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In December 2020, Dr Nik Winchester, Senior Lecturer in Management in the OU Business School, hosted a Centre for Voluntary Sector Leadership webinar which looked at ethics in leadership. You can now watch the seminar back and access our additional resources.

The Centre for Voluntary Sector Leadership invites you to join us to explore the sometimes fraught relationship between leadership practice and ethics. An interactive webinar is being held on Friday 11 December 2020, led by Dr Nik Winchester from the OU Business School.

The Centre for Voluntary Sector Leadership was again represented at the annual Voluntary Sector and Volunteering Research Conference which took place entirely online this year. Watch the team's presentations.

The Open University Business School invites applications for a number of full-time funded PhD studentships beginning 1 February 2021 on ‘Responding to COVID-19 and the Climate Emergency’.

Following a successful roll-out of local learning clubs in Milton Keynes and York, CVSL is inviting applications to join our new virtual learning club. Places are limited to 12-15 people and will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.

We are delighted to announce the launch of our refreshed leadership courses. The updated courses draw on new insights from CVSL team members' research and feedback from our learners to remain current and relevant to practice.

This fascinating webinar explored the leadership challenges and opportunities of 'BAME' voluntary sector organisations and how collaborative leadership can add value to the sector’s engagement with the wider voluntary sector in many ways.

Dr Owain Smolović-Jones and Dr Fidèle Mutwarasibo, both from the Centre for Voluntary Sector Leadership, facilitated the first learning club session of the senior and middle management team of Willen Hospice on 8 October 2019.

Chief Executive of Brain Tumour Research, Sue Farrington Smith MBE, provided the keynote speaker at the annual conference of the Centre for Voluntary Sector Leadership 2019. Find out about her inspiring presentation about her life and career.

In this webinar held on 23 July 2019, organised by the Centre for Voluntary Sector Leadership, we were joined by special guest Fozia Irfan, CEO of Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation, to discuss collaborative leadership in more depth.