Welcome to the SLA section of this on-line resource. Please take a moment to familiarise yourself with this programme, and don’t hesitate to get in touch with the Programme team for any queries.
Programme Intent
Our curriculum reinforces learners’ transformation as senior leaders. With an emphasis on application, reflexivity and co-production, programme learning cultivates the adaptive mindset critical to enhancing leadership and management practice
Implementation
A blended and flexible learning journey supports learners to contextualise understanding; drawing on peers, practitioners and academics to deliver a personalised learning experience, with learning applied directly into the workplace.
Impact
Responsive and responsible leaders emerge, equipped to mindfully and critically navigate complex and dynamic business environments and generating positive impact for their organisations and society.
Key Contacts
| Role | Name | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Programme Leader | Louise Stevens (Open and Tesco cohorts) Anouska Plaut (EGA cohort) | l.stevens8@herts.ac.uk a.plaut@herts.ac.uk |
| Administrative Queries and EPA | Executive Education Team | execed@herts.ac.uk |
| Employer Liaison Tutors | Lisa Lunnun | l.lunnun@herts.ac.uk |
| Murtaza Afzali | m.afzali@herts.ac.uk | |
| Fatima Choudhury | f.choudhury8@herts.ac.uk | |
| Lara Fuller | l.fuller2@herts.ac.uk | |
| Tony Cullen | t.cullen@herts.ac.uk | |
| Shahida Parveen | s.parveen3@herts.ac.uk | |
| Viji | p.v.jayasundara-mudiyanselage@herts.ac.uk | |
| Sharon Loughlin | s.loughlin@herts.ac.uk |
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Preparing for EPA
Employer Mentors are trained to guide their learners through the preparation of End Point Assessment. A dedicated online training session takes place 3 months prior to the learner’s end of Training Period which sets out the final stages of the programme for the learner and Mentor, hosted by the Programme Leader.
It is the role of the Mentor to officially sign the apprentice off as “occupationally competent” as a Senior Leader at the Gateway meeting, and the mentor is supported by the Tutor with all the information to make this decision, A comprehensive Gateway to EPA checklist underpins this activity. Our Executive Education team will make all the necessary EPA arrangements in conjunction with the learner and the CMI, the End Point Assessment Organisation.
On Senior Leader, the important milestone of the Gateway meeting is followed by the Strategic Business Proposal development, which runs over 12 weeks. During this time, the learner is at arm’s length of the University, so the role of the Mentor is all the more important. The PRMs cease for this period but are replaced with light touch “check-ins” on the mentor and learner to address any issues beyond the development of the 4000 words SBP. Mentors are encouraged to actively engage with their learner’s preparation for EPA by practising their 20 minute presentation and rehearsing the professional discussion.
Sample Mapping of your KSB’s to Modules