Aurora event: Leadership and Management Styles in an Academic Context, Monday 5 December 2016, 10.00 to 12.00.
To support and coincide with the LFHE (Leadership Foundation for Higher Education) Aurora programme at the University of Kent, the programme will now include special discussions and events open to ALL members of staff.
These sessions are designed to:
- help the University enjoy the benefits of improved gender equality in all disciplines, as well as building an inclusive working environment – these events are not just for women!
- build networks, share experiences and good practice
- encourage a wider range of women to think of themselves as leaders
- incorporate all members of staff to help support a working environment where no one is disadvantaged/
The event will be hosted by our new Aurora Champion for this year Yvonne Sherwood, Professor of Religious Studies, and Dr Georgina Randsley de Moura, Senior Lecturer in Social Psychology and Head of School, will deliver a talk on leadership and management styles.
Georgina’s research is principally in the areas of leadership, diversity, and innovation. She is interested in how leaders manage the delicate line of representing their group whilst also pushing the boundaries and/or being different or unexpected in some way. Georgina’s research interests are broadly based around intra- and intergroup dynamics and social psychology in organisations.
Leadership and Management Styles in an Academic Context
Describing and outlining the landscape for leadership and management in the UK Higher Education Context, and the challenges these pose for all working in the sector.
The session will provide some perspectives on possible mechanisms to meet these challenges, and how these might also facilitate broader representation and increased diversity in management roles.
To register your interest in attending the event, please could you kindly email ldev@kent.ac.uk by Monday 21 November.