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March 2021 Member Spotlight – Annette Cooke
Published on Mar 17, 2021 by Annette Cooke / No Comments
Category: Member Spotlight , PgCert
The March member spotlight is on Annette Cooke from the University of Salford. Annette is a Fellow Representative on the Board of Studies for the AUA’s PgCert programme. Why do you do it? I’ve been an AUA member for many years and more recently achieved Fellowship status and have a keen interest in quality assurance/enhancement, […]
A message from our new President Keith Zimmerman
Published on Mar 5, 2021 / No Comments
Category: AHEP Updates
The AUA is delighted to announce the appointment of our new Honorary President, Keith Zimmerman. Keith is a board-level executive with 28 years’ experience in higher education – recently appointed as the new Executive Director for Transformation of Education and Student Outcomes at King’s College London, to start in March 2023, and currently Chief Operating […]
What’s the Simplest Way to Close the Student Feedback Loop at Module Level?
Published on Mar 3, 2021 / No Comments
Category: AHEP Updates
AUA Annual Conference 2021 Exhibitor BlogEvaSys______________________________ Now, more than ever, it’s critical for students to feel their voices are heard; by their lecturers, heads of school and by university leaders. Closing the student feedback loop at module level is a highly effective way to enable that two-way communication between student and institution – and, of […]
Professional Services – Future-Fit?
Published on Mar 3, 2021 / No Comments
Category: AHEP Blog , AHEP Consulting , AHEP Updates
Professional Services – Future-Fit? It’s now more than a year since the pandemic first hit the UK. It is hard to remember life and work in our institutions pre-COVID-19. 2021 will be potentially even more challenging for HE. As Steve Smith highlighted in another AUA blog the rapid changes in methods of delivery and ways […]
Perspectives article review – ‘E-learning across the Atlantic’ – Julie Davies and Nigel Pigott – (2004)
Published on Mar 3, 2021 / No Comments
Category: Perspectives
Perspectives: Policy and practice in higher education is the AUA’s monthly journal which provides higher education managers and administrators with innovative material which analyses and informs their practice of management. The Perspectives journal is published four times a year, and is available to AUA members in both hard copy and online. Members can access the full […]
To proctor or not to proctor – is that the question?
Published on Feb 25, 2021 / No Comments
Category: AHEP Blog , AHEP Updates
AUA Annual Conference 2021 Exhibitor BlogUNIwise______________________________ The use of facial recognition technology during the COVID-19 pandemic has led to a widespread debate within the HE community about to what extent surveillance and invasion of privacy is reasonable in order for universities to carry out their obligation to ensure fair and credible assessment of students. The […]
AUA 2021 Conference – Student Experience and Engagement related sessions
Published on Feb 19, 2021 / No Comments
Category: AHEP Updates
There are so many great sessions scheduled for this year’s AUA Annual Conference that you might not know where to start. To help our members of the Student Experience and Engagement network, we’ve compiled below the sessions that you might find most interesting. We hope that you enjoy the conference and log off with a […]
A new world of virtual operations: simplifying, standardising, and transforming the work of professional services
Published on Feb 19, 2021 / No Comments
Category: AHEP Blog , AHEP Updates
AUA Annual Conference 2021 Exhibitor BlogRon Yanosky | EAB______________________________ COVID-19 has transformed higher education into a virtualised industry. While online learning is the most conspicuous part of this new reality, the shift from campus-bound to remote professional services operations is a quieter but equally noteworthy achievement. Our workforce has remained flexible in adopting new modes […]
February 2021 Member Spotlight – Mark Crittenden
Published on Feb 17, 2021 / No Comments
Category: Governance , Member Spotlight
The February member spotlight is on Mark Crittenden, Head of Student Centres, University of Greenwich. Mark is one of our current Board of Trustees members. Why do you do it? I have been a member of AUA for virtually all of my career in HE after being “advised” (very strongly) by my then line manager […]
Just a Minute…….Governance Practice in the New Normal
Published on Feb 16, 2021 / No Comments
Category: AHEP Blog , AHEP Consulting , AHEP Updates , Governance
Just a Minute…….Governance Practice in the New Normal Being ever the optimist, I am making plans for returning to face to face meetings sooner rather than later and, in relation to committee administration, a few positives have emerged as a result of the global pandemic. I am no longer overly worried about anyone requesting remote […]