Speakers at the Learning to Lead dinner were (L-R) programme participants Thomas Irps, Kit Bradshaw and Kelly McBride, as well as Linda Buckham (Director of the Careers and Employability Centre) and Stuart Maddocks (Director of Clemorton consultancy).
Leaders of the future praise challenging leadership programme. Sussex students who benefited from a challenging leadership programme, now in its fifth year, have praised the experience. Speaking at a dinner to celebrate the end of the 2013-14 Learning to Lead programme, Engineering PhD student Thomas Irps said: "I thoroughly enjoyed the programme and I now feel more comfortable leading new team members as we expand and grow our business start-up." Thomas is one of the 300 Sussex students who have been offered the opportunity to take part in this programme and gain an understanding of the key skills, personal attitudes and experience that leaders need to develop. Each year the Careers and Employability Centre has teamed up with international management-training consultancy Clemorton to offer the intensive programme, which uses a mixture of group and individual exercises, role play and experiential learning. Kelly McBride, now Students' Union President, was a Learning to Lead participant in 2010-11. At the celebration dinner on Thursday (8 May), Kelly recalled: "The programme made me seriously consider the implications of my actions, the key relationships I was building with the people around me and the impact this eventually has on long-term goals." Sussex graduate Kit Bradshaw, who took the programme in 2011-12, demonstrated in his talk at the dinner how using social media was a catalyst for him in applying successfully for a graduate role in with the NHS. The programme itself features contributions from Sussex alumni, drawing on their experiences as senior leaders in different sectors of the economy.
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