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LEAD Project

LEAD

Governance and Academic Leadership of

Chinese and European Universities in the

Context of Innovation and

Internationalization

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• What you can learn from the LEAD project?

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Learn,

Understand

Exchange,

training

Compare,

Consolidate

Management

ability

Competition &

Cooperation

Effective

communication

Stress

management

Research &

Teaching

Personal

academic

expertise

REPORTED BIGGEST CHALLENGES FOR

CHINESE ACADEMIC LEADERS

Academic vision

Social demands

Future-planning

Funding issues

Discipline

development

Innovation

capacity

Campus culture

REPORTED BIGGEST CHALLENGES FOR

UNIVERSITY GOVERNANCE

Key capacity building themes (university level)

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CN-university-level TOP5

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EU-university-level TOP5

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Key capacity building themes (middle

level)

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CN-faculty-level TOP5

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EU-faculty-level TOP5

Univ. Governance &

Aca. Leadership

Strategies

Governance structures

Leadership

skills

Areas of cooperation

Capacity Building

Needs analysis

Challenges

Leadership core qualities: metaphor

• 节节相扣的高

铁

• A high speed train

• 一棵树

• A tree

• 一辆火车头

• a train engine

• 一架马车

• a cart horse

Conductor of orchestra

交响乐指挥

Body of a

person人体

A good cook

好的厨师

Driver

司机

Challenges: competition,

ranking

Managing size

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Core values: societal services,

research integrity….

Challenges: research

excellence

Employment skills,

Quality of education…

Diversity, equality,

transparency….

Main expected & achieved outcomes/deliverablesExpected results/deliverables Achieved results/output

LEAD Training material √

LEAD Workshops summaries,

proceedings

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Dissemination reports √

MOOC courses September 2018

Quality plan and quality

evaluation reports

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Impact assessment reports √

Promotion material,

dissemination videos

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Testimonial video September 2018

Project website √

Extra: LEAD Book

Beginning 2019

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