{{Short description|UK membership organisation, 2004 to 2019}} {{Use British English|date=May 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2024}} {{Infobox organization | name = Leadership Foundation for Higher Education | image = | image_size = | caption = | abbreviation = Leadership Foundation | formation = January 2004 | dissolved = March 2019<ref name=registered>{{EW charity|1101959|The Leadership Foundation for Higher Education}}</ref> | status = Non-profit company and registered charity no 1101959 | purpose = Leadership in UK higher education and professional development | location = Peer House, 8–14 Verulam Street, Holborn, WCIX 8LZ | region_served = UK and International | num_members = 150 universities and higher education colleges | leader_title = Chief Executive | leader_name = Alison Johns | main_organ = Board of Trustees (Chairman: Sir Andrew Cubie) | parent_organization = Universities UK, GuildHE | affiliations = HEFCE, Committee of University Chairs | budget = £5.9m (2014/15) | website = | remarks = }}
The '''Leadership Foundation for Higher Education''' ('''LFHE''') was an organisation in the United Kingdom providing support and advice on leadership, governance and management for higher education, based in Holborn, London. It was merged into Advance HE in 2018.
==History== The organisation was established in 2004 by Universities UK and SCOP (now known as GuildHE). It took over the function of the Higher Education Staff Development Agency, based in Ingram House in Sheffield. It was incorporated as a company in October 2003, and registered as a charity in February 2004.<ref name=registered/>
In March 2018, LFHE merged with the Equality Challenge Unit and the Higher Education Academy to form Advance HE.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lfhe.ac.uk/en/utilities/advance-he.cfm|title=Frequently asked questions|last=|first=|date=|website=Advance HE|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-04-24}}</ref>
==Structure== LFHE had offices in Holborn, off the Grays Inn Road. It was funded by the four higher education funding bodies of the UK, namely the Higher Education Funding Council for England; the Scottish Funding Council; the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales; and the Department for Employment and Learning, Northern Ireland.
The Leadership Foundation was a membership organisation and in 2014–2015 there were 152 universities and higher education colleges in membership.
==Function== The Leadership Foundation delivered its work through programmes and events, institutional advice and consultancy, and providing research on leadership, management and governance for higher education institutions. It cooperated with a wide range of organisations and associations to do this.
==Notable people== * Fiona Ross, Director of Research<ref>{{cite web|title=Professor Fiona Ross CBE|url=https://www.qni.org.uk/people/professor-fiona-ross-cbe/|website=The Queen's Nursing Institute|accessdate=26 October 2017}}</ref>
==See also== * National College for Teaching and Leadership – a similar organisation for schools
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==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20181225040917/https://www.lfhe.ac.uk/ Official website], archived in December 2018
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Category:2004 establishments in England Category:Educational administration Category:Educational institutions disestablished in 2018 Category:Higher education organisations based in the United Kingdom