About the Institute
The Institute will meet the urgent need in Australia and the region for high quality leadership and management education in higher education and Vocational Education and Training (VET) institutions.
The Institute’s courses and services will be aimed at leaders and managers in higher education and VET and those aspiring to be, or who have been identified as, future leaders:
- academics and managers in higher education and VET who are aiming towards leadership and management positions or who have been identified as future leaders;
- higher education and VET middle and senior managers interested in continuing professional development based on specific skills or master classes on innovative management and leadership practices relevant to their work;
- members of governing bodies interested in issues of governance as they apply to higher education and VET institutions and being informed about current policy trends; and
- those interested in broader policy developments in Australia and internationally and their impact on their institutions, to learn about strategies for responding to new policy directions.
The Institute will draw on the latest thinking about corporate leadership and public administration to promote a better mutual understanding between government and education. Using international expertise, it will position itself as the major leadership and management education and training institute in higher education and VET in the region. It will assist institutions to strengthen their international links to become an Institute with a national and international reputation for its:
- evidence-based, state of the art courses, of direct and immediate relevance to aspiring leaders and for senior and middle managers;
- research emphasis on best practice leadership and management education which is specific to the needs of higher education and VET institutions;
- links with international providers to achieve mutual recognition of qualifications and opportunities for students to study in international settings; and
- capabilities as an adviser to practising managers in tertiary institutions.
It will do this by creating and offering:
- a range of award and non-award courses in leadership, management and governance;
- training in strategic management and policy analysis, including interpretation of the local, national and global environment; and
- research and debate on questions of leadership and management in higher education and VET to higher education and VET managers and members of governing councils in Australia and the region.
The Institute will be seeking innovative approaches to the teaching of leadership and management and the types of materials through which this can best be achieved. The Institute’s strategy to develop and maintain the high quality of its offerings will involve both the development and regular external evaluation of its own course materials, and the identification of international best practice materials to include in its range of offerings. Rather than develop all course materials afresh, the Institute will enter into arrangements with national and international providers to use third party materials as part of its suite of courses.