The Chevening Clore Leadership Fellowship is a partnership between the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Clore Leadership Programme.
It is a unique programme of cultural leadership development that seeks to enrich and transform cultural practice and engagement. Professionals in the arts and culture sector are given the opportunity to undertake an individually tailored leadership programme in the UK.
Each year, 25 places are awarded to exceptional leaders from a range of specialisms across the cultural sector including the visual and performing arts, film and digital media, museums, libraries, archives and heritage, cultural policy and practice. The UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office funds up to six international Fellows to become part of the cohort.
The Fellowship provides a number of core activities and a loose framework to support your individual development as a cultural leader over a period of around seven months. The Programme has been shaping exceptional cultural leaders for the last 14 years.
The Fellowship is self-guided so you’ll need to be highly motivated and deeply curious. It is primarily experiential, underpinned by contemporary leadership theories. You’ll learn from the experiences of guest speakers and your peers, and gain insights about yourself from practical workshops and through your secondment, mentoring and coaching. You’ll extend your knowledge and understanding of the wider cultural sector through dialogue, inquiry, study visits, conferences and meetings, and increase your skills and acumen through courses and individual training as part of your unique development plan.
This is a learnt, not a taught programme. It is action-orientated and practical. It is intellectually rigorous but not academic. It is intensive and challenging. Fellows work in small groups on practical projects, and attend masterclasses, talks, and workshops on topics like change management, strategic planning, and cultural policy.
The Fellowship Programme is for leaders with ambition and vision, who can show clearly how they might take their leadership to the next level. We are looking for leaders who are dynamic, strategic and collaborative; who possess a high degree of intellectual curiosity, creativity, integrity and emotional intelligence. You will be entrepreneurial and driven to making a difference in your community of practice, sector and society through culture. Whether working independently or as part of an institution, you will be able to demonstrate your aptitude and appetite for effecting significant change. In addition you will:
The structure of the programme includes two residential courses, an extended placement, individually selected training and mentoring.
As a part of the Clore Leadership Programme, each international fellow will undertake an individually tailored programme based in the UK which will include:
The majority of the fellows' individual training and development programmes, including their secondments, mentoring, attendance at courses and conferences, and the second residential course will take place in the period between April and July of 2020; the fellowship will be completed by 31 July 2020.
The fellowship starts in September 2019 and runs throughout the academic year, with fellows travelling between their home country and the UK to undertake the fellowship. For more information about the fellowship please visit the Clore Leadership Programme website.
A Chevening Clore Leadership Fellowship includes a training budget of up to £14,000 to cover: