AHEP Blog
The AHEP blog is a space to voice opinion, inform, celebrate and share perspectives of working in higher education administration and management today. Each blog will provide thoughts and ideas from three core outlooks:
Policy, me and my role: what is your opinion or experience of the impact of policy on your role or on HE administration and management more widely? What can others learn from you?
Professional development: knowledge, ideas and tools for furthering a career in higher education and enriching your experience of being a HE professional.
My AHEP: covering everything that AHEP has to offer, brought to you from members who have experienced it first-hand.
If you’d like to write a blog for us, please email us at hello@ahep.ac.uk to express your interest.
AUA Annual Lecture 2018 | AUA Blog
Published on Dec 7, 2018 by Dr Andrew West / No Comments
Category: AHEP Blog
Dr Andrew West, FAUA | Strategic Adviser to the AUA AUA Annual Lecture 2018 Reflections on the first year of the Office for Students by Nicola Dandridge, Chief Executive A vast amount of regulatory...
The AUA Short-Life Working Group: an opportunity for everybody | AUA Blog
Published on Dec 3, 2018 by Jenny Wragge / No Comments
Category: AHEP Blog
Jenny Wragge, MAUA Executive Advisor to the Chief Operating Officer | Manchester Metropolitan University Have you ever thought you might like to contribute more to the AUA, but were put off from a...
Student Mental Health as a Policy Issue | AUA Blog
Published on Nov 2, 2018 by Dr Andrew West & / No Comments
Category: AHEP Blog , AHEP Consulting
Dr Andrew West, FAUA is Strategic Adviser to the AUA and a Fellow of the Halpin Partnership Mental health has been characterised by one vice-chancellor as “undoubtedly one of the biggest challenges ...
Graduate trainee programmes in HE: A conversation | AUA Blog
Published on Oct 22, 2018 by Lydia Crow, Neale Summers & Zoë Tupling / No Comments
Category: AHEP Blog
Lydia Crow, MBChB Manager, University of Edinburgh Neale Summers, Student Experience Officer, University of Edinburgh Zoë Tupling, Ambitious Futures Graduate, University of Edinburgh Zoë says: As...
Goodbye, hello: tips for managing transitions | AUA Blog
Published on Oct 7, 2018 by Lindsay Melling & / No Comments
Category: AHEP Blog
Lindsay Melling Staffing and Resources Coordinator | Institute for Education | Bath Spa University I recently started a new job in a different institution so have taken the opportunity to reflect on ...
Reflections on 25 years of AUA membership
Published on Sep 25, 2018 by Dr Andrew West FAUA / No Comments
Category: AHEP Blog , AHEP Updates , Career stories
Dr Andrew West FAUA | Formerly University Secretary, University of Sheffield 2018 marks my 25th anniversary of AUA membership. Reflecting on what has kept me engaged in the Association over such a lo...
Becoming a Fellow: my experience with accreditation and fellowship with the AUA | AUA Blog
Published on Sep 19, 2018 by Jessica Napthine-Hodgkinson / 1 Comment
Category: AHEP Blog
Jessica Napthine-Hodgkinson Research Support Officer University of Manchester You may have heard about AUA accreditation and fellowship at an event or on the website, but are not sure ...
AUA at the Tertiary Education Management Conference 2016, New Zealand
Published on Sep 10, 2018 by Kathryn Whittingham MAUA / No Comments
Category: International conferences , International opportunities , Newslink
Kathryn Whittingham MAUA | Head of Student Administration, Macquarie University Kia Ora! I was honoured to be asked to represent the AUA at the 2016 joint conference between the Association for Tertia...
A different continent; same higher education issues
Published on Sep 10, 2018 by Michelle Morgan FAUA / No Comments
Category: International conferences , International opportunities , Newslink
Michelle Morgan FAUA | Learning and Teaching Coordinator, Kingston University The AUA has reciprocal agreements with other university administrative organisations across the world, which allows AUA m...
How to get the worst from your student course evaluations
Published on Sep 10, 2018 by Eric Bohms / No Comments
Category: AHEP Blog , Newslink
Eric Bohms | Managing Director, Electric Paper Ltd. Module evaluation is, at its heart, an instrument designed to provide the academic with useful feedback. In this article, rather than discuss how to...