Days 1 – 2: NASA 4-D Leadership Programme

The NASA 4-D system was developed to address shortfalls following a string of mission failures within the organisation. It was designed to foster eight core behaviours that have transformed the teams at NASA. Curated to create cohesive, high-performing teams, this program has played a pivotal role in establishing the culture that makes NASA Best Place to work in federal government for 13 consecutive years. It is designed to create a shared leadership lexicon that addresses social context directly, enabling leaders to rapidly assemble high-performing teams, without the usual ‘forming, storming, norming and performing’ dramas.

It drives noticeable behavioural changes and impact, as measure against both internal and external benchmarks.

The modules listed reflect those currently available to students starting in the next intake and may differ from the modules available to current students. Every year, we review our modules and their content to ensure that our courses maintain the best academic and student experience possible. Whilst this does mean elements of your course may change in future academic years, it ensures your course is giving you a research-inspired education and preparing you for your future.

Days 3-5: Executive Guide to Space

The Executive Guide to Space Course is a 3-day programme led by industry experts with over 6 decades of experience leading and developing space missions. It will guide participants through a comprehensive understanding of what it takes to design, build, launch and operate a successful space mission. It is designed for both technical and non-technical professionals who are looking to develop an understanding of the broad elements governing a space mission.

The first day will explore the UK Space landscape and opportunity and provide an overview oh a spacecraft and the orbits you might consider for a mission.

Day two focuses on spacecraft engineering, guiding delegates through the timeline of an engineering project while highlighting the unique considerations required for space based missions, from hardware, to process and paperwork. This is followed by a look at the space environment and the challenges it provides to ensuring the successful operation of the mission. We will also discuss commonly used mitigation strategies employed by the industry.

The final day takes a focus on the complex and evolving legal and regulatory framework associated with space missions. Led by our world leading partners at Alden Legal, they will highlight the processes for ensuring missions are insured, obtaining launch licenses, crafting international agreements for operation and data usage and walk you through the communications regulations that allow communication with your operating spacecraft.

The modules listed reflect those currently available to students starting in the next intake and may differ from the modules available to current students. Every year, we review our modules and their content to ensure that our courses maintain the best academic and student experience possible. Whilst this does mean elements of your course may change in future academic years, it ensures your course is giving you a research-inspired education and preparing you for your future.