Dear SEDA and EDC

Many thanks for your response to me question about suitable courses for Heads of ADUS - or those aspiring to such a role.
Most of the responses came directly to me - I have combined those from the EDC (Educational Developers' Caucus in Canada) and SEDA (Staff and Educational Development  Association mainly in the UK) and I have also included most of those that were made direct to a list so that members of the other list may see them as well.

There seems to be quite a bit of interest in this topic with a range of suggestions. I have grouped the responses around the courses that were mentioned and where appropriate provided anonymized comments. Some people were happy to be quoted, but I've tried to be consistent. Please note all comments are people's personal views and I am neither endorsing nor implicitly agreeing with them.

UK Based:
Leadership Foundation for HE
Offer 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.
Comments: I can't speak for this course, but I've been on a couple of others, and found them very good.

There is also a new LFHE one specifically for Senior women leaders that is just being piloted that includes finance and budgets. Its running in London in the spring, Bristol June /july
http://www.lfhe.ac.uk/en/programmes-events/index.cfm/leadership-matters

The Aurora programme:
http://www.lfhe.ac.uk/en/programmes-events/programmes/women-only/aurora/index.cfm
 
This is specifically for women in Higher Education. I have only attended one session, but it has been very motivating so far, with plenty of on line support. There are ‘spin off’ courses for delegates around Finance, which as Sally mentioned is so crucial. A core module is also ‘Power and Politics’ which I’m sure will be very interesting….!
 
Another aspect is the involvement of ‘Aurora Champions’ who act as contacts  between institutions and help identify role models within the sector, many at VC level.
 
http://www.lfhe.ac.uk/en/programmes-events/programmes/women-only/aurora/champions/index.cfm

Institute of Education, University College London
MBA in Higher Education Management  - http://www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/courses/graduate-taught/applied-educational-leadership-management-ma/
Distance learning option available.
One person said they were taking this and enjoying it

University of Cumbria
deliver a specialist leadership and management programme might be online but probably blended

Canada Based
CHERD -Centre for Higher Education Research and Development, University of Manitoba
Offer several courses and certificates
http://umanitoba.ca/centres/cherd/programs/annual/suac.html
I took the course for senior leaders - deans, VPs , presidents that requires nomination from your president's office. It was interesting, worth it for the credibility I got from knowing these folks  at other institutions. If I had been able to go early in my career the content would have been even better . Certificate on my wall is good too

Everyone I know who has taken a course such as the one you describe always mentions the CHERD course that you’ve already found as being the gold standard.

I have taken a CHERD course on managing university budgets and found it very, very helpful! It was also really great to see how other institutions were set up; the group work in the online course was one of the best parts. I think they have a handful of courses relevant to the director level.
 
I hear their University Management Course is outstanding, but I don’t know that from personal experience.

With respect to the offerings through CHERD, I took one of the courses of CUCA I to see if it was worthwhile about a year ago. It was 3 weeks with a deliverable every week, plus discussion posts throughout. It was intensive, but quick. I thought it was good, but due to the structure of the course, it was hard to get depth of understanding. Perhaps doing all of the required courses would give that depth overall, but individually just completing the one course, I didn’t get that.
 
Finally, if cost is at all a consideration, I have seen the CHERD courses offered at a discount, and overall is less expensive than going to Harvard.

I've been interested in the same thing and found the CHERD certificate as well. I just took my first course, which was on Mission, Culture and Governance. It was pretty good - not the most interactive course I've been in, but it got me reading some material I hadn't tackled before and thinking about different questions. One of my goals with the certificate is to better understand how universities work, and if the first course is any indication this certificate should help with that. There are quite a few administrators at [X university] in senior positions that have taken this certificate. Most seemed happy with it, but one piece of feedback I got was that attending the University Mangement Course<http://umanitoba.ca/centres/cherd/programs/annual/umc.html> was way better than the online courses. I would love to do it, but will have to see as it is a week-long intensive in Banff.

Colleges and Institutes Canada runs a number of programs focused on leadership and management,  although clearly designed for and targeted toward the college sector,
 
http://www.collegesinstitutes.ca/what-we-do/leadership-development-institutes/
 
· CICan Leadership Institute for Presidents
· CICan Leadership Institute for Vice-Presidents
· CICan Leadership Institute for Deans, Directors and Campus Principals (I’ve attended this one)
· CICan Leadership Institute for Emerging Leaders of International
 
 
Queen’s Smith School of Business and the Industrial Relations Centre .
 I have also heard great things about the offerings through Queen's Smith School of Business and Industrial Relations Centre.

University of Ontario Institute of Technology
Management Development Centre<http://mdc.uoit.ca/>
Comment - Senior leadership has taken initiative to develop some of the newer managers as a cohort, and I've had the chance to connect with others in the organization who are at similar stages in their career. The MDC courses are open to anyone and if any of these strike your fancy we would love to have you visit Oshawa!
 
Other/ US based
Harvard MLE programme run by their Graduate School of Education.
http://www.gse.harvard.edu/ppe/program/management-development-program-mdp
Finance was a significant part of what we studied.
They have just launched an online certificate program, as well, but I haven’t explored it further.

POD,
http://podnetwork.org/event/virtual-roundtable-distributed-leadership/
has just announced a series of Virtual Roundtables featuring leadership development



Thank you colleagues - as ever very helpful!

Celia


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Dear colleagues
I'm researching the availability of courses for managers/ administrators in HE - in particular as they may be relevant for someone in my position... or someone who would  like to become a Director/head of an eductaional development centre.

I have found this one at the University of Manitoba - http://umanitoba.ca/centres/cherd/programs/web-based/cuca1.html
and wondered if anyone on the list has experience of the course and if so if they would recommend it.
I'm also interested in hearing about any other courses that might be out there that folk would recommend.

I'm talking about leadership and management, not educational development per se.

If so please reply direct to me - [log in to unmask], and I shall compile a list to share with the list. I've posted a similar request on the SEDA list, so will be interesting to see if there is a difference in response between the two communities!

Many thanks
Celia
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