Programme Details

29 January - 2 February 2024 (details and timings may change)

This module takes the form of immersive case-based learning. Participants will be working in groups, taking on leadership responsibilities in a realistic simulation and address scenarios provided. By doing this, the academic content provided in lectures and seminars is brought to life, whilst at the same time, a thorough understanding of stakeholder management and change management processes can be developed.

Every day there will be a specific task (simulation). You will be asked to present (one of each group) to the other organisations on that task. Those participants who actually work in the type of organisation you ‘lead’ this week, will be asked to provide you with feedback and insight. Similarly, you will be asked to provide feedback to the team that presents on the type of organisation you work in yourself.

Pre-residential introduction

Participants will receive an invite for an online meeting for introduction to the programme on 23rd January. For participants who have not participated in Module 1, there will also be an online opportunity to cover necessary content.

Monday 29 January Leadership roles and responsibilities

9.00 Gathering and registration at the Teaching Grid, University Library

9.30 Welcome by Prof Stuart Croft, Vice Chancellor of the University of Warwick & Oksen Lisovyi, Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine, followed by introduction of key tutors, organisers and participants

10.00 Introduction to case based learning, forming of case groupings and setting of the day’s task.

Group task for the day: Define and present your educational organisation.

• What would your stakeholders expect from you (and who are the stakeholders)
• What would be expected from you from the government and civil service?
• What would your funders expect from you?
• What is your remit (in and out of scope, founding members expectations)
• Set out your vision and your 'elevator pitch'

11.00 Coffee break

11.30 Groups continue the day’s task with support from the leadership team, and prepare for formative assessment

13.00 Lunch

14.00 Lecture: Change theory and approaches. Prof Gwen van der Velden, former Deputy Pro Vice Chancellor for Education at Warwick, will go through key concepts and introduce various approaches to change management.

15.00 Tea break

15.30 Formative assessment: Present to the other participants your organisation, its vision and remit. Also present your organisation's priorities for Education in Ukraine for the next three years, with reference to change principles and concepts. You may vary these for pre- and post-victory if appropriate. Feedback will be provided by the programme organisers.

17.30 Closing the day – evaluation and feedback & arrangements for the external visit on Tuesday

Tuesday 30 January - Secondary Education Leadership Challenges

8.15 Leave for school visit: Lawrence Sheriff School, Rugby. This is a guided visit to a state funded secondary school.

13.00 Departure from Lawrence Sheriff School

14.00 Seminar on Educating Educators. Experts from the Centre for Teacher Education and the Educational Sciences department (tbc) To take place in the Warwick Business School, Teaching Centre, M1.

15.00 Tea Break

16.00 Guidance on the group assessment for the Friday. Participants will work in the evenings on their group assignment.

17.00 Close and Module 1 tutorials

Wednesday 31 January - Governance and External Partners

9.00 Introduction to the day (Library Teaching Grid)

9.15 Seminar on Educating displaced Learners. Dr Ahmad Akkad, expert on displaced academics, University of Oxford.

11.00 Coffee break

11.30 Group task for the day: Dealing with external influence and forward planning

Dr Chris Twine, Secretary to Council for the University of Warwick will co-lead the day task in an interactive manner. Chris will provide specific content on governance principles and structures as part of this session.

You receive new policy direction from the relevant ministry or regulator for your organisation, or your beneficiaries give you feedback that steers your organisation in a different direction. You need to decide on a process and principles for how you will deal with this challenge. Your first task is to consider the governance of your organisation, the voice of the partners or beneficiaries (schools, students, organisations) that you are responsible for and develop your future planning accordingly.

You will develop your planning taking into account the strategic direction you wish to take, the operational steps necessary to achieve that, the communication with stakeholders, funders, regulators or policy makers, as well as public communication and what approach you take to leading change (principles, theories of change). Most importantly, you will propose how the governance and organisation of your entity will work, keeping in mind the feedback or policy direction you have received.

Guidance will be available throughout the task session.

At 13.00 there will be a one hour break for lunch.

15.00 Tea break

15.30 Formative assessment: Present to the other participants your organisation’s governance structure, and the way your organisation will address the new policy or stakeholder demands. Feedback will be provided by the programme organisers and Dr Chris Twine.

17.30 Closing the day – evaluation and feedback

18.00 Informal social at Varsity Warwick

Thursday 1 February – Organisational and Staff Resilience

9.00 Library session: effective use of Library resources, referencing and academic integrity. This will be provided by a Subject Librarian or similar. To take place at the Library. The session will be split between the Teaching Grid and a computer room.

10.30 Coffee

11.00 Group task for the day: Staff Resilience

Leaders for this group task are Dr Liz Blagrove, Associate Professor, and Dr Luke Hodson, Assistant Professor, both from the Department of Psychology. They will provide content on staff resilience specifically.

You become aware of a crisis affecting your organisation (funding falling away, stakeholder concerns, destruction of your assets, accusations of corruption, cyber attack etc). You will need to take action to address the issue at hand, the fall out, the publicity and decide on the initial, medium term and longer term steps you take. In all this, you will need to ensure your organisation remains focused on the remit of your organisation. You will have to think about your internal communication also.

Crucially, you will also need to address staff resilience. In all of your considerations you need to think structurally: which functions do you need to have in place in your organisation to ensure resilience? What becomes part of your organisation’s way of functioning that supports staff resilience?

Formative assessment: present your organisation’s way of dealing with the challenge or crisis.

There will be a lunch break at 13.00 and tea break at 15.00.

15.30 Formative assessment: four of the groupings will present their proposed plans and governance. Other groups and individual professionals from within the cohort will provide feedback, as will the programme leaders.

17.30 Closing the day, evaluation and feedback

Friday 2 February – Influencing policy

9.00 WBS 2.007

9.00 Introduction to the assessments for this module:

- Annotated Bibliography (50%) of peer reviewed journal articles with relevance to your area of work or wider responsibilities

- Group assignment and presentation (50%)

9.30 Group task for the day: The national policy event

A national event will take place where your Director/ CEO/ Vice Chancellor/ Chair of Governing Board will meet with other sector leaders and is expected to negotiate with those colleagues in order to pitch for setting policy priorities and for consequent funding. The Minister of Education will be attending and chairing the meeting. He will bring a financial advisor and one or more expert advisors.

You will first have the morning with your fellow leaders to negotiate how you will approach the meeting, before meeting with the minister. This includes a proposal paper drawn up collectively by the group. The proposal should cover all of the following assessment criteria:

1. Apply principles of change management to your educational change plans

2. Present confident plans for the application of change within the Ukrainian context

3. Use your insights into staff resilience and crisis management in challenging situations

4. Evidence your understanding of governance structures and relationships

5. Present vision, strategy and evidence based planning of educational change projects, programmes or support efforts

6. Address stakeholder interests, concerns and needs in the context of educational change

Each team needs to ensure their leader is well prepared, has clear priorities and an accurate assessment of what their organisation can realistically deliver.

13.00 Lunch

14.00 Group assessments. Each group’s CEO/Director/ Chair will present to the Minister of Education who will be present for the afternoon. There will be a Tea break around 15.00.

16.30 Close of the day

17.00 Drinks reception followed by a Gala dinner at the Panorama Suite (Rootes building, second floor). Please note that there is no formal dress code, please join however you feel comfortable.

Follow up (learning sets) online programme (MS Teams and Moodle)

Please note that in order to achieve a University of Warwick Postgraduate Award, participants are required to participate in the online follow-up sessions and submit two assessments. Details of these will follow.