Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
Stepping into Leadership: Essential Skills for New Higher Education Managers
This course guided new HE managers through leadership transition, core management skills, resilience, and wellbeing. Using the AHEP Framework, learners built competencies and created a personalised development plan for future growth.
3 weeks, 2 hours per week
Dr Rosalind Rae
Principal Lecturer in Strategy, Analytics and Operations at Nottingham Business School
Nottingham Business School
Dr Ella Popper
Head of Professional Development at the Association of Higher Education Professionals
Nottingham Business School
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Apply the AHEP Professional Framework to assess their current leadership competencies and guide their ongoing professional development.
- Develop and demonstrate core management skills, including effective communication, delegation, feedback, and team-building, in alignment with professional standards.
- Engage in reflective practice to identify strengths, address development areas, and set actionable goals for future leadership growth.
- Create a personalised leadership development plan that integrates AHEP competencies and supports long-term career progression in higher education management.
- Lead confidently in a leadership role within higher education by understanding the shift in responsibilities and expectations.
- Reflect and identify strengths, address development areas, and set actionable goals for future leadership growth.
Syllabus
- How to transition successfully from team member to manager, understanding your new role, responsibilities and mindset
- Essential people management skills, including communication, delegation, and giving feedback
- Building effective teams while managing former peers and new stakeholders
- Personal resilience and well-being as a new manager
Issued on 5th December 2025
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