The All-Wales Intensive Learning Academy for Innovation in Health and Social Care is part of the Welsh Government Intensive Learning Academy (ILA) Programme and sits within the Innovation Academy at the School of Management in Swansea University
Outlined within A Healthier Wales, the long-term plan for Health and Social Care in Wales, the ILA programme is designed to enhance leadership and development within the Health and Social Care workforce.
About the School of Management at Swansea University
The School of Management at Swansea University is a UK top provider of Management, Accounting and Finance, and Economics education. Providing a range of undergraduate and postgraduate degrees, as well as collaborative opportunities, our strong links with industry and professional accrediting bodies are reflected in our innovative teaching and pioneering research, ensuring a great start to the future and continuing career of our students, staff, and partners.
The School of Management is accredited internationally by AACSB, the longest-standing, most recognised form of specialised accreditation that an institution and its business programmes can earn.
About the Innovation Academy
The Innovation Academy delivers world-class learning, research, and teaching that equips leaders with the confidence, skills, and capability to realise innovation in various sectors, including but not limited to ICT, Engineering, Aquaculture, Defence, Cyber Security, and Health and Care.
Part of the Innovation Academy is the All-Wales Intensive Learning Academy for Innovation in Health and Social Care (IHSC). The All-Wales IHSC Academy is supported by the Welsh Government and has been created to develop and equip leaders with the confidence, skills, and capability to realise innovation across health, social care, and the third sectors, from the incremental to the transformative, locally, nationally, and internationally.
Involving public, private, and third sectors through a case-based learning and practice approach, drawing upon front-line activities of groups such as the NHS Wales Innovation Leads, through to international knowledge and expertise of international partners and networks.
The Innovation Academy offers a unique framework of learning opportunities delivered in partnership with Cardiff & Vale University Health Board, the Bevan Commission, ION Leadership, and Agor Innovation.
During their studies, participants in the Academy develop skills to analyse, problem solve, and lead change and innovation within their workplace, playing a key role in the transformation of health and care systems. They challenge the status quo and use their innovative ideas to develop systems and services that benefit both the patient and organisation. Backed by comprehensive research, these ideas are implemented and assessed for their impact on the learner, their team, and their community.
