February 2005
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Race Equality Champion Awarded Prestigious Fellowship

The University's Race Equality Champion Professor Udy Archibong has been awarded a Learning Foundation Fellowship to establish a Cultural Understanding in Leadership and Management (CULM) project.

CULM is aimed at widening the pool from which future leaders and managers within the University can be drawn to reflect the changing staff and student profile.

Professor Udy Archibong with her Leadership Foundation Associate Paul Thomas who will support Udy in her project

The award, given by the Leadership Foundation for Higher Education, is part of a Fellowship Programme that is offering up to £1m to 25 individuals leading change management projects in UK Higher Education institutions.

Around 60 applications from across the UK were received for the Fellowships, covering a stimulating range of organisational development projects.

An awards ceremony for those who were successful is to be held in London on February 7, 2005.

Each Fellowship is worth up to £40,000 and is designed to recognise the contribution of the award holder, be of benefit to their institution and the Higher Education sector, and raise the profile of leadership, governance and management as professional disciplines within Higher Education.

The awards will enable the recipients to undertake an organisational development project, in particular with a cross-sector and international dimension.

The University of Bradford project will harness its investment in race-related management development activities by linking senior managers with Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) staff in a learning partnership from which both gain.

Under the project, the senior manager will provide a wider perspective of the University and how to build a successful senior career within it. The BME staff member will provide a wider perspective on the issues relating to diversity. Both participants will give honest feedback and work to a mutual learning agenda.

The Leadership Foundation will provide dedicated support and training for the recipient as they lead and manage the change associated with the project. At the end of the nine-month projects, award holders will make a presentation at a dissemination conference.

Chief Executive of the Leadership Foundation Ewart Wooldridge CBE has offered his "warm congratulations" to Udy's success.

The Leadership Foundation was created in late 2003 and was formally launched in March 2004. The Foundation has been awarded £10m from the UK's four funding bodies for Higher Education with a remit to improve the skills of higher education leaders, governors and managers.

14 February 2005

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