Supporting Course and Programme Leaders in Higher Education

Offering research- and evidence-based approaches that explore the essential components of programme leadership in higher education, this book is designed to define, develop and support the programme leadership role and all those who undertake it.

Autorentext

Jenny Lawrence is a Reader in Higher Education and the Head of the Teaching Excellence Academy at the University of Hull, UK.

Sue Morón-García is a writer, researcher and educational developer with over 35 years of combined experience in higher, adult and secondary education where she has designed, led and advised on a variety of programmes.

Rowena Senior is a Reader in Higher Education within the School of Education, University of Hertfordshire, UK.

Inhalt

Part 1: Institutional development of programme leadership and programme leaders: Understanding and developing the role, 1. **Out of the shadows: Foregrounding programme leadership in Scotland, 2. Nailing jelly to the wall: Understanding and defining programme leadership in a large institution, 3. Developing program leadership in an Australian university: An institutional approach to professional learning and development, 4. It takes a village: A collaborative and comprehensive approach to designing a cross-institutional development programme for programme leaders, 5. Harnessing the potential of formal networks and informal communities to support the holistic development of programme leaders, Part 2: Individual programme leaders: the development of leadership through experience and collaboration, 6. Programme leaders as educational and academic leaders: A question of influence - relationships, behaviour and commitment, 7. "It can be a lonely job sometimes": The use of collaborative space and social network theory in support of programme leaders, 8. Empowering programme leaders: Developing relational academic leadership, Part 3: The practice of programme leadership: Leading programme teams, 9. The collaborative programme leader: embedding meaningful collaboration into a programme culture, 10. In pursuit of excellence: A collaborative and interdisciplinary framework for reconceptualizing programme leaders