The CDN Governance Programme provides support to College Board Members and Governance Professionals. The Programme includes a range of development modules and workshops to help you in your role. These are:

  • New Board Member Induction Sessions
  • Student Board Member Induction (with sparqs and NUS Scotland)
  • ‘Meet the Stakeholder’ Update Sessions
  • Governance Topics Workshop Series
  • Board Secretary Workshops
  • Online learning modules
  • Self-directed learning packages

To the right, CDN Associate and College Governance Specialist Candy Munro talks through the Programme and what’s available to you.

Click here to download a summary of the 2023-24 Programme

 

  INTRODUCTION CORE PROFICIENT/ADVANCED
Being an effective board member Get into Governance    C1 Understanding your role and the role of the board 
C2 National Board Member Induction 
C3 National Induction for student members   
C3a Working with Student Members on College Boards  		P1 Remuneration Committee training 
Strategy and educational character   C4 Introduction to strategy mission and values  P3 Developing educational character 
P3a Developing educational character Evaluation 
P4 Supporting Effective Risk Management 
Curriculum   C5 Introduction to curriculum design and planning 
C6 Understanding of your curriculum offer and student profile  		 
Quality and Standards   C7 The self-assessment and quality improvement process   
Financial Management
   C8 Financial management for board members  P5 Advanced financial decision making 
P6 Audit Committee training 
Meet the Stakeholders
 08/11/23
10.00 - 12.00
The student experience and engagement 

Booking link: https://eu.eventscloud.com/website/12035/

16/04/24
10:00-12:00
Policy and funding 

Booking link: https://eu.eventscloud.com/website/12012/
*In view of the ongoing discussions on college funding and the education reform process this session has been postponed and will be rearranged at a later date

    
Governance Topics Workshop Series

23/01/24
10:00-11:30
Booking link: https://eu.eventscloud.com/website/12038/

The real work of the board: moving into governance 
06/02/24
10.00-12:00

Booking link: https://eu.eventscloud.com/website/12193/

All you need to know about college funding 
 24/10/23
10:00-12:00;

Booking link: https://eu.eventscloud.com/website/12039/

and
23/04/24
10:00-12:00

Booking link: https://eu.eventscloud.com/website/12040/

Understanding your role in quality assurance and enhancement  		29/08/23
10:00-11:30
External Governance Reviews: Value and Impact 

Booking Link: https://eu.eventscloud.com/website/12001/

10/10/23
10:00-12:00;

Booking link: https://eu.eventscloud.com/website/12041/

and
12/03/24
10:00-12:00
Booking link: https://eu.eventscloud.com/website/12042/
Understanding your role in regional economic engagement workshop 
Workshops for Governance Professionals
     09/05/24
10.00 - 15.00
Governance Professional development day 
Email Gordon Hunt for details
Governance and Leadership Summit
 May 2024 - TBC     
College Board Member Induction Sessions

17/10/23: https://eu.eventscloud.com/website/12022/

14/11/23: https://eu.eventscloud.com/website/12029/

12/12/23: https://eu.eventscloud.com/website/12030/

30/01/24: https://eu.eventscloud.com/website/12031/

05/03/24: https://eu.eventscloud.com/website/12032/

14/03/24: https://eu.eventscloud.com/website/13289/

09/04/24: https://eu.eventscloud.com/website/12033/

30/04/24: https://eu.eventscloud.com/website/12034/


All 10:00-12:30  		   
Student Board Member Induction Session
 31/08/23 & 01/08/23
10:00-12:30 
Booking link: https://eu.eventscloud.com/website/11822/home/ 		   

Key:

Online course 
Self-directed learning 
Workshop 

 A recording of this workshop can be found in our Past Events section of our Virtual Conference Centre.

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