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Melissa Mulhall appointed South Wales and South West Network Coordinator

Published on Nov 25, 2020 / 2 Comments

Category: AHEP Updates

Melissa Mulhall appointed South Wales and South West Network Coordinator Melissa Mulhall appointed South Wales and South West Network Coordinator. We asked Melissa to share a little bit about herself. Melissa’s background I have worked in Higher Education for over 20 years now and have worked in a number of central, School and Faculty leadership […]

Chair’s message November 2020

Published on Nov 20, 2020 / 1 Comment

Category: AHEP Updates

Chair’s message to the members | November 2020 Amanda Oliver, Chair of the AUA, takes a moment to reflect on 2020 and announces the Diamond Jubilee Strategic Vision for the Association as we approach our 60th year. Hello everyone, I would like to introduce myself as your Chair. My name is Amanda Oliver and I […]

How are universities and students’ unions engaging students this year?

Published on Nov 16, 2020 by David Gilani / No Comments

Category: AHEP Updates

How are universities and students’ unions engaging students this year? On 29th October 2020, the AUA’s Student Experience and Engagement network held its second vidcon. Similar to our previous event that took place in July, this brought together representatives from dozens of universities and students’ unions across the UK to share how we’re approaching our […]

November 2020 Member Spotlight – Wendy Cairney

Published on Nov 12, 2020 / No Comments

Category: AHEP Updates , Member Spotlight

The November member spotlight is on Wendy Cairney, who was previously the AUA Scotland Network Coordinator. If you are based in the Scotland region, you can apply for this role via our website. Why do you do it? I became involved with AUA ‘by accident’ in 2011 having attended an internal training event at Edinburgh […]

Global Perspectives for a Hopeful Future

Published on Nov 11, 2020 / No Comments

Category: AHEP Blog , AHEP Consulting , AHEP Updates

Global Perspectives for a Hopeful Future I suppose that every British university, and most of those in other countries, says something like: ‘We help our students and staff develop as global citizens’.  If universities fail to do this, and fail to recognise an obligation to do so, there must be something wrong! At a time […]

Revisiting the 2020 AUA Annual Award Winners

Published on Nov 9, 2020 / No Comments

Category: AHEP Updates

The AUA Annual Awards are usually announced and presented at the AUA Annual Conference & Exhibition, part of our Gala Dinner. As our Annual Conference & Exhibition was postponed, we instead featured all of the shortlisted members and networks in news items to recognise their hard work. Looking back a few months on from the […]

Autumn Conf 2020 Speakers’ Reflections Part Three

Published on Oct 27, 2020 / No Comments

Category: AHEP Updates , Work and Covid

Read the third instalment of our speakers’ reflections.

Building Resilience

Published on Oct 19, 2020 / No Comments

Category: AHEP Updates , Professional Development , Work and Covid

Ella Watson appointed Yorkshire and North East Deputy Network Coordinator

Published on Oct 15, 2020 / No Comments

Category: AHEP Updates

Ella Watson appointed Yorkshire and North East Deputy Network Coordinator Ella Watson has been appointed the new Deputy Network Coordinator for the Yorkshire and North East Region. We asked Ella to share a little bit about herself. Ella’s background I came to Sheffield 3 years ago to work at Sheffield Students’ Union, since then I […]

Professional Services – ready for new operating models?

Published on Oct 15, 2020 / 2 Comments

Category: AHEP Blog , AHEP Consulting , AHEP Updates , Work and Covid

Professional Services – ready for new operating models? The academic year just starting will be extremely challenging for all HE institutions. The COVID-19 pandemic has required changes in methods of delivery and operation as well as putting significant financial pressure on the sector. In this context many institutions will be reviewing their strategies and plans […]