Midlands Staff Development Partnership University of Birmingham Wednesday 5th December Dr Judy Harris, Head of Membership

What is Advance HE? Came into being in March 2018, following the merger of the Equality Challenge Unit, the Higher Education Academy and the Leadership Foundation for Higher Education. Brings together HE-focused expertise in governance, leadership and management, teaching and learning, and equality, diversity and inclusion. Jointly owned by GuildHE and Universities UK; not part of the regulatory framework. Development focused, supporting the sector to improve practice.  Create ‘safe places’ for sector to address challenges without the need for government intervention. Advance HE supports universities in putting institutional strategy into practice for the benefit of students, staff and society. Provision of specialist knowledge and resources, externally recognised benchmarking and recognition schemes, and a member-focused, collaborative approach.

From sector consultation

New website https://www.advance-he.ac.uk New Executive https://www.advance-he.ac.uk/individuals/executive-team New Board, committees and SAGs https://www.advance-he.ac.uk/about-us/advance-he-board EDI Committee being set up first SAGS – special advisory groups for Governance, L&M, L&T,

New Prospectus

New structure Transition year

LGM member benefits continue Research and resources Discounts and inclusive services Networks, information and advice Sector support New integrated membership model 2019-20 Core + PAYG R and R includes the KB, the MDS that have been around for a while, the RIT, Leadership Insights, Efficiency Exchange, Getting to Grips with series D and IS includes MDS and Essentials of Budgetting NIA includes the Leading Change events, and JISCMAIL SS includes SDPs, ITF, MASHEIN, SDF New integrated membership model 2019-20 Core + PAYG

Upcoming programmes and initiatives - LGM TMP 44 Integrated Thinking and Reporting Leading Transformation in Learning and Teaching (LTLT) with the University of Birmingham as a live case study Strategic Leadership Programme Preparing for Strategic Leadershio Future Professional Directors Leading Departments Introduction to Head of Department Aurora and Leadership Matters Academic Leadership Programmes Strategic Finance Programme Essentials of Budgetting (online) Transition to Leadership Research Team Leadership

Teaching and Learning Subject Networks – consultation Teaching Excellence Programme Deans’ Development Programme Grow your Skills: Embedding employability New to Programme Leadership New to Teaching Conferences – STEM, NET, annual T&L EDI in the Curriculum Engineering Schools High Impact Pedagogies Gender Equality in Computer Sciences The 4th Industrial Revolution

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Athena SWAN Charter Race Equality Charter Statistical reports Mainstreaming equality Diversifying Leadership Sponsors’ toolkit Leading Race Equality in HE EDI for Leaders EDI for Line Managers

Plus…. New development pathway across T&L, EDI, L&M, Governance Publications and resources – toolkits, frameworks Fellowships supporting individual professional development Governance events In-house and bespoke development opportunities Coaching for excellence Consultancy HE Insights Workshops Symposia Webinars Conferences and Summits Communities – twitter chats, communities of practice, special interest groups

Generic contact points Programmes@advance-he.ac.uk Events@advance-he.ac.uk Governance@advance-he.ac.uk Conferences@advance-he.ac.uk Membership@advance-he.ac.uk Aurora@advance-he.ac.uk Coaching@advance-he.ac.uk Judith.Harris@advance-he.ac.uk