UCL Leadership Development Programmes Overview
UCL offers a range of leadership development programmes designed to enhance leadership capabilities at different grade levels. These programmes include a mix of self-paced online learning, workshops, and feedback exercises to improve self-awareness, strategic thinking, and team leadership skills. Participants can expect to benefit from increased networks, enhanced personal branding, and the ability to drive successful organizational change. Eligibility criteria vary based on grade levels, and cohorts are scheduled throughout the year in hybrid formats. Check the webpage for specific timing details.
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UCL Leadership Programmes Supporting your leadership development at UCL
c. 60 hours over 7 months. Includes a mixture of self-paced learning, Online and face-to-face workshops, with an option to undertake a 360-degree feedback exercise. Learning hours University Leaders Programme (Previously Future Leaders Programme) 48 Seats (2 Cohorts) Seats Deeper understanding of knowledge, skills and behaviours necessary for successful leadership in changing contexts Shared experiences for building resilience and driving successful change Strengthened reputation/personal brand Greater impact through sponsorship of business-critical projects that deliver impact Increased networks across disciplines and improved collaboration Learning outcomes Enhances personal and organisational leadership capability through improved self-awareness and adopting effective strategies to drive higher performance from diverse teams and deliver successful organisational change. Leaders at Grades 9 or 10, who have been identified as having potential to progress within the next 12-18 months Eligibility Cohort 1: Nov 2022 - Sep 2023 (Hybrid) Cohort 2: Dec 2022 - Sep 2023 (Hybrid) Timing* * Please see webpage for full details and dates
c. 40 hours over 3 months. Includes a mixture of self-paced learning, Online and Face-to-Face workshops, with an option to undertake a 360-degree feedback exercise. Learning hours 90 Seats (3 Cohorts) Seats Strategic Leaders Programme Greater awareness of leadership strengths and weaknesses, and how they add value to colleagues, staff and students Build emotional intelligence Create a healthy and high performing team culture Be an advocate and role model in applying the principles of equality, diversity and inclusion Become an effective and skilled coach and mentor Develop a strategy based on robust data, understanding of the external context and stakeholder feedback Lead people through change Learning outcomes Prepares academic and professional services leaders to advance by developing their ability to manage an increasingly complex and varied workload, build high-performing teams, develop strategy and lead change. Leaders at grade 8, who have been identified as having potential to progress within the next 12-18 months Eligibility Cohort 1: Jan Apr 2023 (Hybrid) Cohort 2: Jan May 2023 (Hybrid) Cohort 3: May Jul 2023 (Hybrid) Timing* * Please see webpage for full details and dates
c. 40 hours over 3 months. Includes a mixture of self-paced learning, Online and Face-to-Face workshops Learning hours 90 Seats (3 Cohorts) Seats Advancing Leaders Programme Greater awareness of leadership strengths and weaknesses, and how they add value to colleagues, staff and students Strategies for improving resilience and work-life balance Ability to use the right management skill and approach at the right time, with the right people Play an active role in creating an inclusive environment and recognise and tackle potential harassment, discrimination or unacceptable behaviour Build a network, collaborate and consult effectively Improved ability to lead meetings and committees Think and act more strategically Manage projects successfully Learning outcomes Prepares academic and professional services leaders to advance by developing their ability to think and act strategically, build personal influence and networks and lead teams and projects. Leaders at grade 7, who have been identified as having potential to progress within the next 12-18 months Eligibility Cohort 1: Jan Apr 2023 (Hybrid) Cohort 2: Apr Jul 2023 (Hybrid) Cohort 3: May Jul 2023 (Hybrid) Timing* * Please see webpage for full details and dates
Positive action programmes
c. 40 hours over 3 months Includes a mixture of self-paced learning, Online and Face-to-Face workshops. Line managers/ sponsors will need to attend a 2 hr information sessions Learning hours Emerging Leaders 60 Seats (2 Cohorts) Seats A deeper understanding of skills, knowledge and behaviours needed to develop successfully as a leader Enhanced personal influencing and confident negotiation skills Greater self-awareness around building a personal profile to gain greater recognition and visibility Participating in an ongoing supportive network of peers who share a common goal to develop their careers Techniques and approaches to develop and enhance team and stakeholder relationships Learning outcomes Provides leadership development for high potential colleagues from black, Asian and marginalised ethnic communities who may not yet be leaders of people. It supports a deeper understanding of leadership skills and knowledge, with a particular focus on being a leader from a BAME background and dealing with personal and structural barriers. BAME leaders at grade 5, 6 or 7, who have been identified as having potential to progress within the next 12-18 months Eligibility Cohort 1: Jan Apr 2023 (Hybrid) Cohort 2: Apr Jul 2023 (Hybrid) Timing * Please see webpage for full details and dates
c. 40 hours over five months Includes a mixture of face-to-face workshops asynchronous study and peer meetings, with an option to undertake a 360-degree feedback exercise. Learning hours 60 Seats (2 Cohorts) Seats Senior Women in Leadership Development of personal strategies to progress careers, fulfil potential and circumvent barriers Challenge and re-frame gendered notions of leadership to bring your authentic self into your leadership identify Integrate wellbeing and resilience into the core of your leadership approach Build self-awareness, self management, relationship management and social awareness Enhance team leadership, using coaching and mentoring skills to become a stronger leader of leaders Refine negotiation and influencing skills, become more adept at managing complex and competing stakeholder relationships and make stronger cases for change Establish shared experiences, networks and strategic connections in a supportive environment Learning outcomes Provides senior female identifying staff, (including trans women and non-binary people comfortable in a female-centred community) with the opportunity to reflect on their leadership profile and plan how to grow their skills and develop their impact as senior leaders in UCL. Female-identifying staff at grades 8 and 9 currently in a management role, seeking to consolidate their knowledge and practice of leadership and people management Eligibility Cohort 1: Feb Jul 2023 (Hybrid) Cohort 2: Feb Jul 2023 (Hybrid) Timing * Please see webpage for full details and dates
40 hours over three months Includes a mixture of face-to-face workshops, asynchronous study and peer meetings Learning hours Women in Leadership 60 seats (2 cohorts) Seats A deeper understanding of knowledge, skills and behaviours required to become a successful leader Embrace vulnerability and turn it into a leadership asset Reflect on existing achievements, and learn how to bring your distinct strengths, personality and features into your leadership profile Opportunity to reflect and plan around skills gaps and progression Develop personal strategies to progress in careers, fulfil potential and circumvent barriers. Gain confidence in building and expanding credible stakeholder relationships and networks Benefit from shared experiences, networks and strategic connections established on the programme Learning outcomes Provides female identifying staff (including trans women and non-binary people comfortable in a female-centred community) with an understanding of their own leadership capabilities, with particular focus on what it means to be a female leader, and insights into how to enhance their potential. Female-identifying staff at grades 6 and 7 who would benefit from building confidence and gaining leadership knowledge, skills and behaviours Eligibility Cohort 1: Jan May 2023 (Hybrid) Cohort 2: May Jul 2023 (Hybrid) Timing* * Please see webpage for full details and dates
Leadership programmes for academic / research staff
16 hours Learning hours Advancing Principal Investigator Programme (previously Research Team Leaders) 64 Seats (4 Cohorts) Seats Understand the importance and role of a research team leader Build and lead a more impactful research team in changing times Understand how to engage in team building and collaborative working Explore ways to address and resolve challenges arising from leading teams in changing times Develop a strategy for creating a personal vision for your research career Lead more effective team meetings Learning outcomes Equips early-stage Principal Investigators with the skills and tools to lead a research team whilst developing a research career. A key feature of this leadership programme is its focus on developing the ability to lead in challenging times and periods of change in the research landscape. Existing research team leaders or experienced researchers with potential to lead a research team (e.g. FLF fellows) at grades 8 to 9 Eligibility The programme offers participants a unique opportunity to have a hands-on experience of leading a team of researchers through group exercises. Cohort 1: 30 Jan 07 Feb 2023 (10:00 - 13:00 - Online) Cohort 2: 25 Apr 03 May 2023 (10:00 - 13:00 - Online) Cohort 3: 05 Jun 13 Jun 2023 (10:00 13:00 - Online) Cohort 4: 10 Jul 11 Jul 2023 (09:00 17:15 Face-to-Face) Timing * Please see webpage for full details and dates
16 hours Learning hours Experienced Principal Investigators Programme 40 Seats (2 Cohorts) Seats Understand your identity and challenges as a research leader, Explore the nature of academic research leadership models including devolved and distributed leadership, Understand and apply your emotional intelligence skills, Develop the competencies of inclusive leadership to leverage the value of diverse teams, Develop strategies for your political astuteness capability and strategic alignment with organisational goals, Improve facilitation skills to increase the effectiveness of research teams, Explore strategic leadership in a changed and changing HE. Learning outcomes Helps senior researchers reflect on their leadership skills and amplify their strategic planning in their contexts and situations, and on creating conditions to enable them to become an effective research leader. Essential part of the programme is a series of five concise (20-min) coaching sessions. Experienced Principal Investigators (with at least 2 years' experience, or one full budget cycle, leading a project) at grades 9 or 10 Eligibility Cohort 1: Mar 2023 (Online) Cohort 2: May 2023 (Face-to-Face) Timing * Please see webpage for full details and dates
22.5 hours Includes core workshops, plus additional pre and post work on Resilient Leaders Development Plan) Learning hours Leadership in Action for Early Career Researchers Cohort 2: 12 seats* Cohort 3: 36 seats Seats Explore the concept of leadership Build confidence and range in your leadership style Gain understanding on various team roles and their place in high-functioning teams Understand the impact you have on those you are leading Influence people towards a common goal Identify how these skills can benefit you in your current research role and beyond Learning outcomes Prepares early career researchers for various leadership and team roles within the context of HE. Participants learn the foundations of leadership (and their leadership style) through practical, hands-on tasks designed for researchers. UCL research staff in grades 6 to 8 roles, with little or no previous or current leadership experience Eligibility Cohort 2: Feb Mar 2023 (Online) Cohort 3 Jul 2023 (Face-to-Face) Timing * Please note Cohort 1 is a closed cohort (not open for nominations)..
