Shrivenham 2015

Defence Academy Schools
The Garrison Station
With its Headquarters and principal operation base at
Shrivenham, the schools of the Defence Academy of
the United Kingdom develop and deliver high quality
education, training, research and advice in Technology
& Acquisition, Leadership, Management, and Nuclear
technology in order to enhance the delivery of defence
capability. The schools delivers training and education
to a broad spectrum of student cohorts across Defence
and the wider security area; many courses are delivered
through the Defence Academy’s academic partner
Cranfield University who have a significant presence on
site at Shrivenham (Cranfield Defence and Security).
Locations and Output
The Defence Academy Headquarters, the Centre for
Defence Leadership & Management and the Centre
for Defence Acquisition & Technology are located at
Shrivenham. The Nuclear Department is located at
Gosport, Hampshire while elements of the Defence
Technical Officer and Engineer Entry Scheme are located
across the UK.
These schools have an annual throughput of over
22,000 students across over 400 different courses,
ranging from e-learning and short workshops to full
Masters programmes and Doctorates. Students are
primarily military and MOD civilian staff, but also include
those from overseas, UK Defence Industry, Other
Government Departments and Non-Governmental
Organisations.
CDLM aims to provide the best possible through-career
learning and development opportunities for Defence
and security professionals by delivering Leadership &
Management training and education to members of the
UK Armed Forces and Ministry of Defence Civil Servants.
This includes Leadership & Management courses,
Strategic Leadership programmes, Stress & Resilience
and Equality & Diversity training, Defence Academy
Leadership Masterclasses and “Train the Trainer” courses.
It also has a team of consultants who assist organisations
to develop as a whole alongside their people within. A
small International Section provides components of this
education to delegates from other countries, which it
delivers both overseas and in the UK.
CDLM delivers all of this through 4 main Shrivenhambased
teams which work closely to achieve output of
the highest possible quality: Leadership & Management;
Organisational Development; Concepts & Design; and
an International Section. Whilst DCTS sits on its own,
but is very much part of the collective CDLM effort. All
this activity is stalwartly supported by a very committed
Business Operations Team who, together with SERCO,
ESS and the Defence Academy HQ, enable CDLM to
deliver its core purpose: “to make Defence Better led and
managed”
Centre for Defence Leadership & Management
The Centre for Defence Leadership & Management
(CDLM) is chiefly located in the beautiful Beckett House,
at the southwest corner of the Shrivenham campus. The
Manor of Becote is recorded in the Domesday Book of
1086 and King John was in residence there in 1204. The
current house was built in 1830, an earlier one having
burnt down in the Civil War, probably at around the time
of the Battle of Faringdon in January 1646. CDLM also
has 3 outstations away from Beckett House, 2 of which
are based at the northeast corner of the Shrivenham site,
the Joint Equality & Diversity Training Centre (JEDTC)
and the Joint Stress & Resilience Centre (JSARC) and the
third, the Defence Centre for Training Support (DCTS) is
at RAF Halton in Buckinghamshire.
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