The process to appoint a Chair and Board members to the Leadership Foundation for Higher Education is underway. The new body is due to be operational from 1 January 2004.
A nomination committee, chaired by Universities UK President Professor Ivor Crewe and including representatives of SCOP and CUC, will oversee the appointment process. The Chair will be appointed for a three year term, to lead the Board. The Chair and Board members will be directors of the company and trustees of the charity.
Professor Ivor Crewe said "We are looking for candidates from a diverse range of backgrounds who have a track-record of successful leadership, an understanding of higher education and who show a strong commitment to the highest standards of practice in corporate governance and equality and diversity."
An advertisement for a Chief Executive Officer has already been posted in the national press, to which there has been an excellent response. It is anticipated this appointment will be made in October 2003.
The aims of the new Foundation are to identify and meet the sector’s key leadership and management needs and contribute to the further development of professional leaders and managers. A total of £10million has been earmarked by the four UK funding bodies for the Foundation over the first three years of its operation.
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- An electronic version of the business case for the Leadership Foundation is available here . Alternatively contact the UUK Press Unit on pressunit@universitiesuk.ac.uk.
- The interim board, chaired by Professor Roderick Floud, which is overseeing the establishment of the Foundation, includes representatives from UUK, SCOP and CUC, and the four higher education funding bodies, the Higher Education Funding Council for England; Scottish Higher Education Funding Council; Higher Education Funding Council for Wales, and the Department for Employment & Learning Northern Ireland.