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The AHEP blog is a space to voice opinion, inform, celebrate and share perspectives of working in higher education administration and management today.

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 […]
Oct 13, 2021
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Steph O'Halloran AUA Consultant

Time for some quiet leadership?

Time for some quiet leadership? The people-management challenges facing university leaders and managers are enormous, from motivating and supporting teams who now work from home for at least some of the time, to dealing with the mental health challenges that the impact of Covid-19 has had on so many people (as explored in earlier AUA […]
Sep 24, 2021
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From the world of Student Experience and Engagement: Jonathan Dempsey – New College of the Humanities (NCH)

As part of the AUA’s Student Experience and Engagement network, we’re conducting interviews with those who work in the field. A wide variety of roles and teams support the improvement of student experience and engagement within universities. Our interview series helps to shine a light on those who are working in these roles, so that […]
Sep 21, 2021
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HE Governance – challenges and opportunities

HE Governance – challenges and opportunities Reflecting on current and future challenges and opportunities for higher education governance, I’d like to share some thoughts on how the AUA governance consulting team might be able to help.  Our governance consulting team is made up of current and former university secretaries, senior governance professionals and members of […]
Sep 3, 2021
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From the world of Student Experience and Engagement: Lizy Holder – Bath Spa University

As part of the AUA’s Student Experience and Engagement network, we’re conducting interviews with those who work in the field. A wide variety of roles and teams support the improvement of student experience and engagement within universities. Our interview series helps to shine a light on those who are working in these roles, so that […]
Aug 5, 2021
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Taking closing the loop further at the University of Hull

Managing Change in HE Annual Open Forum 2021 Sponsor Blog, by Joanna Carter, Student Insight and Sector Policy Manager, University of Hull on behalf of EvaSys Evaluation and Assessment ______________________________ The increasing emphasis placed on the student voice in higher education is apparent in both the policies and practices of UK higher education institutions. A […]
Jul 14, 2021
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Learning from AUA Consulting

Learning from AUA Consulting In 2019 AUA launched a consulting practice AUA Consulting as a new strand in our range of activities in the HE sector.  What have we learned as an association from this new initiative over the last two years?  How is AUA Consulting benefiting AUA, our members and the wider sector?  In […]
Apr 22, 2021
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Underlining HE’s value through student personal and professional development

AUA Annual Conference 2021 Sponsor BlogDr John Miles, CEO, Inkpath______________________________ After a year of living with COVID-19, universities will be reflecting on the endless challenges that came their way over the past 12 months. University teams have continued to work hard to keep students motivated and to support their progress, despite all of the difficulties […]
Apr 13, 2021
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