Academic leaders
The Oxford Learning Institute offers three things to those in academic leadership roles at the University: an induction programme, consultancy and a summary of useful resources.
The induction programme is available for those who see themselves as belonging to one of the following four groups:
- newly appointed Heads of Department and Faculty Board Chairs;
- Deputy Heads or Chairs who will be taking up the role of Head or Chair over the next one to two years;
- current Heads and Chairs, who would welcome further support in the role; and
- Heads of autonomous Research Centres and Statutory Chairs with responsibilities equivalent to those of a Head of Department.
The induction programme aims to enable participants to familiarise themselves with the key aspects of the role; to understand ‘how to get things done’ at Oxford; to identify the sources of support available to them; and to begin to work on their most pressing issues with the support of colleagues in similar roles and in the Central Administration.
The Institute offers one-to-one consultancy to those in academic leadership roles, particularly those who are new to their position, in order to discuss information, input or development that post-holders might find useful. It may be that such consultancy serves to ‘broker’ contact with an expert in a specific field (such as personnel or finance) or to identify other institutions (such as the Leadership Foundation for Higher Education) that might be in a position to provide useful opportunities or information.
It is often difficult in a senior academic leadership role readily to locate resources relating to pressing tasks. We provide guidance on information that may be valuable to draw upon, some of which is from within the University and some external.
(47kb)