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Action Learning Sets - apply by 15th Oct

04 October 2021      Rachel Ward, Learning and Development Manager

BUFDG is partnering with ARMA, AUDE, CHEIA, HEPA, HESPA, SCONUL, UCISA and UHR (our equivalent for professionals across the Research, Estates, Internal Audit, Procurement, Strategic Planning, Libraries, IT and HR) to offer online Action Learning Sets to Senior Leaders.  An Action Learning Set is a small, confidential forum where each participant brings to the meeting an organisational task, problem, challenge or opportunity on which they intend to act.  Given breadth of knowledge and wider HE understanding is a valuable development experience, these Action Learning Sets provide a fantastic opportunity to learn from others across the sector. 

What are the benefits?

  • Input from other Senior Leaders in other roles who will challenge your thinking and offer a fresh perspective on organisational issues. 
  • Development of your active listening and questioning skills to help others gain insight – valuable skills that can be put to use in your normal working environment.
  • Exposure to a variety of new and different challenges in other institutions which offers additional learning and a new perspective to broaden your scope of reference.
  • Learning the challenges across other functions as your set will contain a mixture of disciplines.
  • Consolidation of learning over a medium to long term period, rather than a one-off experience. 
  • A rare opportunity for time away from the office for deep thinking about pressing issues.
  • Development of a trusted network of peers who normally continue to share thinking long after the formal ‘end’ of the action set series. 

Course information

These Action Learning Sets are aimed at Senior Leaders.  The sets are being offered to aspiring leaders across the associations to ensure a good mix of professions are represented in each.  There will be 5 participants per set.  

The rate will be £450 (excluding VAT) per candidate for the full set of 6 half day sessions.   All sessions will be delivered on-line with the facilitator.  You need to be able to attend all the scheduled dates in a set. Please apply by the 15th October.

You can find further information on this booking page.  If you have any queries, please get in touch with Rachel for more details.



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