HELM

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Higher Education Leadership and Management

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When HELM was initially launched in 2002, it was conceptualised to offer Vice-Chancellors and senior management strategic insight into the specific challenges that exist within the South African higher education landscape. HELM continues to offer valuable perspectives on the contemporary leadership and management context, complexities and challenges facing universities. The need has never been greater for HELM to provide all levels of university leadership with skills, strategies and insight into this ever-shifting terrain.

HELM is a programme of Universities South Africa and has a strategic partnership with the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) who provides financial support through the University Capacity Development Programme (UCDP). HELM has been reconfigured and repositioned to create cutting edge solutions that address organisational and individual capacity needs for leadership and management development. The objective is to ensure that the system is endowed with appropriately skilled academic leaders and managers who will be able to steer these institutions towards an invigorated and sustainable future.

Download the 2019 brochure here or if you would like any information on upcoming events contact Oliver Seale.

Purpose

HELM programmes have been designed to assist individuals and organisations to identify their capacity needs within their specific context and align individual leadership development pathways with organisational objectives. The activities focus on developing individuals’ capacities in key areas required to support various dimensions in the higher education system and on building communities of learning and practice to strengthen the higher education systems. The outputs from each activity will combine to strengthen overall university governance and performance and contribute to positive sectoral outcomes.
“My predecessor warned that this is a very lonely position. I only realised it when I experienced the relief of being among peers in these sessions”.
Executive Dean, NWU 2018

Programmes and Events (2019)

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