ACCREDITED COURSES: “This has been the most powerful formal education experience of my life”
Certificate of Achievement (20 credits each) in: • • •
Sustainable Leadership (residential module) Sustainable Exchange (residential module) Independent Study (online module)
Postgraduate Certificate (3 x 20 credit modules = 60 credits)
WHAT ARE WE? Located in the heart of England’s scenic Lake District, we are; A global hub of inquiry, teaching and dialogue on developing leadership for sustainability An educator of professionals from around the world who lead transitions to fair and sustainable societies A deliverer of research, education and events for leaders in business, government and the voluntary sector
WHAT DO WE OFFER? • • • • • • •
Academic courses – Postgraduate Degrees (including the world’s largest online Sustainability MBA) Open enrolment short courses Workshops, conferences, lectures and other events Academic support for PhD students Consultancy and bespoke programmes Global networking Currency innovation
NON-ACCREDITED COURSES AND WORKSHOPS Examples include: •
Money and Society MOOC (Massive Open Online Course)
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Creating Partnerships for Sustainable Development
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How to Wow – The dos and don’ts of Public Speaking
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Turning your research into published work
Sustainable Leadership (take the Sustainable Leadership and Independent Study modules above and add one other optional module, e.g. Sustainable Exchange, Leadership and Democracy, Advanced Facilitation)
MA in Sustainable Leadership Development (6 x 20 credit modules plus 60 credit dissertation = 180 credits) The PgC above plus 3 additional modules plus a dissertation
MBAs (180 credits) Delivered in partnership with Robert Kennedy College, Zurich. Programmes include; •
Standard MBA
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Specialist MBAs in Leadership and Sustainability / Finance and Sustainability / Energy and Sustainability / Media Leadership
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MA in International Business Management “The range of experts, both internal and external, brought a truly inter-disciplinary approach to exploring the challenges of leadership and sustainability”
RESEARCH WITH IFLAS Our main research areas are:
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Leadership development - including education for leadership practices
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The leadership of collaborations for sustainable development
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Strategies for systemic change in response to significant social and environmental problems - including currency innovation
If you wish to study for a PhD in any of these areas please contact us.
CONFERENCES A fusion of academic research conference and festival, Leading Wellbeing runs in June or July annually in partnership with The Brathay Trust (see www.leadingwell.org for 2015 Festival website). There is a different theme each year, with plenary keynotes, panels and paper presentations as well as festival activities.
The Institute for Leadership and Sustainability (IFLAS) at the University of Cumbria
We also co-host conferences where we believe there is a meeting of minds (do get in touch!)
EVENTS We run a series of Open Lectures at our Ambleside campus every Spring and Autumn, and other events on a more ad hoc basis (details available via our website).
ADVENTURES IN SUSTAINABILITY
Open Lectures Spring / Summer 2016 All lectures run on Tuesday evenings from 5.30 - 7.30pm 15 March: Lynne Franks: How Big Data and Intuitive Creativity combine in today’s cutting edge business messaging.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:
12 April: Mark Drewell: Creating relevant and profitable organisations fit for the 21st Century - insights from a global inquiry into purpose driven business.
Tel: +44 (0)15394 30228 Email: iflas@cumbria.ac.uk Web: www.iflas.info
17 May: Andrea Cooper: The power of sport to make a positive contribution to the world. 21 June: Erica Martin: International labour standards and the promotion of sustainable global supply chains. Programme for Autumn 2016 to be confirmed. Email us at iflas@cumbria.ac.uk to book any of the above and to sign up to our newsletter for details of the programme for Autumn 2016
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Leadership for Sustainability through collaboration and innovation
Leadership for Sustainability through collaboration and innovation