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Enabling and developing leadership in multi campus universities through the development of communities of practice

Project Information

Year Funded:
2008
Grant (ex GST):
$218,914
Project Status:
Ongoing
Program:
Leadership for Excellence in Learning and Teaching
Project Keywords:
Communities of practice, Institution, Leadership in learning and teaching, Multi-campus, Quality management framework
Project Discipline:
Non-disciplinary

Institutions

  • University of Tasmania (Lead)
  • Central Queensland University
  • Charles Sturt University
  • Monash University
  • University of Ballarat

Project Leader

  1. Associate Professor Neil Trivett
    neil [dot] trivett [at] utas [dot] edu [dot] au
  2. n [dot] trivett [at] ballarat [dot] edu [dot] au

Project Outcome

  1. A quality management framework for learning and teaching in different types of multi-campus universities,
  2. Documented approaches and outcomes of testing the use of this framework as a leadership tool in a variety of situations,
  3. A range of models for high quality teaching and learning for different types of multi-campus universities,
  4. An established community of practice for multi-campus universities.

 

Project Methodology

The first aspect of the proposal requires the development of a quality management framework to improve our understanding of quality and to better focus quality assurance efforts in multi-campus contexts. The second aspect of the proposal draws upon the concept of communities of practice. The attraction of this approach is reinforced by the work of Scott et al who have established that leadership development is best facilitated in situated contexts and that university staff desire development support from "fellow travellers" rather than designated experts.The project brings these two approaches together by using one community of practice (Pro Vice-Chancellors) to develop and test a quality management framework. The data collected will be used to identify areas of excellent practice that will create a centre point for the establishment of new communities of practice. The quality management framework, which will be developed to address a range of types of multi campus institution, will enable continuing benchmarking between the participating universities.

The information on this project's page was correct at the time of funding. Changes may have occurred since.

The information on this project's page was updated 8 May, 2009.

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