Supporting Programme Leaders and Programme Leadership

Louise-Lawrence, Jenny; Ellis, Sam

Abstract

The programme leader or director role is crucial to higher education institutions’ core business – the delivery of programmes of study.However, programme leadership is little researched or defined. This Special offers insight to the role, examples of programme leadership in practice, and ways to support programme leaders in executing their responsibilities effectively. This work will be of interest to educational developers supporting programme leaders, HE leaders developing the programme leader role, and programme leaders themselves.
The responsibilities of the programme leader include academic leadership (creating a unified and coherent academic programme made up of a collection of modules), and the leadership of academics (supporting peers in meeting their specific responsibilities across the programme). Integral to both is the importance of creating productive and positive inter-personal relationships across a wide array of colleagues: quality and administrative officers, educational developers, academic peers, senior academic leaders and, of course, students.
These responsibilities are far reaching, yet programme leaders often lack formal managerial power. Personal effectiveness, then, is important to the role of the programme leader, and to the success of the programme. These issues are all explored within the Special.

Citation

Louise-Lawrence, J., & Ellis, S. (2018). Supporting Programme Leaders and Programme Leadership. Staff and Educational Development Association

• Book Type: Edited Book
• Publication Date: May 1, 2018
• Deposit Date: Sep 7, 2021
• Publisher: Staff and Educational Development Association
• Series Title: Staff and Educational Development Association Special Series
• Series Number: 39
• ISBN: 9781902435619
• Keywords: Programme Leadership
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/2533459
• Publisher URL: https://www.seda.ac.uk/product/supporting-programme-leaders-and-programme-leadership/
• Contract Date: Jan 1, 2018