Common Purpose UK

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Common Purpose UK
Founded1989
FounderJulia Middleton
TypeCharity and company limited by guarantee[1]
FocusEducation
Location
  • London, England
Area served
International
CEO
Adirupa Sengupta
Employees125

Common Purpose is a British-founded charity that runs leadership-development programmes around the world.[2][3]

Common Purpose UK is a subsidiary of Common Purpose.[4][5]

Founded in 1989 by Julia Middleton,[6][7][8] its aim is to develop leaders who cross boundaries so they can solve complex problems in work and in society. Adirupa Sengupta was appointed as Group CEO in 2019.[9]

As of 2015 Common Purpose ran local programmes for leaders in cities across the world, and its global programmes bring together leaders from over 100 countries across six continents.[10][11] As of 2019, 85,000 leaders worldwide have taken part in Common Purpose programmes.[9]

Activities

Courses

Common Purpose works with a wide range of organisations and individuals across the business, public and NGO sectors.[12] As of 2019, 85,000 leaders have taken part in Common Purpose programmes.[9]

International Certificate in Education

In May 2024, Times Higher Education (THE), NAFSA and Common Purpose collaborated[13] to launch a new International Education Professional Certificate (IPEC)[14] IEPC is offered online, and designed to provide “knowledge, skills and competencies for success in global education”.[15] The 12 week certificate course is backed by three trusted brands who serve the global higher education sector. There's NAFSA's comprehensive collection of competencies for success in international education, the many years of experience offered by Common Purpose, and the broad industry reach offered by Times Higher Education (THE).[16]

Education and young people

Common Purpose works with universities to run programmes for students to develop global leadership skills. As of 2019, 8,000 students completed Common Purpose programmes each year.[17] They also run free leadership programmes for 18-25 year olds in the US, Singapore, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nigeria, Germany and the UK as part of their Legacy campaign.[18]

In 2021, Common Purpose partnered with Times Higher Education to launch an online course designed for students to increase their employability skills.[19]

Senior executives

What Next? was a 2010 course run by leadership development organisation Common Purpose and the Said Business School to help redundant executives identify opportunities to continue to use the experience they have accumulated during their careers.[20]

Between 2013 and 2019, Common Purpose partnered with the Commonwealth Study Conference to run CSCLeaders, an annual global leadership programme for 100 exceptional senior leaders selected from governments, businesses and NGOs across the 54 countries of the Commonwealth.[21]

Leadership campaigns

In July 2009 Common Purpose was commissioned by the Government Equalities Office to conduct an online survey of individuals in leadership positions, and produce a report entitled "Diversity of Representation in Public Appointments".[22] Subsequently, Common Purpose and the Government Equalities Office set up The About Time Public Leaders Courses, designed to support the government's aim to increase the diversity of public-body board members and the pool of talented individuals ready to take up public appointments. The schemes were formally launched in January 2010.[citation needed] In January 2010, Common Purpose Chief Executive, Julia Middleton, published interviews with 12 leaders from the private, public and voluntary sectors, including Sir David Bell and Dame Suzi Leather about the qualities needed for good leadership in challenging times.[23]

Projects

In July 2008 Common Purpose introduced a project in Bangalore, India, which took 50 people from different sectors, e.g. IT and banking, and encouraged them to share local and international knowledge in order to solve problems associated with trading in a recession. It has also run projects in Germany, to highlight the importance of having good facilities for the disabled.[7]

Press coverage

In May 2008 the Yorkshire Post revealed that Common Purpose had been granted free office space at the Department for Children, Schools and Families in Sheffield in 1997.[24] A DCSF spokeswoman said the free office accommodation had been given in line with the policy of the then Education Secretary David Blunkett, a Sheffield MP, who had wanted to build better links with the local community. But Philip Davies, Conservative MP for Shipley, criticised the relationship between Government and Common Purpose as well as the fact it did not put the content of its training in the public domain.[24]

In January 2009 Third Sector magazine reported that Common Purpose was to face no further action from the Information Commissioner's Office. The announcement came following the ICO's ruling in October 2008 that the charity was unlikely to have complied with the provisions in the Data Protection Act on processing personal data when it compiled a list containing the personal details of people who had made what it (CP) contended were "vexatious" requests under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 relating to its dealings with public authorities.[25]

Leveson Inquiry controversy

A number of UK national newspapers ran stories implying that Common Purpose had exerted improper influence over the Leveson Inquiry, in the days preceding publication of its report. These stories centred on the role of Inquiry member Sir David Bell, who was both a trustee of Common Purpose, and had set up the Media Standards Trust (a lobbying group which presented evidence to the Inquiry) together with Julia Middleton. Moreover, the Media Standards Trust set up and provided funding for the lobbying group Hacked Off, which also presented evidence to the Inquiry. Bell resigned from the Media Standards Trust when he was appointed a member of the Inquiry. On 25 November, The Daily Telegraph too published a comment piece on CPUK, noting that the Rotherham Director of Children's Services, Joyce Thacker, heavily criticised in the Rotherham child sexual exploitation scandal, was a member of CPUK, and noting that Common Purpose had been described as "[a] secretive Fabian organisation [... that] has been described as a Left-wing version of the Freemasons."[26]

Writing in The Guardian, Roy Greenslade described the Mail coverage of Common Purpose in general, and the central focus on Sir David Bell in particular, as "a classic example of conspiracist innuendo" and went on that "through a series of leaps of logic and phoney 'revelations' of Bell's publicly acknowledged positions, the articles persistently insinuate that he has been up to no good."[27] This opinion was shared in an article in the New Statesman by Peter Wilby.[28] Also in The Guardian, Michael White acknowledged that, "anti-establishment bodies should be as much fair game for accountability as those of the old establishment", but said: "I couldn't help thinking as I read it that the analysis itself is a bit of a conspiracy. Delete 'Common Purpose' throughout and insert 'Jew', 'Etonian' or 'Freemason' and you'd rightly feel uneasy."[29]

References

  1. ^ Common Purpose, Company Information Archived 26 July 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Company registered number: 3556983; Charity registered number: 1023384
  2. ^ "Bursaries to help bosses". Derby Telegraph. 25 November 2008. Archived from the original on 14 January 2013. Retrieved 27 April 2010.
  3. ^ "Unlocking leadership potential in the NHS". Health Service Journal. 20 May 2008. Retrieved 27 April 2010.
  4. ^ "Common Purpose Charitable Trust Overview". Charity Commission. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
  5. ^ "Common Purpose subsidiary information". Charity Commission. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
  6. ^ "25 Years of Success and Mistakes". Huffingdon Post. 2 June 2015. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
  7. ^ a b "In salute to leaders (Interview with Julia Middleton)". The Economic Times. 7 May 2008. Retrieved 27 April 2010.
  8. ^ Claire Oldfield (November 2008). "Understanding strategy". Director Magazine. Archived from the original on 21 September 2010. Retrieved 27 April 2010.
  9. ^ a b c "The CEO Interview: Adirupa Sengupta, Group Chief Executive, Common Purpose". Business & Finance. 16 October 2019. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  10. ^ "Julia Middleton Speaker Profile". TEDxEastEnd. Retrieved 6 August 2015.[permanent dead link‍]
  11. ^ "Common Purpose Partner page". FutureLearn. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
  12. ^ Andrea Wren (30 March 2007). "Move outside your comfort zone". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 27 April 2010.
  13. ^ https://www.nafsa.org/about/about-nafsa/international-educations-first-certificate-program-now-available
  14. ^ https://www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-takes/2024/05/28/certificate-course-international-educators-launched
  15. ^ https://www.nafsa.org/about/about-nafsa/times-higher-education-nafsa-and-common-purpose-collaborate-groundbreaking-new
  16. ^ https://www.timeshighereducation.com/press-releases/times-higher-education-nafsa-and-common-purpose-collaborate-groundbreaking-new
  17. ^ Crace, Anton. "Andy Coxall, CEO, Common Purpose Student Experiences, UK". thepienews.com. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  18. ^ "Sheffield150 is challenging young people to create a lasting legacy in South Yorkshire". www.thestar.co.uk. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  19. ^ "THE Partners with Common Purpose to Help Employment Prospects of International Students". Times Higher Education (THE). 13 January 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  20. ^ "Common Purpose offers help to redundant executives". Info4security.com. 18 March 2010. Archived from the original on 13 July 2011. Retrieved 27 April 2010.
  21. ^ "UofG welcomes international leaders of tomorrow". www.gla.ac.uk. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  22. ^ "Diversity of representation in public appointments" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2009. Retrieved 27 April 2010.
  23. ^ "Good leadership in challenging times: what's the secret? | Public | Public". Guardianpublic.co.uk. 9 March 2010. Archived from the original on 2 March 2012. Retrieved 27 April 2010.
  24. ^ a b Waugh, Rob. "Elite trainer gets 11-year state freebie". Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 27 April 2010.
  25. ^ "Common Purpose to face no further action from Information Commissioner". Third Sector. 8 December 2009. Retrieved 27 April 2010.
  26. ^ "Rotherham, Hislop, Common Purpose". The Daily Telegraph. 25 November 2012. Archived from the original on 26 November 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
  27. ^ Greenslade, Roy (16 November 2012). "Laughable Daily Mail 'investigation' smears Leveson inquiry assessor". The Guardian.
  28. ^ Wilby, Peter (22 November 2012). "Kite marks for paying tax, the end of the energy industry and Paul Dacre's ten-foot lizards". New Statesman.
  29. ^ White, Michael (16 November 2012). "Daily Mail 'dossier' isn't all dross". The Guardian.

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