UoE Leadership and Management Programmes
The University offers three levels of leadership and management development.
Find out more about the Aspiring Manager, the Edinburgh Manager and the Edinburgh Leader programmes and secure your place on the next intake.
•The Aspiring Manager: for staff who are not in a management role but demonstrate the potential and motivation to develop into one
•The Edinburgh Manager: for staff who are people managers across all areas of the University
•The Edinburgh Leader: for staff with significant leadership responsibilities including setting the strategic direction of their work area
The Aspiring Manager, The Edinburgh Manager and The Edinburgh Leader aim to develop your leadership and management skills.
The programmes provide opportunities for self-reflection on your values and behaviours to foster authenticity in your approach to management and leadership.
They also create opportunities for collaboration and connection amongst the management and leadership community to address shared challenges together, learn from each other and with each other.
There is a strong focus on self-directed learning, blended with online workshops and discussion groups to build leadership and management networks across the organisation.
Edinburgh Leader and Edinburgh Manager cohorts also meet in person for the programme launch and making a difference celebration event at the end of each programme.
You can find details of each programme’s aims and structure on the relevant programme page linked to below:
The Aspiring Manager
The Edinburgh Manager
The Edinburgh Leader
Applying for a programme
Places for Edinburgh Manager and Aspiring Manager are full for October 2024 and January 2025. There will be places available for the January 2025 Edinburgh Leader programme, and we will open a short nomination window in October/November 2024.
If you would like to register your interest in future dates, please complete the form below: Leadership and Management Programmes Register of Interest.
We require a delegate application and supporting nominating manager form to be completed and submitted for each application. If your nominating manager has yet to complete a supporting application, that form is below.
Please thoroughly review the guidance on programme objectives and eligibility to ensure applications are submitted for the programme which best aligns to delegate development needs.
Programmes are open to all employees of The University of Edinburgh and associated organisations such as Edinburgh Innovations, UoE contracted NHS staff, Edinburgh University press etc.