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Strategic Considerations for a Successful Student Survey Tool
Published on Jun 18, 2025 / No Comments
Category: AHEP Consulting , AHEP Updates
Traditional student surveys often result in large volumes of data that require significant time and effort to analyse. However, the real value lies in the ability to quickly translate feedback into tangible improvements.
Shaping Lives Through Student Support
Published on Jun 9, 2025 / No Comments
Category: AHEP Updates , Career stories
What I love most about my role is connecting with students from all walks of life and seeing their journey unfold. Watching them grow, face challenges, and succeed is incredibly rewarding. It’s those everyday interactions that remind me why this work matters.
Big In Japan
Published on Jun 9, 2025 / No Comments
Category: AHEP Updates
Following our recent event Japanese HE Unpacked, we caught up with AHEP Consultant Jenny Jenkins, who was in attendance on 8 May. In this article, Jenny shares her reflections and summarises some of the key takeaways from the session, offering a snapshot of the cultural context, strategic priorities, and professional structures shaping higher education in Japan today. Whether you joined us on the day or couldn’t make it, her insights provide a valuable window into the discussion.
Celebrating Member Success – Laila Burton
Published on May 28, 2025 / No Comments
Category: AHEP Blog , AHEP Updates , Career stories
As part of the AHEP’s Student Experience and Engagement Special Interest Group (SIG), we’re conducting our 'Celebrating Member Success' interviews. In this edition we hear from Laila Burton, Assistant Director, Office of the Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Students) at The Open University. We discuss what we mean by success and hear Laila’s thoughts on how this has evolved during her career.
Behind the Scenes – The Job Shadowing HE Podcast
Published on May 16, 2025 / No Comments
Category: AHEP Development Monthly , AHEP Updates
Most HE professionals share the same drive—so why don’t we talk about our jobs? This article reflects on silence in the sector and how to shift it.
Enhancing student wellbeing and engagement: actionable insights from the AHEP-evasys webinar
Published on May 13, 2025 / No Comments
Category: AHEP Updates
The landscape of UK higher education is facing a confluence of challenges, demanding innovative and empathetic approaches from all of us supporting the student journey.
Compassionate Communication in Higher Education: Leading with Empathy in Challenging Times
Published on May 9, 2025 / No Comments
Category: AHEP Development Monthly , AHEP Updates
"In recent years, the higher education landscape has been marked by rising complexities, shifting expectations, and a palpable increase in the emotional and psychological weight carried by students and staff alike. Against this backdrop, the way we communicate has never been more important or more powerful."
Ops SIG at One: What We’ve Learned (and Why You Should Join!)
Published on Apr 4, 2025 / No Comments
Category: AHEP Development Monthly , AHEP Updates
March has come again - the springtime, the beckoning of the Easter break (further away than we would like this year...) and one year on from the official launch of our Operations Special Interest Group!
Student Engagement Isn’t Broken—But Are We Listening?
Published on Apr 4, 2025 / 1 Comment
Category: AHEP Development Monthly , AHEP Updates
How can universities move beyond transactional student engagement? Exploring insights from the evasys Student Engagement Conference and Westminster’s own initiatives, this blog examines collaborative leadership as a framework for building confidence, embracing risk, and fostering meaningful staff-student partnerships.
Coffee Anyone? The Conversational Power of the Coffee Shop and Similar Spaces
Published on Apr 4, 2025 / No Comments
Category: AHEP Development Monthly , AHEP Updates
The titular two words, hailed across lecture theatres, lunch halls and office kitchenettes alike, must be one of my favourite phrases. Why? Because we all hold a shared understanding of their inherent meaning.