Chairs Leadership Programme (Code: C1642)

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For 2025-2026, the Chairs’ Leadership Programme will be run for a second year by Kings College London. The programme brings together FE sector expertise and Kings College London’s vast experience in leadership and governance to explore the role of the chair. It will utilise the insights and skills of participants and facilitators to identify concrete steps that allow participants to improve their impact on the board and the wider organisation.

Pricing options

£300 per participant including all residential, masterclasses and mentoring sessions.

Upcoming

No suitable dates or locations? Please register your interest and we will let you know about new events as they are announced.

Subsidised Places

For Department for Education (DfE) funded courses there is a limited number of places offered to participants fully subsided.  The fully subsidised places are fully funded by the DfE, the participant and / or their provider pay £0. These places are offered to ensure greater diversity on high quality CPD. To qualify the participant must either:​

  • Consider themself to have a disability.​
  • Come from black or minority ethnic community.​
  • Work in an organisation with an annual turnover of less than £500,000.​

Eligible participants can book their place via the booking system. Any questions please contact leadership@etfoundation.co.uk

Who is this for?

This course is open to all current chairs in the Further Education and Skills sector.

Training aim

  • 1 day residential in Birmingham with dinner and accomodation provided 
  • Series of 3 Unlearning / Relearning Masterclasses
  • Mentoring programme – optional meetings to be decided with individual mentors
  • Access to a series of Agile Learning Sets, in which a variety of FE governance and attendant subjects are raised, and facilitated peer to peer sharing of issues and solutions are discussed

Outcomes

Having completed this programme, the participant will be able to:

1. Report improved ability to manage and build an inclusive team

2. Report knowledge of additional strategies to strengthen the relationships between the Principal/CEO and governance professional to support effective governance

3. Report improved knowledge of how to plan for succession and other changes

4. Report increased awareness of boardroom dynamics, and improved ability to resolve tension and conflict

5. Report improved awareness of strategies for stakeholder engagement and building partnerships

Length

  • Session 1: Monday 17 November 2025: 1 day residential in Birmingham with overnight accommodation provided that evening. 
  • Series of Unlearning / Relearning Masterclasses -
    • Session 2:  Thursday 18 December 2025 
    • Session 3:  Thursday 29 January 2026 
    • Session 4:  Wednesday 4 March 2026
  • Mentoring programme

Entry Requirements

 Delegates must be a chair in the Further Education and Skills sector.

Contact us

If this course is not currently available at a suitable date/location, please register your interest and we will let you know about new events as they are announced.

If you have any questions, please contact:

T: 0800 0 831 830
E: enquiries@etfoundation.co.uk