Each university has an Aurora Champion who promotes the course within the university. Our Vice-Chancellor, Professor Alistair Fitt, holds this role at Brookes.
Each university taking part in the programme provides role models to facilitate discussion at the workshops, and mentors for their own participants. At Oxford Brookes we also hold regular update meetings during the programme to encourage
discussion and networking amongst the participants, and to share the experience of mentors on any issues raised by the programme.
We regularly send 15-20 participants each year. The feedback has generally been positive: participants have found speakers inspiring, and most have appreciated the networking opportunities created especially by the action-learning sets. Aurora
alumnae have used their new skills and confidence to progress their careers and/or to get involved in cross-University projects.
Aurora focuses on becoming a senior leader in HE. If you are at an earlier stage in your career we also offer
Springboard (currently not running due to Covid-19). These are more general career and personal development programmes to help you think about what you would like to do next in your working life.
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