An outstanding programme for graduates looking to develop careers in university management.
Recruitment for this year’s round of Ambitious Futures, the Graduate Programme for University Leadership, has recently gone live:
The university sector is one of the most innovative, vibrant and exciting environments in which to build your future career. If you’re looking for a graduate programme that leads to a highly successful and dynamic career in an entrepreneurial, global business, The Graduate Programme for University Leadership is it.
Are you ready for a career in a world of discovery?
This cutting-edge programme will show you how the challenging and stimulating business of a university operates. You’ll meet some of the most talented people in the country, if not the world, and gain an inside view into the sector’s management and business processes. A key aspect of your training will see you working alongside a diverse range of partners, from students and employers to funding bodies and commercial organisations.
It’s the opportunity to contribute to a life you have already experienced and enjoyed, and make a difference to the learning of future generations of students. What’s more, you’ll be working at the heart of fast-paced and world-leading commercial organisations that, rather unusually, are not primarily motivated by profit-making.
The University of Nottingham has run a similar programme for number of years (and indeed has played an active role in the development of this national scheme). You can find details of the Nottingham offer here.
It’s a fantastic scheme and one I’m really pleased that the University of Nottingham is part of. The sector really does need to train and develop many more professional service leaders and this programme will be a major contributor to that as it continues to grow.
Also good to see the recent book on Managing your Career in HE Administration refer positively to the value of Ambitious Futures too.
Registrarism 
How refreshing to see the words “business”, “dynamic”, “entrepreneurial” and “commercial” used in this recruitment piece! Those are exactly the type of qualities that should be present in leaders of such prestigious organisations- especially under current challenging conditions. How often, in reality, these words are still actively banned even from management papers in a University! There are many issues impacting the future of Higher Education at the moment and the nature of its leadership must surely be one of the most fundamental?
Delighted to see that Oxford is now participating in this programme as well (info available via http://www.ox.ac.uk/jobs)