Leadership and People Management

RISE Leadership and People Management Programme

The RISE programme is designed for all Senior Leaders and People Managers across UCD.

This Leadership programme has been created to support the delivery of the UCD Strategy 2020-2024, 'Rising to the Future'. As per our strategy, we commit to rising to meet the global challenges of the future through the excellence and impact of our research, scholarship and innovation, while ensuring every member of our community is enabled to achieve their full potential.  

RISE is delivered by our strategic partners Flow Group. The modules are designed to facilitate participants coming together to reflect and plan their individual and collective approaches to navigating an ever-changing and complex landscape, and each session includes personal reflection, action planning, small group conversation, idea generation and discussion.

This high impact programme is designed as a learning journey which consists of a number of modules which must be completed in sequence. Senior Leaders and People Managers will attend the Core Module together to share experiences and work to create common approaches and language. Each cohort will then attend their Essentials 1 and Essentials 2 modules in sequence.

RISE Insights
The programme also offers RISE Insights Sessions on HR, Finance and Research Finance. These optional 90-minute offerings delivered by our UCD colleagues provide specialist advice and guidance. Insights Sessions can be attended at any time once you have completed your Core module.

RISE Peer Connect
These one-hour self-contained sessions connect peers in small groups, facilitating the continuation of learning and sharing among our diverse community of people managers and leaders. Each session is a new opportunity to gain new perspectives and challenge your thinking. A facilitator will guide the session, with a structured process allowing you to talk through challenges and share experiences with a group of colleagues. These sessions can be attended at any time throughout your RISE journey.

This two-minute video explains more about Peer Connect. 

Booking your place on RISE
To book your place on any of the RISE offerings please visit the dedicated RISE Booking Portal available to People Managers and Senior Leaders.

Please note only eligible participants will have access to book on the UCD RISE Leadership and People Management Programme.

The "THRIVE - Leadership in Research" 2023 Programme is a joint initiative between UCD People and Organisation Development and UCD Research in consultation with our training partner 64 Million Artists. This important programme will contribute to the development of our UCD Faculty members at Lecturer/Assistant Professor or Associate Professor level and supports the delivery of UCD’s strategic plans.

The programme equips participants with the skills, knowledge, behaviours and confidence needed to realise their ambitions in UCD. Utilising a holistic approach, it provides a significant opportunity for Assistant Professors/Lecturers and Associate Professors across all disciplines to develop leadership and innovation skills in a group environment with peer-to-peer collaboration and networking.

Find out more about "THRIVE - Leadership in Research" and submit your application on our dedicated webpage.

Aurora is a leadership development training programme aimed at women and those who identify as a woman. It aims to encourage those in academic and professional roles to think of themselves as leaders; to develop leadership skills and to help institutions like UCD optimise the leadership potential of women and those who identify as a woman.

Aurora originated through the Leadership Foundation in the UK, in response to Professor Louise Morley’s (2012) stimulus paper called ‘Women in Higher Education Leadership’ Absences and Aspirations’. 

The programme is now delivered by Advance HE and it provides, in an interactive online learning environment, core and adaptive leadership skills and knowledge over six stand-alone days. These sessions are delivered online over a five month period.

The Aurora programme comprises of a combination of development days; self-directed learning from on-line resources; cross-institutional action learning sets and in-house mentoring. Training is delivered in an online format with attendance of between 80-100 participants.

Making an application

The application process for the 2022-2023 programme is now closed. Applications for the next in-take are expected to open in Trimester 1, 2023/24.

Information relating to the 2022/23 programme is available via the following links:  

Aurora Information for Applicants

Aurora Guidance in Choosing a Mentor

For more information about Aurora, you can visit the AdvanceHE website.

Participants

The programme was established in 2013 and has run in a number of venues in the UK and Ireland, including London; Manchester; Bristol and Glasgow and Dublin. UCD has supported over 143 women to participate in the programme since 2015,  demonstrating the University's commitment to leadership development and gender equality.

• Aurora Participants 2015 (Pilot)
• Aurora Participants 2016
• Aurora Participants 2016-2017
• Aurora Participants 2017-2018
• Aurora Participants 2018-2019
• Aurora Participants 2019-2020
• Aurora Participants 2020-2021
• Aurora Participants 2021-2022

Mentors

Aurora requires that the University puts systems in place to help support and develop participants on their Aurora experience. This includes having mentors in place to work with participants; having an overall UCD Aurora Champion and also support and liaison through the People and Organisation Development, UCD HR.  Although the development days are run over 5 months, the mentoring arrangement continues throughout a calendar year to help participants maximise the benefit of the programme.

• 2015-2016 Aurora List of Mentors
• 2016-2017 Aurora List of Mentors
• 2017-2018 Aurora List of Mentors
• 2018-2019 Aurora List of Mentors
• 2019-2020 Aurora List of Mentors
• 2020-2021 Aurora List of Mentors
• 2021-2022 Aurora List of Mentors

Professor Joe Carthy is currently the overall Aurora Programme Champion and Katharine Slattery, People and Organisation Development Specialist, is your contact in HR.  Should you have any queries in relation to Aurora in UCD, please contact peopledevelopment@ucd.ie.

If you have questions relating to other leadership or management development please discuss this with your Line Manager or Head of School/Unit at your annual P4G conversation.

This induction has been designed specifically for new Heads of School to provide them with the necessary information early in their headship, 

The programme is scheduled every September, and includes presentations from colleagues in UCD Finance, HR and Global Engagement, it also provides an opportunity to meet and network with other new Heads of School.

Attendance at this induction is by invitation only from People and Organisation Development. If you have any queries relating to this induction, please contact peopledevelopment@ucd.ie or call +353 1 716 4919.

 

Learning Path*: Leader Behaviours, Strategic Leadership, Become a Leader, Leading and Managing Change

Courses: Leading with Vision, Coaching and Developing Employees, Enhancing Team Innovation, Managing Team Conflict, Having Difficult Conversations, Time Management for Managers

* Learning Path – includes several courses focussed around a larger topic