The Senate Room at the NOVA University Lisbon Rectory hosted, last Friday, 15, a series of training sessions focused on Digital Leadership Skills and Cross-Cultural Competences of Academic Staff. These activities were part of the Young Academic and Digital Academic Leadership Development Program, within the scope of the LEAD Project—an international academic collaboration initiative.
The sessions were delivered by professors from NOVA, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), and Shanghai University, offering a global and interdisciplinary perspective. The event opened with welcome remarks by NOVA’s Vice-Rector, Professor João Amaro de Matos, who manages the University’s teaching and international development strategy and activities, and included lectures and workshops addressing digital academic leadership and the intercultural competences of academic staff.
The LEAD Alliance, officially launched on 1 December 2022, is based on the results of the 2015 European Union-funded projects LEAD and LEAD2. Its mission is to promote academic leadership among European and Chinese higher education institutions through a global and interdisciplinary community that integrates research, innovative practices and skills development for university management.