11 February 2010
Grand Connaught Rooms,
61-63 Great Queen Street,
London WC2B 5DA
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This one-day event will allow participants to explore how their institutions, and they – as leaders and managers in higher education – can be more agile and creative in meeting the challenges of the future higher education environment. The event is hosted by the Leadership Foundation in association with JISC and the Open University.
Programme
1000 Arrival: registration and refreshments
The showcase provides an opportunity for delegates to engage with exhibitions and experience demonstrations, simulations or small-group presentations during registration, lunch and the evening reception.
1030 Welcome
Ewart Wooldridge CBE, Chief Executive, The Leadership Foundation
1035 The agile university: contexts and challenges (TBC)
Sir Alan Langlands, Chief Executive, Hefce
1050 Informal learning: friend or foe?
Martin Bean, Vice-Chancellor, The Open University
Chaired by Ewart Wooldridge
1130 Break-out sessions (to include refreshments):
The Challenge – How can we be more agile and creative?
Challenging questions, real-life examples, consideration of why and how universities need to change and reflection on what does this mean for me/my institution?’
Challenge 1: Developing the student experience: what’s the deal?
Effects of marketisation, the psychological contract; what will students (and staff) expect and experience?
Facilitated by Professor Sir David Watson, Institute of Education, University of London
Contributors: Professor Janet Beer, Oxford Brookes University; Wes Streeting, National Union of Students
Challenge 2: How do we develop alternative business models for HE?
Business innovation, private/commercial partnerships; innovative approaches to sustainability; the creative organisation;
Facilitated by Professor Denise Kirkpatrick, The Open University
Contributors: David Docherty, Council for Industry and Higher Education; John Boardman, Eversheds; Chris Cobb, Roehampton University
Challenge 3: Keeping the balance: research rigour, accessibility and impact?
How do we ensure that academic rigour and objectivity of research is maintained whilst also making research more accessible and of demonstrable impact to UK economy and society?
Facilitated by Dr Heather Graham, The Leadership Foundation
Contributors: David Sweeney, Hefce; Brigid Heywood, The Open University, Professor Teresa Rees, Cardiff University
Challenge 4: Technology: disrupting the business of HE or opportunities?
Technology is now pervasive, fast-changing and not in the control of higher education. Those who embrace its potential will have the opportunity to ‘beat the competition’ - to increase student numbers, to increase research quality and productivity, and to run more effective organisations. How do we ensure that HEIs put technology to maximum strategic advantage?
Facilitated by Maria Lee, Queen’s University Belfast
Contributors: Diana Oblinger, EDUCAUSE; Martyn Harrow, Cardiff University; Ajay Burlingham-Bohr, Anglia Ruskin University
1230 Lunch
INNOVATIONS SHOWCASE
1345 Creative engagement: Round table discussions
Discussion 1: Looking out: engaging beyond institutional boundaries
Concept of Total Place, being more agile within and beyond the University, making the most of innovative thinking, practice.
Chair: Professor Chris Brink, Newcastle University
Contributors: Sir Michael Bichard, Institute of Government; Dr Don Olcott, OBHE; Ed Smith, Demos
Discussion 2: Looking in: engaging with staff
Engaging staff and effecting cultural change and innovation in managing and developing people and institutional-staff relationships.
Chair: Professor Chris Cobb, Roehampton University
Contributors: David MacLeod, Chair of the MacLeod Review on Employee Engagement; Sheila Gupta MBE, Edinburgh University
1500 Dragon’s Den
Three pitches for investment in innovative, radical approaches, followed by round table discussion and final vote.
Chaired by Professor Sir Tim O’Shea, Edinburgh University and Chair of JISC
For Discussion:
‘If you were on the receiving end of this pitch, how would you respond?’, ‘What, if anything, could you take from this pitch to your own institution?’ Final ten minutes for voting and any final comment from Dragons, Chair and/or successful ‘pitcher’.
The Dragons: Wes Streeting, National Union of Students, Dr Diana Oblinger, EDUCAUSE, Inderjit Seerha, University of Cambridge
The Pitchers: Professor Nigel Seaton, University of Surrey; Professor Geoffrey Crossick, Goldsmiths, University of London Professor José Chambers, University of Winchester
1600 Closing Keynote: Maximising creativity in the 21st century individual
Baroness Susan Greenfield CBE
Chaired by Ewart Wooldrige
1635 Questions to the Baroness Susan Greenfield CBE
chaired by Ewart Wooldridge
INNOVATIONS SHOWCASE: Introduced by Professor Tim O’Shea, Chair of JISC; the Innovations Showcase will continue with a drinks reception from 1645 – 1900
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