[LEAD2 MOOC Online Workshop Series #2] Academic Leaders in the new Higher Education Contexts: Opportunities and challenges

LEAD2 MOOC Online Workshop

Date: 26 April 2021

Time: 11:00-12:30 (GMT+1)

Participants: LEAD2 MOOC learners and alumni, interested audience

PROGRAMME

1. Welcoming session (11:00-11:13)

• Opening address and introduction of the structure of the Interactive Session

                   Moderator: David CASTRO GARCIA

• Welcome address and a brief introduction of LEAD2 Project & LEAD2 MOOC

       Prof. Dr Chang ZHU

2. Group photo (11:13-11:15)
3. Keynote Speech (11:15-11:30)

                 Keynote Speaker: Prof. Dr Jan CORNELIS 

    Q&A on Padlet

    https://padlet.com/lead2_padlet/chatroomyoung

4. Breakout Room Discussion (11:30-12:00)

?? Breakout Room 1: Young academic leaders and leadership 

           Facilitators: David CASTRO GARCIA & Dimitrios CHARMPIS

• What is young academic leadership? 
• Who are young academic leaders? 
• What can be the motivations for young academics to act as leaders in university governance practices and processes? 
• How can young academic leaders be involved (directly or indirectly) in university governance processes and practices?

?? Breakout Room 2: Competencies for young academic leaders

            Facilitators: Jean Claude CAGAS & Khuyen DINH 

• What are the essential competencies/characteristics a young academic leader should possess? 
• Why should young academic leaders have such competences? 
• Which leadership competencies and skills need to be eenhanced? 

?? Breakout Room 3: Challenges facing young academic leaders

            Facilitators: Yujie XUE & Aysun CALISKAN

• What are the challenges that you have encountered in your leadership career? 
• Which strategies do you apply in your professional life to handle the challenges? 
• In your view, what are the ways of developing a personal growth path? 

?? Breakout Room 4: Academic leadership and internationalisation of higher education institutions

            Facilitators: Zhao CHENG & Zhengwen QI

• What are the main priorities and strategies of your university in terms of internationalization? 
• In your view, what factors in internationalization have influenced academic leadership and university governance? 
• What kind of academic leadership skills are needed in international cooperation in higher education?

5. Display of the OKB promotional video (12:00-12:05)
6. Breakout Room Discussion Presentation (12:05-12:25)

The representative of each group will have 5 minutes to present the results of their discussion. 

7. Feedback and Poll & Closing Remark (12:25-12:30)

FULL VIDEO can be found here

ATTACHMENTS 

Keynote speech- Prof. Jan Cornelis

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