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Data fluency: building effective data communication skills
Published on Sep 10, 2018 by Martha Horler MAUA / No Comments
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Martha Horler MAUA | Senior Data Management Officer, Manchester Metropolitan University Data is becoming ever more present and larger in our institutions, but how well equipped are we to understand it...
Transforming Approaches to Mental Health
Published on Sep 10, 2018 by James Craig FAUA / No Comments
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James Craig FAUA | Independent author One in four of us will experience some form of mental health problem each year. I had depression a few years ago, which affected my performance profoundly. If you...
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...
Jan Shine: Building personal resilience
Published on Sep 10, 2018 by Jan Shine FAUA / No Comments
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Jan Shine FAUA | People Development Consultant, Paullus People Development (jan@paullus.co.uk) This is just one of a regular series from Jan, aimed at delivering short, easily digestible and thought ...
Jan Shine: Making the most of resources
Published on Sep 10, 2018 by Jan Shine FAUA / No Comments
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Jan Shine FAUA | People Development Consultant, Paullus People Development (jan@paullus.co.uk) This is just one of a regular series from Jan, aimed at delivering short, easily digestible and thought p...
Jan Shine: Confident Communication
Published on Sep 10, 2018 by Jan Shine FAUA / No Comments
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Jan Shine FAUA | People Development Consultant, Paullus People Development (jan@paullus.co.uk) This is just one of a regular series from Jan, aimed at delivering short, easily digestible and thought ...
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...
Chair’s Final Column
Published on Sep 7, 2018 by Kathryn Fowler & Laura Harper / No Comments
Category: Governance , Newslink
Kathryn Fowler Deputy Executive Director | Aberdeen Institute of Energy University of Aberdeen In her final Newslink column as AUA Chair, Kathyrn reflects on her time in HE and as Chair of the AUA, ...
Zen and The Art of Timetabling: A Year On
Published on Sep 7, 2018 by Mark O’Donnell / No Comments
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Mark O’Donnell | Timetable Development Officer Keele University To many people, the creation of a timetable is a mystical art, something that just seems to appear. This is clearly not the case...