Abstract
The article is a follow-up analysis of Ukraine Higher Education Leadership Development Programme that ran in Ukraine 2016 – 2019 and was a joint initiative of the British Council in Ukraine, United Kingdom Leadership Foundation for Higher Education, Institute of Higher Education of the National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine and Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine. The article is rooted in insights, observations and reflections of Programme implementers and participants, as well as incorporates conclusions of the impact report put forward by an external evaluator of the Programme. The authors of the article conclude that university leadership is important for precipitating change at an individual, institutional and sectoral levels in Ukraine’s higher education sector and that currently available resources and existing capacity in university leadership development within the sector are sufficient to sustain and advance university leadership development. The authors argue that shared leadership approach has proved its effectiveness during the Programme; they propose to further apply shared leadership as a means of responding to numerous challenges faced today by Ukraine’s higher education sector.
 In addition to review of lessons learnt from three phases of Programme implementation, the authors generate recommendations for advancement of university leadership at institutional and sectoral levels within Ukraine’s higher education, like: unfolding discourse on university leadership at institutional and sub-institutional, sectoral and national levels; mainstreaming university leadership into all HEI activities, including teaching and learning, research, governance and management, student self-government, international cooperation etc.; facilitating inter-university cooperation, knowledge exchange and sharing; involving students into university leadership discourse and practice; launching a campaign to promote establishment of a privately funded foundation or endowment on university leadership development.
Highlights
A significant contribution to university leadership development was made by Ukraine Higher Education Leadership Development Programme that ran in 2016–2019 [Project]; it was a joint initiative of the British Council, UK Leadership Foundation for Higher Education (LFHE), Institute of Higher Education of the National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine (IHEd), supported by the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine
While the journal «Universities and Leadership», annual conferences organized by IHEd have provided the ground for academic discourse on university leadership, Ukraine Higher Education Leadership Development Programme made a significant contribution to implementation of research findings and testing shared leadership concept in practice [Impact Report, 2019]
This conclusion is addressed to a whole range of external and internal stakeholders: officials of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, donors who fund education programmes, researchers, experts and civic activists engaged in the modernization and restructuring of higher education sector, but first all, to Ukrainian HEIs: their leaders and manages, academic and administrative staff, students
Summary
While the journal «Universities and Leadership», annual conferences organized by IHEd have provided the ground for academic discourse on university leadership, Ukraine Higher Education Leadership Development Programme made a significant contribution to implementation of research findings and testing shared leadership concept in practice [Impact Report, 2019]. On completion of the Programme, its participants, implementers, as well as its external evaluator have agreed that university leadership should be further advanced and enhanced in higher education sector This conclusion is addressed to a whole range of external and internal stakeholders: officials of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, donors who fund education programmes, researchers, experts and civic activists engaged in the modernization and restructuring of higher education sector, but first all, to Ukrainian HEIs: their leaders and manages, academic and administrative staff, students. To survive and stay on the market of educational services, Ukrainian HEIs have to demonstrate excellence and leadership, enhance quality, adopt a rigorous marketing and internationalization strategies etc
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