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Research & Innovation

This Research and Innovation Academic Leadership Development programme is an interactive programme of training, action learning sets and project work, designed specifically for senior QMUL research staff.

Through four comprehensive units, participants will explore a variety of topics and perspectives, deepening their understanding of their role and advancing their leadership journey.

This programme is aimed at Research Centre Leads, Directors of Research, Principal Investigators and similar.

The next cohort for this programme will likely take place in the 2025/26 academic year. If you would like to be notified when dates are confirmed, please complete the interest form.

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Unit 1

Excelling in your role to deliver an ambitious research and innovation agenda

Part 1: Programme launch

  • Introduction to the programme.

Part 2: Excelling in your leadership role

  • What is leadership and its importance in Higher Education.
  • Leadership in a research context and key skillsets for senior research leaders.
  • Self-leadership and impact on the team.

Workshop: Working successfully with professional services

  • Key insights from university finance, governance and HR
  • Successful collaboration.

Unit 2

Enhancing your leadership style and maximising the impact of your strengths

Part 1: Enhancing your leadership style

  • Leadership values and self-awareness.
  • Leadership styles and their adaptations for different situations.
  • Emotional intelligence.

Part 2: Maximising your leadership impact

  • Personal leadership and strengthening leadership impact.
  • Being intentional with your leadership and understanding your drivers.

Workshop: Coaching skills for senior research leaders

  • Coaching vs mentoring.
  • Basic coaching skills and using them in specific research-related situations.
  • Developing a coaching culture in your teams.

Unit 3

Leading and developing others to achieve their potential, Queen Mary Strategy goals and healthy research culture

Part 1: Leading and developing others

  • Leading the team and dealing with team disfunction.
  • Developing individuals.
  • Researcher development.

Part 2: Critical conversations

  • Recognising and approaching critical conversations.
  • Applying strategies to manage emotions and maintain constructive dialogue.
  • Building trust through self-awareness and effective communication.

Workshop: Building supportive and inclusive culture in your team

  • Supportive and inclusive culture.
  • Case studies

Unit 4

Leading beyong authority - focus on entrepreneurial thinking, influencing, pitching new ideas and creating visible impact

Unit learning objectives to be shared in due course.

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Upcoming Dates

We are hoping to launch the next cohort of the Research & Innovation Leadership Programme in the 2025/26 academic year.

If you have any questions about the Academic Leadership Development programme, please don't hesitate to get in touch: ald-qma@qmul.ac.uk.

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