EU-funded project will support exchange of ideas and test methods for leadership development
A group of higher education organisations have announced they are launching an EU-funded project to help develop institutional leadership in the sector, covering a broad swathe of areas including crisis management, inter-institutional partnerships and social inclusion.
The ‘Newlead’ project on ‘Innovative Leadership and Change Management in Higher Education’ is led by Ramon Llull University in Spain and involves the European University Association, the University of Iceland, the Polish and Spanish rectors’ conferences Crue and Crasp, the Paris-based ESCP Business School and the Flemish Interuniversity Council VLIR.
With funding from the Erasmus+ mobility programme, the project will facilitate exchanges of ideas, map approaches to the development of leadership in higher education, and organise focus groups to test a methodology for leadership development, project representatives announced on 18 January.
“In preparation for the post-pandemic era, university leadership will certainly play a central role in steering a new vision for their institutions, but also in seizing opportunities to assist with the post-Covid-19 recovery,” said Ramon Llull University rector Josep Maria Garrell and European University Association director for governance, funding and public policy development Thomas Estermann.
“The Newlead project will work towards capacity building for leaders, which will be a key enabler to support such post-pandemic institutional adaptation and transformation.”