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AUA 2020 Annual Awards Shortlist

The 2020 Annual AUA Awards Nominees As most of you will know, the AUA Annual Awards are usually announced and presented as part of our Gala Dinner at our Annual Conference & Exhibition. As this has been postponed this year, we’ve had to rethink how we will recognise and acknowledge the hard work of our members and […]
Mar 26, 2020
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Managing Self and Personal Skills

Managing Self and Personal Skills Managing self and personal skills is a behaviour that is about taking control of and responsibility for your own professional development. In many ways, all of the activities offered by the AUA relate to this behaviour, as they all give you the chance to develop yourself outside of the opportunities […]
Mar 26, 2020
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AUA Study Tour: Japan

Liz Turner | Chiara Singh | Oliver Cooper | Laura Johnson | Chris Cooper Introduction Japan also known as Nihon or ‘the land of the rising sun’, is an inspiring country with a legendary work ethic and a very different Higher Education Sector. From the beautiful art of becoming a geisha to the ancient Shinto […]
Mar 24, 2020
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Day two | Navigating the new normal

Day two | Navigating the new normal Jane Reid | Teaching and Learning Manager (PgCert) | The AUA In my current job, I rarely work from home despite my role working on a blended learning programme being quite suited to it. I enjoy working in an open plan office, I enjoy the variety of our […]
Mar 20, 2020
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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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