ASSOCIATION FOR TERTIARY EDUCATION MANAGEMENT AND TERTIARY EDUCATION FACILITIES MANAGERS’ ASSOCIATION Tertiary Education and Management Conference 2015 Refereed Papers

This paper presents findings from a joint research project between Curtin University and the LH Martin Institute to evaluate the first Emerging Leadership and Managers Program (eLAMP) institutional cohort in the sector, which was sponsored by Curtin University. The paper presents discussion about leadership development opportunities in higher education that address the complex, global and competitive funding, student and labour challenges facing universities today. Data collected and analysed from the pre and post eLAMP evaluations by this Curtin cohort in 2014 suggest that participants enhanced their knowledge, skills and abilities across the eLAMP learning outcomes in all four modules of eLAMP. Whilst low response rates from line managers has made it difficult to draw definitive conclusions about observable participant behaviour change, anecdotal evidence suggests that eLAMP is viewed by participants and their line managers as a successful organisational development initiative for Curtin University.