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March 2020 Member Spotlight – Merrill Jones

The March member spotlight is on Merrill Jones, AUA Advocate for the University of Sussex. Why do you do it? I joined the AUA at the suggestion of my line manager as I was considering my onward professional development. She recommended the AUA as an opportunity to network with like-minded professional administrators and to understand […]
Mar 16, 2020
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Lucidity Solutions – Exhibitor Blog

If you’ve ever had the pleasure of reading university strategic plans, you might have been tempted to hang your head in despair! They often sound very similar, have too many – or too few – ways to evaluate progress, and are divorced from what really happens in the institution. In response, we’ve developed an approach […]
Mar 12, 2020
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Working together

Working together The behaviour ‘working together’ is all about the skills we use when we work with colleagues to achieve shared objectives. We all work collaboratively within our daily jobs but the AUA also offers many exciting and interesting ways to develop this behaviour that go beyond routine team meetings and group projects. One very […]
Mar 12, 2020
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Insights into geographical inequalities in higher education participation

Insights into geographical inequalities in higher education participation | AUA Blog Geographical variations in rates of higher education [HE] participation have long been recognised. In 1997, the Dearing Report referenced research by the Higher Education Funding Council for England which showed that ‘the probability of a young person entering a higher education institution is strongly […]
Mar 11, 2020
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The fourth North Wales and North West Regional Conference: Achieving success | AUA Blog

The fourth North Wales and North West Regional Conference: Achieving success At 10:30am on Friday January 17th, 2020 at Edge Hill University, over 100 Professional Services Staff from across North Wales and the North West were captivated for one hour by Andy Grant, ex-Royal Marine turned motivational speaker and fastest single leg amputee in the […]
Mar 10, 2020
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Admit it, you don’t know what you’re doing | AUA Quick Reads

Admit it, you don’t know what you’re doing Gillian Davis | Assistant Director (Timetabling and Examinations) | University of Birmingham “Let’s ADKAR it!” I have been in no doubt, on more than one occasion, that I have strayed into a foreign land.  I’m (usually) no fool and have managed all sorts of projects across my […]
Mar 9, 2020
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University Challenge? | AUA Quick Reads

University Challenge? Is our professional identity affected when working with academic colleagues? Joanne Caldwell | CDT Manager | University of Salford How many times can you say “I am just an administrator” when asked what you do at the university you work at? It is this question amongst others that promoted my research into how […]
Mar 9, 2020
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Developing Effective Working Relationships | AUA Quick Reads

Developing Effective Working Relationships Ranitha Ramdeyal | Manager for Academic Services | University of Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa (AAA) I would like to give conference attendees a perspective of someone who comes from a Rainbow Nation, a country which is so diverse in terms of race, culture, religion and values. Amazingly, the one factor that […]
Mar 9, 2020
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