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Transforming leadership for the new world

Equipping leaders to lead with confidence, agility, innovation and inclusivity.

Diverse and representative leadership at all levels in higher education is critical to meeting the challenges currently facing the sector. New Bills and approaches from Governments will see the landscape change and institutional strategies, leadership and governance will need to be prepared both for the challenges and the opportunities their operating contexts present.

By investing in the development of approaches and the current and future leaders across all areas of your institution you are ensuring that your leadership team has the skills, flexibility and resilience needed to deliver your current and future goals.

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Why work with Advance HE?

We are sector-owned, and HE is our world. Advance HE delivers lasting value in HE by providing the expertise and evidence-based insights to sector challenges. We have been working with leaders in higher education for over 20 years. Many of the leaders in the sector have taken part in development programmes with us, which have helped shape their career trajectories.

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Our solutions

High-impact staff development programmes

We have worked with institutions all over the world to build and deliver effective programmes that address challenges and enhance operations.
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Developing your strategies

We can support you to both develop and adapt a visionary strategy robust enough to withstand uncertainties in the external environment.
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Insights

Enhanced insights and analysis services to the sector and institutions to help identify strengths and challenges and the impetus for change.
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Culture Reviews

Using our Transforming Culture Cycle, we work with you to review your cultures and transform behaviours and values.
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Coaching

Advance HE offers a dedicated one-to-one executive coaching service with a pool of highly skilled and diverse coaches.
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Academic Leadership Programme

The Academic Leadership Programme is designed to develop effective heads of department and heads of academic sections with an emphasis on future leadership.
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She Leads: Developing women leaders of the future

A programme aimed at developing confident women leaders and support them to evolve their awareness, choices and actions for doing leadership to meet and shape their multiple operating contexts.
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Research Leadership Development Programme

The programme addresses the challenge of contemporary research leadership by developing confident and authentic leaders who are equipped with the knowledge and skills required to promote effective research culture.
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Tailored solutions

If you have a specific challenge you would like our support with, please complete the form below and a member of the team will be in touch.
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Our experts

Working with us means drawing on the expertise of highly experienced colleagues who are active leaders in their fields with significant track records in supporting institutions to deliver their objectives. We also work with a vast group of highly experienced and skilled associates.

Assistant Director, Knowledge & Innovation
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Advance HE
Charles Knight
Charles is an academic leader with a proven track record of delivery in the areas of learning and teaching and enterprise. Prior to joining Advance HE, he was Associate Dean (Student Experience) at Salford Business School where he worked with colleagues to introduce a series of innovative practices including short technical qualifications, block teaching and an increased emphasis on the use of simulations and experimental learning. He was also involved in setting up a North-West Attainment Gap group bring together business schools.

Lead Consultant, Leadership, Organisational Development and Research
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Advance HE
Fiona Lennoxsmith
Fiona Lennoxsmith is Lead Consultant, Leadership, Organisational Development and Research at Advance HE, where she leads a team of senior consultants to design and facilitate innovative leadership interventions, programmes and thought leadership for the Higher Education sector.

Senior Consultant Governance and Leadership
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Advance HE
Kim Ansell
She has worked across higher and professional education providing support to groups at all levels including senior leadership teams and Boards, to facilitate change, strategic thinking, planning and performance improvement. Kim has recently led the Advance HE membership themed month on the topic of Transforming Organisations from student to board. 

Senior Consultant, Leadership and Organisational Development
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Advance HE
Barbara Bassa
Barbara heads a number of national and bespoke leadership programmes for the Higher Education Sector, including Aurora UK, Senior Women’s Leadership Development, Transforming Leadership Programme, and Transformative Conversations Programme. She leads Organisational Wellbeing programmes.

Senior Consultant in the Leadership, Organisational Development and Research
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Advance HE
Joanne Coysh
Joanne Coysh is a Senior Consultant in the Leadership, Organisational Development and Research team. She has spent the last 25 years working as a consultant, designing and researching collaborative spaces for problem-solving, learning and change with global charities and international organisations working with human rights, international development and humanitarian emergencies. Joanne works globally and with international groups having lived and worked overseas throughout her career.

Senior Consultant in Leadership, Organisational Development and Research
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Advance HE
Sarah Hubbard
Sarah Hubbard is a Senior Consultant in the Leadership, Organisational Development and Research team. Sarah has held different leadership roles and has significant experience enabling and empowering change in several universities in England and Scotland, including in equity and inclusion, delivery of student services and organisational design and development.

Senior Consultant in Leadership and Organisational Development
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Advance HE
Hannah Fromageau
Hannah Fromageau SFHEA started with Advance HE in February 2022 as Senior Adviser in Leadership and Organisational Development. She is an experienced trainer, facilitator and coach with a demonstrated history of leading and managing careers and professional development programmes for staff within higher education and research environments.
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Project Success Stories

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