The woman behind plans to open a girls’ school in South Sudan, where 90 per cent of women are illiterate, has visited the Open University Business School (OUBS).
Almost six years ago, on the banks of the Nile, Bridget told John Benington, husband of Professor Jean Hartley, Professor in Public Leadership at the OUBS, of her dream to build a residential school in Ibba.
Jean and John, who were in pre-independence South Sudan running workshops for the interim government, agreed to help her develop a plan and raise the money.
The university invited Bridget, one of just two women commissioners out of 79, to...
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Professor Jean Hartley, Professor of Public Leadership at The Open University Business School is one of the world-class panel of experts invited to join the Berwick Advisory Group which will advise the Prime Minister and the NHS on how to keep patients safe from harm.
The Open University (OU) Business School is strengthening its research, teaching and executive education in public leadership and management with the appointment of Professor Jean Hartley. Professor Hartley took up her post at the OU on 1 February bringing with her a wealth of experience in the field, having been a co-founder of the Institute of Governance and Public Management at Warwick Business School.
