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A Day in the Life of an AI-Savvy Senior Leader in Higher Education

As we celebrate AI Appreciation Day this July, let's take a journey through a typical day of Dr Emma ‘Techtastic’, the AI-savvy Senior Leader of Innovate University. Her story illustrates how artificial intelligence is revolutionising leadership in higher education, enhancing decision-making, and transforming institutional operations.

From Tradition to Innovation: The Evolution of Student Support

Looking back on more than three decades of work in HE student affairs, I’d like to reflect on three macro-level trends which I’ve seen evolve over the years, and which continue to develop in the sector. These relate to the purpose of student affairs; the organisation of student affairs; and the impact of student affairs.

AUA Consulting – thoughts for the future

AUA Consulting – thoughts for the future Following my career in higher education as a professional services leader and manager, I was very fortunate to become a Consultant for AUA Consulting in early 2020. This has given me the opportunity to continue to use my experience to bring about improvements to both individual higher education […]

AUA Consulting – reflections on success

AUA Consulting – reflections on success In my work as a consultant over the past five years, building on a career in higher education stretching over three decades, I’ve had the privilege of working with more than 30 HE institutions and sector bodies, bringing additional capacity, an external perspective and expertise based on long experience […]

Who wants to be a University Board Chair?

Who wants to be a University Board Chair? Over the last few years I have been involved in the appointment of several governing body chairs. I am pleased to say that they seem to have been successful but that has been in no small part due to there being a candidate, currently serving on the […]

Admissions in the changing HE landscape

Admissions in the changing HE landscape Having had several years of declining numbers of 18 year olds in the UK population, the trend has now reversed and the number is set to rise for the foreseeable future. Whilst on the face of it this appears to mean that it will become easier to recruit home […]

Kick-starting your professional development

Kick-starting your professional development As the end of the year approaches and a new year is just around the corner, this is often a time for reflection. In HE we continue to be primarily focused on the impact of Covid on our students and institutions. We have been so focused on firefighting over the last […]

Professional Services – An Alternative to Benchmarking?

Professional Services – An Alternative to Benchmarking? Many of us will have pondered the question of what level of staffing is needed to carry out professional services tasks in our university. This may well have led to trying some form of benchmarking to determine how our university compares with others. Benchmarking can range from the […]

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