UoE Leadership and Management Programmes

The University offers three levels of leadership and management development.

Find out more about the Aspiring Manager, the Edinburgh Manager and the Edinburgh Leader programmes and secure your place on the next intake.

•The Aspiring Manager:  for staff who are not in a management role but demonstrate the potential and motivation to develop into one 

•The Edinburgh Manager: for staff who are people managers across all areas of the University

•The Edinburgh Leader: for staff with significant leadership responsibilities including setting the strategic direction of their work area 

Additional Guidance on Selecting a Programme (284.48 KB PDF)

The Aspiring Manager, The Edinburgh Manager and The Edinburgh Leader aim to develop your leadership and management skills.

The programmes provide opportunities for self-reflection on your values and behaviours to foster authenticity in your approach to management and leadership.  

They also create opportunities for collaboration and connection amongst the management and leadership community to address shared challenges together, learn from each other and with each other.

There is a strong focus on self-directed learning, blended with online workshops and discussion groups to build leadership and management networks across the organisation.

Edinburgh Leader and Edinburgh Manager cohorts also meet in person for the programme launch and making a difference celebration event at the end of each programme. 

You can find details of each programme’s aims and structure on the relevant programme page linked to below: 

The Aspiring Manager

The Aspiring Manager provides a framework to develop core management skills and behaviours to set aspiring managers up for success in future management roles.

The Edinburgh Manager

The Edinburgh Manager provides a framework to develop the skills and behaviours required of managers. It also encourages and enables participants to network with other managers across the University.

The Edinburgh Leader

The Edinburgh Leader provides a framework to develop the skills and behaviours required of a strategic leader. It also gives an opportunity to grow your network with other University of Edinburgh leaders.

Applying for a programme 

We run 2 cohort intakes per academic year beginning in October and January. Nominations are invited over the summer, generally between May and August. Please complete the Leadership and Management Programmes Register of Interest  if you would like to be emailed directly when nominations open again.

We require a delegate application and supporting nominating manager form to be completed and submitted for each application.

The application process is outlined below:

  1. Web pages are updated to include new application forms (May to August annually) with guidance on selecting the correct programme
  2. Delegate completes their application form, to include information such as their development objectives for attending the programme and what their looking to achieve
  3. Nominating Manager form is submitted in support of delegate application form
  4. Application period closes and all applications are received and checked against programme eligibility criteria
  5. Further supporting information is requested if needed from delegate or nominating manager
  6. All applicants advised outcome 
  7. Administration undertaken to register delegates on October cohort

Note, there are limited places available and are often filled for October and January in this first round of applications. If  there are additional places available or delegates unable to proceed for any reason, applications may be opened up again in November for the remaining places.

Please see the additional resources below:

Please thoroughly review the guidance on programme objectives and eligibility to ensure applications are submitted for the programme which best aligns to delegate development needs.  

Programmes are open to all employees of The University of Edinburgh and associated organisations such as Edinburgh Innovations, UoE contracted NHS staff, Edinburgh University press etc.  

Development options for those not attending a programme

Any questions about the programmes should be raised with Talent and Development team.

Email Talent and Development

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