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AUA Conference 2021
Published on Apr 9, 2021 / No Comments
Category: AHEP Updates
AUA 2021 | A Summary
Meet our new Student Experience and Engagement network team!
Published on Apr 8, 2021 / No Comments
Category: AHEP Updates
Meet our new Student Experience and Engagement network team! The AUA is delighted to announce its new Student Experience and Engagement Network coordinator team. David Gilani, Head of Student Engagement and Advocacy at Middlesex University London, has stepped up into the role of Network Coordinator and will be joined by Deputy Coordinators Siobhan Dumphy, Education […]
International Opportunity CAUBO 2021
Published on Apr 8, 2021 / No Comments
Category: AHEP Updates , International conferences
International Opportunity: CAUBO 2021 15 to 17 June 2021 | Online The AUA is thrilled to announce that, thanks to our partnership with CAUBO, we are offering an exciting opportunity for one of our members to attend CAUBO Annual Conference 2021. Information on the event CAUBO’s flagship professional development event, the Annual Conference brings together […]
The 2021 AUA Annual Awards Shortlist
Published on Mar 25, 2021 / No Comments
Category: AHEP Updates
The 2021 Annual AUA Awards Shortlist The AUA would not be the thriving association it is without the hard work and dedication of our members. Our members are the AUA. They are our Trustees, they run our professional networks, they advocate on our behalf within their organisations, and support their colleagues studying the AUA PgCert […]
What are students ‘buying’ from universities?
Published on Mar 23, 2021 / No Comments
Category: AHEP Blog , AHEP Consulting , AHEP Updates
What are students ‘buying’ from universities? I was talking to a friend who works for British Airways recently, and commiserating with him over the disruption that Covid caused to his industry and the stress he must have faced in his job. ‘Actually’, he said, ‘you had it worse in HE because we had contingency plans. […]
Fake Degrees, Visa Mills & Identity Fraud: how Jisc are protecting UK graduates, universities, and employers
Published on Mar 23, 2021 / No Comments
Category: AHEP Blog , AHEP Updates
AUA Annual Conference 2021 Exhibitor BlogJisc______________________________ Every year the HE sector comes under threat from fraudsters, cheats and those looking to circumvent the system in order to get a valuable qualification. Whether that’s an increase in bogus institutes, using fake certificates, or individuals falsifying student identities, these threaten the reputation and stability of the HE […]
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 […]