Development for Academic and Institutional Leaders

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Building on the success of CASE Europe’s first ‘Leading your University to Success’ programme for institutional leaders last year, our 2024 event offers an expanded curriculum aimed at supporting other academic leaders together with directors of advancement.

Senior leaders will benefit from practical workshops and a collegiate environment in which to reflect on their roles and responsibilities for philanthropy and external relations. Delegates will come away equipped with insights and ideas for advancing their vision for their institution, and for building deeper and more meaningful partnerships to lead their university to success. 

Who Should Attend

• Institutional leaders - Vice Chancellors, Rectors, Principals, Presidents, and Provosts.
• Senior academic leaders - Deans, Deputy or Pro Vice positions.
   

During the programme, delegates will benefit from sessions focused on the opportunities and challenges they face in their specific role. Plenary sessions offer the opportunity for wider exchanges and shared learning experiences.

Directors responsible for at least one of the advancement disciplines (fundraising, alumni relations, communications, and marketing) can attend in partnership with their academic leader.

Programme Content

The programme content will include:

• The role of university leaders in supporting your institution’s success
• Why reputation matters to universities – and what you can do about it
• Forming effective internal and external partnerships
• Making the ask
• The ethics of fundraising
• What a successful culture of philanthropy looks like and how to build or deepen it within your institution

Programme Objectives

• A strategic view of their crucial role in leading their institution’s advancement vision.  
• An understanding of advancement in a multidisciplinary portfolio, encompassing fundraising, alumni relations, marketing, and communications.  
• Insights into how to form partnerships and maximise external relations that support their institution’s reputation.  
• A network of peers in other leadership positions within institutions across the U.K., Europe and the wider CASE network.