Academic development and senior management

Sally Brown, Shân Wareing

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Abstract

This chapter reviews the management issues associated with overseeing academic development units and ensuring they help to deliver the institution's strategic priorities; considers why academic developers in particular can make effective and useful senior managers; explores what kinds of activities academic developers can undertake that support their senior managers in making educational changes; and offers advice to academic developers about moving to more senior roles and to new PVCs on how to manage their first months in post. Links to web sources referenced in this chapter can be found at www.seda.ac.uk/apad.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdvancing Practice in Academic Development
EditorsDavid Baume, Celia Popovic
PublisherTaylor and Francis Inc.
Chapter16
Pages258-272
Number of pages15
Edition1st
ISBN (Electronic)9781315720890
ISBN (Print)9781317520337
DOIs
Publication statusE-pub ahead of print - 13 Jan 2016

Publication series

NameAdvancing Practice in Academic Development

Keywords

  • Academic development
  • Academic
  • Senior management
  • Higher education
  • Development

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