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From the world of Student Experience and Engagement: Lizy Holder – Bath Spa University
Published on Aug 5, 2021 / No Comments
Category: AHEP Blog , Career stories , From the world of Student Experience and Engagement
As part of the AUA’s Student Experience and Engagement network, we’re conducting interviews with those who work in the field. A wide variety of roles and teams support the improvement of student experience and engagement within universities. Our interview series helps to shine a light on those who are working in these roles, so that […]
Welcoming our new Trustees August 2021
Published on Aug 1, 2021 / No Comments
Category: AHEP Updates
Hello fellow AUA members, Being an AUA Trustee is a great honour but it is also really good fun. I’ve enjoyed the seven (I think!) years I have been involved as a member but also served as Vice-Chair and Chair. As well as helping to lead some of the work of the Association you also […]
July 2021 Member Spotlight – Amanda Lund
Published on Jul 21, 2021 / No Comments
Category: Member Spotlight
The July member spotlight is on Amanda Lund, Deputy Director of Professional Services and an AUA Advocate at the University of Edinburgh. Why do you do it? I actually stumbled across the AUA when I was looking for further development opportunities and initially found and signed up to the PgCert. On looking into the AUA […]
Managing Change Open Forum 2021 recordings
Published on Jul 20, 2021 / No Comments
Category: AHEP Updates
Here you can access recordings of sessions from the Managing Change in Higher Education Annual Open Forum 2021, kindly sponsored by EvaSys
Taking closing the loop further at the University of Hull
Published on Jul 14, 2021 / No Comments
Category: AHEP Blog , AHEP Updates
Managing Change in HE Annual Open Forum 2021 Sponsor Blog, by Joanna Carter, Student Insight and Sector Policy Manager, University of Hull on behalf of EvaSys Evaluation and Assessment ______________________________ The increasing emphasis placed on the student voice in higher education is apparent in both the policies and practices of UK higher education institutions. A […]
June 2021 Member Spotlight – Helena Torres
Published on Jun 16, 2021 / No Comments
Category: Governance , Member Spotlight
The June member spotlight is on Helena Torres, Centre Administration Manager, Brussels at the University of Kent. Helena is is one of our current Board of Trustees members. Why do you do it? I have benefited greatly from being a member of the AUA throughout my career in higher education. I particularly enjoyed being part […]
Revisiting our hot topics part two
Published on Jun 14, 2021 / No Comments
Category: AHEP Updates
In this series, our Trustees share their reflections and summaries of the hot topic sessions they attended at the AUA Annual Conference earlier this year. In this instalment, AUA Trustee Thea Gibbs reflects on ‘Governance in times of change’, whilst AUA Trustee Mark Crittenden discusses his key takeaways from Melanie Gottlieb’s presentation on ‘Defining the […]
Inclusion Includes Discomfort
Published on Jun 14, 2021 / No Comments
Category: AHEP Consulting , AHEP Updates
Inclusion Includes Discomfort Over the last year, projects I’ve been working on with universities and colleges include a focus on inclusive practice, inclusive curriculum and whole institution approaches to well-being. Although inclusive curriculum was an expectation included in the 2017 DfE publication, ‘Inclusive teaching and learning in higher education as a route to excellence ’ […]
Revisiting our hot topics part one
Published on Jun 4, 2021 / No Comments
Category: AHEP Updates
In this series, our Trustees share their reflections and summaries of the hot topic sessions they attended at the AUA Annual Conference earlier this year. In this instalment, AUA Chair Amanda Oliver discusses the hot topic she attended on ‘Enhancing student wellbeing through Social Prescribing’, whilst AUA Trustee Sara Corcoran reflects on Jon Baldwin’s presentation […]