programme is for you.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The University\u2019s <strong>Academic Leaders Programme<\/strong> is designed specifically for newly appointed Heads of School, Directors of Institutes and Deans* who are leading diverse groups of academic staff through complex change within an increasingly competitive environment. It runs jointly with Durham University and the Leadership Foundation for Higher Education.<\/p>\n<p>The programme aims to develop the strategic thinking skills of its participants and also focuses on the skills of negotiating and influencing. Participants look at challenges facing the sector both nationally and internationally and they work on change management, emotional awareness and people management.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-87 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/peopletalk\/files\/2016\/08\/0023-callng-all-newly-appointed-heads-of-school-photo-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"0023 callng all newly appointed heads of school photo\" width=\"208\" height=\"307\" \/><\/p>\n<p>New Heads attend a series of 4 interactive modules, either at Durham or Newcastle Universities. They do a 360-degree feedback exercise and are involved in small problem solving groups.<\/p>\n<p>The programme is highly valued as a collaborative way of supporting our new leaders as they start new roles. Some tell us they couldn\u2019t have done their jobs without it.\u00a0To find out more about what previous participants have to say about the programme <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncl.ac.uk\/staffdev\/workshops\/programmes\/leadership\/ALPwhatparticipantssay.htm\">click here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you are interested to find out more about our Academic Leaders Programme please contact\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:lynne.howlett@newcastle.ac.uk\">lynne.howlett@newcastle.ac.uk<\/a>\u00a0or follow this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncl.ac.uk\/staffdev\/leadership\/opportunities\/inhouse.htm.\">link<\/a> to our webpage.<\/p>\n<p>To watch Nigel Harkness, Head of School of Modern Languages talking about his experience of the Academic Leaders Programme <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hUrQ1Dz0Z0I&amp;feature=youtu.be .\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Lynne Howlett, Assistant Director of HR (Leadership Talent)<\/p>\n<p>* Very occasionally spare places are offered, at the discretion of the faculty PVC, to Deputy Heads and\/or academics who look likely to be stepping into a formal leadership role in the very near future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you haven\u2019t done it already, this programme is for you. The University\u2019s Academic Leaders Programme is designed specifically for newly appointed Heads of School, Directors of Institutes and Deans* who are leading diverse groups of academic staff through complex &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/peopletalk\/calling-all-newly-appointed-heads-of-school-institutes-and-faculty-deans\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6288,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[23],"class_list":["post-86","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-staff-development-unit","tag-academic-leaders-programme"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/peopletalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/peopletalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/peopletalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/peopletalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6288"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/peopletalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/peopletalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":98,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/peopletalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86\/revisions\/98"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/peopletalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/peopletalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/peopletalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}