# OUBS & Cass sign MOU to expand online leadership development for charities

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/11/01/oubs-cass-sign-mou-expand-online-leadership-development-charities/
- Published: 2016-11-01T09:18:58+00:00
- Author: Melanie May

**The [Open University Business School](http://business-school.open.ac.uk/) (OUBS)
and [Cass Business School](https://www.cass.city.ac.uk/) (Cass), University of London,
have signed a Memorandum of Understanding that will see them work collaboratively
to further expand the provision of online leadership development for the voluntary
sector.**

 

The collaboration will bring together relevant academic research and expertise from
both Centres, including postgraduate and management education expertise from Cass
and the digital experience of The Open University, to support the development of
leadership knowledge and skills across the voluntary sector.

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It will also include the development of joint online modules, including Massive 
Open Online Courses (MOOCs) with a focus on financial leadership capabilities, leadership
in managing volunteers and trustee governance.

 

The partnership will be strengthened through the combination of the Centre of Voluntary
Sector Leadership at OUBS and the Centre for Charity Effectiveness at Cass.

 

Professor Marianne Lewis, Dean of Cass Business School said:

 

> “By working with the OUBS we will be able to extend our reach to many more organisations
> and those who work within the sector. The collective impact of our two organisations
> will enable the nonprofit sector to ensure that their leaders are amongst the 
> best, fuelling and sustaining high performance within their organisations.”

 

Both business schools hold the gold standard of triple accreditation from the Association
of Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), the Association of MBAs (AMBA)
and the European Quality Improvement System (EQUIS).

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