Aurora - Leadership Development for Women
is a women-only leadership development initiative facilitated by Advance HE. It aims to encourage women in higher education to think of themselves as leaders and to develop leadership skills. If you are starting to think of moving into a leadership role the programme offers an ideal opportunity for development. Some previous managerial experience would be beneficial but is not essential.
To apply, you should be in a role up to and including Associate Professor or Professional and Managerial Grade 8.
This programme will enable you to:
Learn - Tools, techniques and strategies from a team of leadership experts, guest speakers & online resources
Develop - Leadership skills through experiential processes, reflection and conversations
Network - Meet delegates through five live online development days with interactive breakout sessions and two action learning set meetings
Connect - With a UK wide network and niche groups through a members only group
Grow - Supported by a mentor within UoR.
For more detail on the programme content, visits Advance HE’s Webpage.
Aurora is made up of a mix of development days, action learning sets and online resources, and includes mentoring by a senior member of University staff. While most sessions are run online, there are some opportunities to meet with your cohort in person, travel costs for this are to be agreed and covered by your school or department budget.
It is important that as part of the programme, you are able to attend all sessions. You can find the dates, times and locations of the cohorts in the Aurora Cohort Guide.
In addition to the cohort dates, we will host a celebration event for all participants, their manager and their sponsor. You must ensure that you are also available for this, as well as your chosen cohort dates.
The University sponsors a number of places on the programme and applications are reviewed by a panel to decide which applicants will be given a place, and the decision of its members is final.
Please note, it is not open to individuals to apply direct to Advance HE for a place, delegates must be sponsored by the University centrally.