The WISE Emerging Leaders 2023 Fellowship

The WISE Emerging Leaders 2023 call for nominations is open!

WISE Emerging Leaders is a nine-month fellowship program for the next generation of leaders in education who wish to embark on a learning journey that cultivates the mindsets, skills, and techniques necessary to thrive, nurture communities, and transform education systems. It is now entering its fifth consecutive year.

In a time when education is disrupted by multiple crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic, the burnout epidemic, and the ecological collapse, WISE believes it is ever more important to create stimulating and nourishing spaces for education leaders to come together, connect meaningfully, learn with each other, and collaborate for collective impact. Transforming education systems requires change at the structural and systemic levels, but also at the intrapersonal and interpersonal levels. Leaders who lead with self-awareness, compassion, and creativity, who cultivate their own and their team’s wellbeing, and who weave people and projects together are leaders who can spark innovation and systemic change.

The WEL Fellowship brings together 15–20 carefully selected young leaders in education from around the world in a hybrid format consisting of in-person residential sessions, a series of online workshops with education experts, a number of asynchronous reflective blog posts, a concrete project to apply in their organizations, and tailored mentoring support to develop their project.

WISE is seeking to collaborate with high-impact organizations to nominate young education professionals from within their organizations or network to support their personal and professional development. If you would like to  nominate promising young leaders from your organization, please get in touch with [email protected].

• Table of Content
• About WISE
• WISE Emerging Leaders Fellowship
• Aim and Benefits of WISE Emerging Leaders Fellowship
• Requirements for WISE Emerging Leaders Fellowship Qualification
• Interview date, Process and Venue for WISE Emerging Leaders Fellowship
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About WISE

WISE is an international, multi-sectoral platform for creative thinking, debate and purposeful action. WISE has established itself as a global reference in new approaches to education. Through both the biennial Summit and a range of ongoing programs WISE is promoting innovation and building the future of education through collaboration. The thrust for constant innovation has long prevailed in sectors such as technology and healthcare, but education has generally lacked this approach in both policymaking and in the classroom. Moreover education is key to addressing the toughest challenges fa... continue reading

WISE Emerging Leaders Fellowship

Aim and Benefits of WISE Emerging Leaders Fellowship

WISE is seeking to collaborate with high-impact organizations to nominate young education professionals from within their organizations or network to support their personal and professional development. 

Requirements for WISE Emerging Leaders Fellowship Qualification

WISE invites representatives of institutions, organizations, programs and networks to nominate engaged candidates with outstanding academic/professional and/or personal experiences in the field of education from your organization. Nominees can be part of your extended organization or branches across the world. The nominator must have a project idea while nominating a candidate for the nomination to be eligible.

• WISE is looking for 15–20 outstanding young professionals identified by their organizations to join the cohort.
• Nominees must be between the ages of 25 and 33, with demonstrated engagement in the field of education and potential for growth.
• Nominating organizations must identify a potential project for the nominee to undertake during the year and support the nominee in developing the project during the program.
• Upon selection of the fellow, their host organization and WISE will finalize the project brief.

Interview date, Process and Venue for WISE Emerging Leaders Fellowship

1. Candidates must be between the ages of 25 and 33.
2. Candidates must hold a valid travel document and be willing to travel abroad for the residential session.
3. Candidates should be proficient in spoken and written English and should be comfortable presenting and speaking in public.
4. Candidates should demonstrate a degree of resilience that enables them to contribute fully to the program while also meeting other organizational and personal commitments.
5. Candidates should be curious, open-minded, flexible, and comfortable in multicultural environments.
6. Candidates have a strong profile showing a steady record of accomplishments in the field of education (academic, professional and/or personal). They have also been involved in education and/or development projects for at least 3 years.
7. Candidates clearly demonstrate engagement in social issues and how they have sought to overcome them through innovative ideas, and initiatives.
8. Candidates must demonstrate potential for growth within the nominating organization.

• Application deadline: Completed forms in English should be submitted through the online portal by 13:00 GMT on 1 March, 2023.
• Interview round: 19-30 March, 2023.
• Application outcome: All applicants will be notified of their application outcome by early April, 2023.

Application Deadline

How to Apply

For more details visit: Wise website.