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Wellbeing: Rhetoric or Reality?

Something’s been nagging at me through the holiday season. I’ve been pondering a theme in the corporate messaging that seemed to emerge in the final few weeks of the year, shared with me by a number of my coachees (from within and beyond the HE sector) and observed by others on a couple of social […]
Jan 14, 2021
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Perspectives article review – ‘Quality and Consumerism in Higher Education’ – David Palfreyman – (2013)

Perspectives: Policy and practice in higher education is the AUA’s monthly journal which provides higher education managers and administrators with innovative material which analyses and informs their practice of management. The Perspectives journal is published four times a year, and is available to AUA members in both hard copy and online. Members can access the full […]
Jan 14, 2021
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Tips to combat WFH monotony

Rebecca Mapp | Office Operations Manager | Worktribe______________________________ In this blog, Rebecca from Worktribe shares her own experience of the ups and down of the last nine months, and distills a couple of simple but useful tips from seasoned home-office workers in her team. When the first wave of news of the Covid-19 pandemic hit, […]
Jan 13, 2021
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Friday Retro: clarity and focus in 30 minutes

Friday Retro facilitators Sally Newton and Margaret L Ruwoldt are international members of AUA, and serve on the Bass Regional Committee of ATEM, the Association for Tertiary Education Management. When everything is changing around you, every demand on your time and energy seems both urgent and important. Talking to friends and colleagues in March 2020, […]
Dec 18, 2020
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December 2020 Member Spotlight – Oliver Cooper

The December member spotlight is on Oliver Cooper, at Warwick University. Oliver is a mentor for the AUA’s PgCert programme. Why do you do it? A large part of the ethos of the AUA is helping others in their professional development. I had an amazing PG Cert mentor (an AUA celebrity – Nick Allen), who […]
Dec 16, 2020
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Perspectives article review – ‘University Governance – An Issue for Our Time’ Michael Shattock – (2012)

Perspectives: Policy and practice in higher education is the AUA’s monthly journal which provides higher education managers and administrators with innovative material which analyses and informs their practice of management. The Perspectives journal is published four times a year, and is available to AUA members in both hard copy and online. Members can access the full […]
Dec 14, 2020
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Coaching with AUA Consulting

This month I’m delighted to announce AUA is launching a new 1-1 Coaching service, complementing our many other activities designed to support development for HE professionals.  We have assembled an impressive team of qualified coaches with extensive experience of supporting personal, professional and career development.  As you would expect, alongside their coaching expertise, AUA’s team […]
Dec 9, 2020
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Admissions in the headlines – again

Admissions in the headlines – again University admissions usually hits the headlines when something goes wrong, either individually or collectively at a university or national level. A case in point being the fiasco of August 2020, when universities made acceptance decision for home undergraduates on the basis of the grades provided by the examinations boards, […]
Dec 4, 2020
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