Inaugural Programme Leaders’ conferenceFebruary 2014

Primacy of the Programme

Means what?

Ask Programme Leaders

What do PLs do?What should PLs do?What do we say you do?What do you need?Where can we find best practice?

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Specify the Programme Leader role

HR / PL involvement

Robust, reliable, timely information for intervention

Dashboard

Identify skill needs

Higher Education Academy?

Comparators?

Staff development needs

CAPLeDOrganisational Development team

Recognise, value and reward the Programme Leader

Make this the key role in student engagement

Authority, governance and action

Programmes Boards?

Key is “primacy”

Identify admin support needs

Dedicated to specific Programmes?

A Programme Team?

How to develop collective ownership?

What about Module Co-ordinators?

Part of a Programme Team?

More? Less?

Module Leaders?

Where does the Personal Tutor fit / interface?

This is a key role in ensuring the student experience

Give Programme Leaders a collective voice?

e.g. PL Forum in Business School

PL “Parliament”?