Interesting that in this thread, no-one has yet mentioned the LFHE. They have a number of courses aimed at developing various aspects of leadership and management, including a new one on Building Financial and Legal Capabilities. See http://www.lfhe.ac.uk/en/programmes-events/programmes/index.cfm The Finance course is £1,750 for staff from member organisations. I can't speak for this course, but I've been on a couple of others, and found them very good.
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Dear Sally, please do tell what the response invariably was. It seems that even when we all understand the figures we don't all have the same logic.
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> Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2016 22:01:29 -0500
> From: Celia Popovic <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Development courses for heads of ADUs
>
> Dear SEDA Colleagues
>
> I'm wondering about the availability of courses for people who have
> reached a certain level of seniority, find themselves heads of a unit,
> for instance, and are wondering about taking a formal course to help
> them formalize their knowledge and learn how to be a better Director.
> This could also apply to someone who is thinking about preparing for
> such a career move.
> As someone in that position I thought I would reach out to the
> fabulous SEDA community to ask if you have taken any courses - I'm
> talking about leadership / management courses, not educational
> developer courses - and if so if you would recommend them. They would
> need to be online I suspect
> - or at least mainly taught at at distance.
> The one I have found so far that is fully online - is this one at the
> University of Manitoba:
> http://umanitoba.ca/centres/cherd/programs/web-based/cuca1.html
>
> As always please respond off list to me - [log in to unmask] and I
> shall compile a list of responses to share with the list later
>
> Many thanks
> Celia
>
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> Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2016 12:36:09 +0000
> From: "Brown, Sally" <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: Development courses for heads of ADUs
>
> ?I am replying to the whole list, not just to Celia as this is for me a very important point: the very best thing I did before I became a PVC was to go on a three day course for non-specialists on reading a university's balance sheet which meant I could go through accounts with fellow senior managers and importantly the people making the budget decisions, and comment from an informed position. There is nothing more powerful than coming out with a sentence like:
>
>
>
> "You say we need to ramp up the amount of income we bring in from research, but my reading of the finances is that in terms of actual surplus of income over expenditure once on-costs and full economic costing are taken into account suggests actually that there is a much stronger case for investing more robustly in enhancing the student experience. as we are so much more dependent on teaching income than research income (£1.7 million last year as opposed to the £168 million we derived from teaching)"
>
>
> Best wishes
> Sally Brown
> NTF, PFHEA, SFSEDA
> Emerita Professor, Leeds Beckett University Visiting Professor at
> University of Plymouth, Liverpool John Moores University and
> University of South Wales
>
> ________________________________
> From: Online forum for SEDA, the Staff & Educational Development
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> Sent: 11 February 2016 03:01
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Development courses for heads of ADUs
>
> Dear SEDA Colleagues
>
> I'm wondering about the availability of courses for people who have reached a certain level of seniority, find themselves heads of a unit, for instance, and are wondering about taking a formal course to help them formalize their knowledge and learn how to be a better Director. This could also apply to someone who is thinking about preparing for such a career move.
> As someone in that position I thought I would reach out to the fabulous SEDA community to ask if you have taken any courses - I'm talking about leadership / management courses, not educational developer courses - and if so if you would recommend them. They would need to be online I suspect - or at least mainly taught at at distance.
> The one I have found so far that is fully online - is this one at the University of Manitoba:
> http://umanitoba.ca/centres/cherd/programs/web-based/cuca1.html
>
> As always please respond off list to me - [log in to unmask] and I
> shall compile a list of responses to share with the list later
>
> Many thanks
> Celia
>
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> Teaching Commons
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> Latest article with Elaine Fisher - "Reflections on a professional development course for educational developers' is available online here: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14703297.2015.1121160.
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> Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2016 13:33:13 +0000
> From: Rhona Sharpe <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: Development courses for heads of ADUs
>
> I am taking, and enjoying, the MBA in Higher Education Management from
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> On Thursday, February 11, 2016, Brown, Sally
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>> I am replying to the whole list, not just to Celia as this is for me
>> a very important point: the very best thing I did before I became a
>> PVC was to go on a three day course for non-specialists on reading a
>> university's balance sheet which meant I could go through accounts
>> with fellow senior managers and importantly the people making the
>> budget decisions, and comment from an informed position. There is
>> nothing more powerful than coming out with a sentence like:
>>
>>
>>
>> "You say we need to ramp up the amount of income we bring in from
>> research, but my reading of the finances is that in terms of actual
>> surplus of income over expenditure once on-costs and full economic
>> costing are taken into account suggests actually that there is a
>> much stronger case for investing more robustly in enhancing the
>> student experience. as we are so much more dependent on teaching
>> income than research income (£1.7 million last year as opposed to the £168 million we derived from teaching)"
>>
>>
>> Best wishes
>> Sally Brown
>> NTF, PFHEA, SFSEDA
>> Emerita Professor, Leeds Beckett University Visiting Professor at
>> University of Plymouth, Liverpool John Moores University and
>> University of South Wales
>>
>> ------------------------------
>> *From:* Online forum for SEDA, the Staff & Educational Development
>> Association <[log in to unmask]
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>> *Subject:* Development courses for heads of ADUs
>>
>> Dear SEDA Colleagues
>>
>> I'm wondering about the availability of courses for people who have
>> reached a certain level of seniority, find themselves heads of a
>> unit, for instance, and are wondering about taking a formal course to
>> help them formalize their knowledge and learn how to be a better
>> Director. This could also apply to someone who is thinking about
>> preparing for such a career move.
>> As someone in that position I thought I would reach out to the
>> fabulous SEDA community to ask if you have taken any courses - I'm
>> talking about leadership / management courses, not educational
>> developer courses - and if so if you would recommend them. They would
>> need to be online I suspect - or at least mainly taught at at distance.
>> The one I have found so far that is fully online - is this one at the
>> University of Manitoba:
>> http://umanitoba.ca/centres/cherd/programs/web-based/cuca1.html
>>
>> As always please respond off list to me - [log in to unmask]
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml',[log in to unmask]);> and I shall
>> compile a list of responses to share with the list later
>>
>> Many thanks
>> Celia
>>
>> *Celia Popovic** • **Director *
>> Teaching Commons
>>
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>> 1046 TEL Bldg • 4700 Keele Street
>> Toronto ON • Canada M3J 1P3
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>> Development* can be found here:
>> *https://www.routledge.com/products/9781138854703*
>> <https://www.routledge.com/products/9781138854703>
>>
>> Latest article with Elaine Fisher - "*Reflections on a professional
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>> http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14703297.2015.1121160.
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> Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2016 14:33:39 +0000
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> Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2016 14:43:52 +0000
> From: "Giles I.G." <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: Development courses for heads of ADUs
>
> Colleagues,
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> I fully support what Sally says here as that was also my experience. I was lucky to get onto the Harvard MLE programme run by their Graduate School of Education. Finance was a significant part of what we studied.
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> On 11 Feb 2016, at 12:36, Brown, Sally <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
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> I am replying to the whole list, not just to Celia as this is for me a very important point: the very best thing I did before I became a PVC was to go on a three day course for non-specialists on reading a university's balance sheet which meant I could go through accounts with fellow senior managers and importantly the people making the budget decisions, and comment from an informed position. There is nothing more powerful than coming out with a sentence like:
>
> "You say we need to ramp up the amount of income we bring in from research, but my reading of the finances is that in terms of actual surplus of income over expenditure once on-costs and full economic costing are taken into account suggests actually that there is a much stronger case for investing more robustly in enhancing the student experience. as we are so much more dependent on teaching income than research income (£1.7 million last year as opposed to the £168 million we derived from teaching)"
>
> Best wishes
> Sally Brown
> NTF, PFHEA, SFSEDA
> Emerita Professor, Leeds Beckett University Visiting Professor at
> University of Plymouth, Liverpool John Moores University and
> University of South Wales
>
> ________________________________
> From: Online forum for SEDA, the Staff & Educational Development
> Association <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> on
> behalf of Celia Popovic <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
> Sent: 11 February 2016 03:01
> To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Development courses for heads of ADUs
>
> Dear SEDA Colleagues
>
> I'm wondering about the availability of courses for people who have reached a certain level of seniority, find themselves heads of a unit, for instance, and are wondering about taking a formal course to help them formalize their knowledge and learn how to be a better Director. This could also apply to someone who is thinking about preparing for such a career move.
> As someone in that position I thought I would reach out to the fabulous SEDA community to ask if you have taken any courses - I'm talking about leadership / management courses, not educational developer courses - and if so if you would recommend them. They would need to be online I suspect - or at least mainly taught at at distance.
> The one I have found so far that is fully online - is this one at the University of Manitoba:
> http://umanitoba.ca/centres/cherd/programs/web-based/cuca1.html
>
> As always please respond off list to me -
> [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> and I shall compile a list
> of responses to share with the list later
>
> Many thanks
> Celia
>
> Celia Popovic • Director
> Teaching Commons
>
> YORK UNIVERSITY
> 1046 TEL Bldg • 4700 Keele Street
> Toronto ON • Canada M3J 1P3
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> Development can be found
> here:https://www.routledge.com/products/9781138854703
> Latest article with Elaine Fisher - "Reflections on a professional development course for educational developers' is available online here: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14703297.2015.1121160.
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> Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2016 17:23:54 +0000
> From: Alan Wright <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: Development courses for heads of ADUs
>
> Excellent, Sally!
> The emphasis on research income over teaching income is, in part, a ‘psychological’ difference. Instead of insisting on the approximate 98% of our institutional income (your example) derived from the programmes we offer students, we salivate when our research subsidies climb, for example, from 2% of revenues to 3%. One of the reasons is that we ‘take for granted’ the bread and butter, the guaranteed (relatively) income that comes with ‘bums on seats’ (and virtual seats for online learning!) in many jurisdictions. It is akin to the full-time office worker who somehow appreciates the tips he gets from his Saturday stint behind the bar or his music gig more than his regular salary because he sees it as ‘gravy’.
>
> And then there is the research overhead to take into account.
>
> It is indeed to be celebrated—absolutely-- when we/our colleagues come out on top and are awarded external research funds. But let us keep some perspective: many of our colleagues do not spend 40% of their productive time on research files and we are very reluctant to admit that shortfall and address the issue. In the absence of research funding or productivity, there should be a demonstrable increase in one’s educational activities of benefit to colleagues, students, and the university.
>
> In conclusion, I agree that good academic admin training should arm the trainees with insights into university finances and budgeting practices as they relate to institutional mission.
>
> Best regards,
> Alan
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>
> From: <Brown>, Sally
> Reply-To: "Brown, Sally"
> Date: Thursday, February 11, 2016 at 7:36 AM
> To: "[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>"
> Subject: Re: Development courses for heads of ADUs
>
>
> I am replying to the whole list, not just to Celia as this is for me a very important point: the very best thing I did before I became a PVC was to go on a three day course for non-specialists on reading a university's balance sheet which meant I could go through accounts with fellow senior managers and importantly the people making the budget decisions, and comment from an informed position. There is nothing more powerful than coming out with a sentence like:
>
>
>
> "You say we need to ramp up the amount of income we bring in from research, but my reading of the finances is that in terms of actual surplus of income over expenditure once on-costs and full economic costing are taken into account suggests actually that there is a much stronger case for investing more robustly in enhancing the student experience. as we are so much more dependent on teaching income than research income (£1.7 million last year as opposed to the £168 million we derived from teaching)"
>
>
> Best wishes
> Sally Brown
> NTF, PFHEA, SFSEDA
> Emerita Professor, Leeds Beckett University Visiting Professor at
> University of Plymouth, Liverpool John Moores University and
> University of South Wales
>
> ________________________________
> From: Online forum for SEDA, the Staff & Educational Development
> Association <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> on
> behalf of Celia Popovic <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
> Sent: 11 February 2016 03:01
> To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Development courses for heads of ADUs
>
> Dear SEDA Colleagues
>
> I'm wondering about the availability of courses for people who have reached a certain level of seniority, find themselves heads of a unit, for instance, and are wondering about taking a formal course to help them formalize their knowledge and learn how to be a better Director. This could also apply to someone who is thinking about preparing for such a career move.
> As someone in that position I thought I would reach out to the fabulous SEDA community to ask if you have taken any courses - I'm talking about leadership / management courses, not educational developer courses - and if so if you would recommend them. They would need to be online I suspect - or at least mainly taught at at distance.
> The one I have found so far that is fully online - is this one at the University of Manitoba:
> http://umanitoba.ca/centres/cherd/programs/web-based/cuca1.html
>
> As always please respond off list to me -
> [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> and I shall compile a list
> of responses to share with the list later
>
> Many thanks
> Celia
>
> Celia Popovic • Director
> Teaching Commons
>
> YORK UNIVERSITY
> 1046 TEL Bldg • 4700 Keele Street
> Toronto ON • Canada M3J 1P3
> T 416.736.2100 ext 55922 F 416.736.5704
> [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>•
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> Programs<http://teachingcommons.yorku.ca/lta>
> Details of my new co-edited book Advancing Practice in Academic
> Development can be found here:
> https://www.routledge.com/products/9781138854703
>
> Latest article with Elaine Fisher - "Reflections on a professional development course for educational developers' is available online here: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14703297.2015.1121160.
>
>
>
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>
> Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2016 17:47:50 +0000
> From: "Lea, John ([log in to unmask])" <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: Development courses for heads of ADUs
>
> Is it me? Or is there a case for a group of us (I’m not volunteering) to put together a relevant master’s on this. There seems to be a kind of catch 22, where to learn about finance you need to have a lot of finance to pay the fees on some these business-related courses. Can anyone come up with a Sally-like sentence which explains the rationale for a master’s costing £6,000 vs £60,000?
>
> Best
>
> John
>
> John Lea
>
> ________________________________
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> Sent: 11 February 2016 17:23
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Development courses for heads of ADUs
>
> Excellent, Sally!
> The emphasis on research income over teaching income is, in part, a ‘psychological’ difference. Instead of insisting on the approximate 98% of our institutional income (your example) derived from the programmes we offer students, we salivate when our research subsidies climb, for example, from 2% of revenues to 3%. One of the reasons is that we ‘take for granted’ the bread and butter, the guaranteed (relatively) income that comes with ‘bums on seats’ (and virtual seats for online learning!) in many jurisdictions. It is akin to the full-time office worker who somehow appreciates the tips he gets from his Saturday stint behind the bar or his music gig more than his regular salary because he sees it as ‘gravy’.
>
> And then there is the research overhead to take into account.
>
> It is indeed to be celebrated—absolutely-- when we/our colleagues come out on top and are awarded external research funds. But let us keep some perspective: many of our colleagues do not spend 40% of their productive time on research files and we are very reluctant to admit that shortfall and address the issue. In the absence of research funding or productivity, there should be a demonstrable increase in one’s educational activities of benefit to colleagues, students, and the university.
>
> In conclusion, I agree that good academic admin training should arm the trainees with insights into university finances and budgeting practices as they relate to institutional mission.
>
> Best regards,
> Alan
>
> W. Alan Wright, PhD
> Vice-Provost, Teaching and Learning
> University of Windsor
> Office: 112 Assumption Hall
> Postal: 401 Sunset Avenue
> Windsor, Ontario,
> CANADA N9B 3P4 Tel: 519 253 3000, Ext.: 5090
>
>
> From: <Brown>, Sally
> Reply-To: "Brown, Sally"
> Date: Thursday, February 11, 2016 at 7:36 AM
> To: "[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>"
> Subject: Re: Development courses for heads of ADUs
>
>
> I am replying to the whole list, not just to Celia as this is for me a very important point: the very best thing I did before I became a PVC was to go on a three day course for non-specialists on reading a university's balance sheet which meant I could go through accounts with fellow senior managers and importantly the people making the budget decisions, and comment from an informed position. There is nothing more powerful than coming out with a sentence like:
>
>
>
> "You say we need to ramp up the amount of income we bring in from research, but my reading of the finances is that in terms of actual surplus of income over expenditure once on-costs and full economic costing are taken into account suggests actually that there is a much stronger case for investing more robustly in enhancing the student experience. as we are so much more dependent on teaching income than research income (£1.7 million last year as opposed to the £168 million we derived from teaching)"
>
>
> Best wishes
> Sally Brown
> NTF, PFHEA, SFSEDA
> Emerita Professor, Leeds Beckett University Visiting Professor at
> University of Plymouth, Liverpool John Moores University and
> University of South Wales
>
> ________________________________
> From: Online forum for SEDA, the Staff & Educational Development
> Association <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> on
> behalf of Celia Popovic <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
> Sent: 11 February 2016 03:01
> To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Development courses for heads of ADUs
>
> Dear SEDA Colleagues
>
> I'm wondering about the availability of courses for people who have reached a certain level of seniority, find themselves heads of a unit, for instance, and are wondering about taking a formal course to help them formalize their knowledge and learn how to be a better Director. This could also apply to someone who is thinking about preparing for such a career move.
> As someone in that position I thought I would reach out to the fabulous SEDA community to ask if you have taken any courses - I'm talking about leadership / management courses, not educational developer courses - and if so if you would recommend them. They would need to be online I suspect - or at least mainly taught at at distance.
> The one I have found so far that is fully online - is this one at the University of Manitoba:
> http://umanitoba.ca/centres/cherd/programs/web-based/cuca1.html
>
> As always please respond off list to me -
> [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> and I shall compile a list
> of responses to share with the list later
>
> Many thanks
> Celia
>
> Celia Popovic • Director
> Teaching Commons
>
> YORK UNIVERSITY
> 1046 TEL Bldg • 4700 Keele Street
> Toronto ON • Canada M3J 1P3
> T 416.736.2100 ext 55922 F 416.736.5704
> [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>•
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> Now!<http://teachingcommons.yorku.ca/community-of-practice/>•TC
> Learning, Teaching and Assessment
> Programs<http://teachingcommons.yorku.ca/lta>
> Details of my new co-edited book Advancing Practice in Academic
> Development can be found here:
> https://www.routledge.com/products/9781138854703
>
> Latest article with Elaine Fisher - "Reflections on a professional development course for educational developers' is available online here: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14703297.2015.1121160.
>
>
>
>
>
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>
> Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2016 17:53:22 +0000
> From: Matthew Williamson <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: Development courses for heads of ADUs
>
> Well, there is a lot of emphasis on the 'larger cost = greater quality" fallacy, a fallacy to which we are all susceptible! I do not believe that any masters outside a highly specialised clinical or scientific domain costs that much.
>
> But looking at MBAs, for instance, the more expensive the better they are often seen to be. Even when the cheaper can be objectively shown to be better quality.
>
> I am sure we have some marketing people on here who can point is in the direction on the research into this in retail, for instance, I've forgotten it - it's a long time since I taught it!
>
> M
>
> Dr Matthew J. Williamson
> Director
> Learning and Teaching Centre
> University of Glasgow
>
> On 11 Feb 2016, at 17:48, Lea, John ([log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>) <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
>
> Is it me? Or is there a case for a group of us (I’m not volunteering) to put together a relevant master’s on this. There seems to be a kind of catch 22, where to learn about finance you need to have a lot of finance to pay the fees on some these business-related courses. Can anyone come up with a Sally-like sentence which explains the rationale for a master’s costing £6,000 vs £60,000?
>
> Best
>
> John
>
> John Lea
>
> ________________________________
> From: Online forum for SEDA, the Staff & Educational Development
> Association <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> on
> behalf of Alan Wright
> <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
> Sent: 11 February 2016 17:23
> To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: Development courses for heads of ADUs
>
> Excellent, Sally!
> The emphasis on research income over teaching income is, in part, a ‘psychological’ difference. Instead of insisting on the approximate 98% of our institutional income (your example) derived from the programmes we offer students, we salivate when our research subsidies climb, for example, from 2% of revenues to 3%. One of the reasons is that we ‘take for granted’ the bread and butter, the guaranteed (relatively) income that comes with ‘bums on seats’ (and virtual seats for online learning!) in many jurisdictions. It is akin to the full-time office worker who somehow appreciates the tips he gets from his Saturday stint behind the bar or his music gig more than his regular salary because he sees it as ‘gravy’.
>
> And then there is the research overhead to take into account.
>
> It is indeed to be celebrated—absolutely-- when we/our colleagues come out on top and are awarded external research funds. But let us keep some perspective: many of our colleagues do not spend 40% of their productive time on research files and we are very reluctant to admit that shortfall and address the issue. In the absence of research funding or productivity, there should be a demonstrable increase in one’s educational activities of benefit to colleagues, students, and the university.
>
> In conclusion, I agree that good academic admin training should arm the trainees with insights into university finances and budgeting practices as they relate to institutional mission.
>
> Best regards,
> Alan
>
> W. Alan Wright, PhD
> Vice-Provost, Teaching and Learning
> University of Windsor
> Office: 112 Assumption Hall
> Postal: 401 Sunset Avenue
> Windsor, Ontario,
> CANADA N9B 3P4 Tel: 519 253 3000, Ext.: 5090
>
>
> From: <Brown>, Sally
> Reply-To: "Brown, Sally"
> Date: Thursday, February 11, 2016 at 7:36 AM
> To: "[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>"
> Subject: Re: Development courses for heads of ADUs
>
>
> I am replying to the whole list, not just to Celia as this is for me a very important point: the very best thing I did before I became a PVC was to go on a three day course for non-specialists on reading a university's balance sheet which meant I could go through accounts with fellow senior managers and importantly the people making the budget decisions, and comment from an informed position. There is nothing more powerful than coming out with a sentence like:
>
>
>
> "You say we need to ramp up the amount of income we bring in from research, but my reading of the finances is that in terms of actual surplus of income over expenditure once on-costs and full economic costing are taken into account suggests actually that there is a much stronger case for investing more robustly in enhancing the student experience. as we are so much more dependent on teaching income than research income (£1.7 million last year as opposed to the £168 million we derived from teaching)"
>
>
> Best wishes
> Sally Brown
> NTF, PFHEA, SFSEDA
> Emerita Professor, Leeds Beckett University Visiting Professor at
> University of Plymouth, Liverpool John Moores University and
> University of South Wales
>
> ________________________________
> From: Online forum for SEDA, the Staff & Educational Development
> Association <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> on
> behalf of Celia Popovic <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
> Sent: 11 February 2016 03:01
> To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Development courses for heads of ADUs
>
> Dear SEDA Colleagues
>
> I'm wondering about the availability of courses for people who have reached a certain level of seniority, find themselves heads of a unit, for instance, and are wondering about taking a formal course to help them formalize their knowledge and learn how to be a better Director. This could also apply to someone who is thinking about preparing for such a career move.
> As someone in that position I thought I would reach out to the fabulous SEDA community to ask if you have taken any courses - I'm talking about leadership / management courses, not educational developer courses - and if so if you would recommend them. They would need to be online I suspect - or at least mainly taught at at distance.
> The one I have found so far that is fully online - is this one at the University of Manitoba:
> http://umanitoba.ca/centres/cherd/programs/web-based/cuca1.html
>
> As always please respond off list to me -
> [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> and I shall compile a list
> of responses to share with the list later
>
> Many thanks
> Celia
>
> Celia Popovic • Director
> Teaching Commons
>
> YORK UNIVERSITY
> 1046 TEL Bldg • 4700 Keele Street
> Toronto ON • Canada M3J 1P3
> T 416.736.2100 ext 55922 F 416.736.5704
> [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>•
> www.yorku.ca<http://www.yorku.ca/>•www.yorku.ca/teachingcommons<http:/
> /www.yorku.ca/> •Teaching Commons Communities of Practice - Join
> Now!<http://teachingcommons.yorku.ca/community-of-practice/>•TC
> Learning, Teaching and Assessment
> Programs<http://teachingcommons.yorku.ca/lta>
> Details of my new co-edited book Advancing Practice in Academic
> Development can be found here:
> https://www.routledge.com/products/9781138854703
>
> Latest article with Elaine Fisher - "Reflections on a professional development course for educational developers' is available online here: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14703297.2015.1121160.
>
>
>
>
>
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