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Friday Retro: clarity and focus in 30 minutes
Published on Dec 18, 2020 by Margaret L Ruwoldt & Sally Newton / No Comments
Category: AHEP Blog , Professional Development
Friday Retro facilitators Sally Newton and Margaret L Ruwoldt are international members of AUA, and serve on the Bass Regional Committee of ATEM, the Association for Tertiary Education Management. When everything is changing around you, every demand on your time and energy seems both urgent and important. Talking to friends and colleagues in March 2020, […]
December 2020 Member Spotlight – Oliver Cooper
Published on Dec 16, 2020 / 1 Comment
Category: Member Spotlight
The December member spotlight is on Oliver Cooper, at Warwick University. Oliver is a mentor for the AUA’s PgCert programme. Why do you do it? A large part of the ethos of the AUA is helping others in their professional development. I had an amazing PG Cert mentor (an AUA celebrity – Nick Allen), who […]
Perspectives article review – ‘University Governance – An Issue for Our Time’ Michael Shattock – (2012)
Published on Dec 14, 2020 by Adrian Parry / No Comments
Category: Perspectives , Publications
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 […]
Coaching with AUA Consulting
Published on Dec 9, 2020 / No Comments
Category: AHEP Updates , Professional Development
This month I’m delighted to announce AUA is launching a new 1-1 Coaching service, complementing our many other activities designed to support development for HE professionals. We have assembled an impressive team of qualified coaches with extensive experience of supporting personal, professional and career development. As you would expect, alongside their coaching expertise, AUA’s team […]
Admissions in the headlines – again
Published on Dec 4, 2020 / 1 Comment
Category: AHEP Blog , AHEP Consulting , AHEP Updates
Admissions in the headlines – again University admissions usually hits the headlines when something goes wrong, either individually or collectively at a university or national level. A case in point being the fiasco of August 2020, when universities made acceptance decision for home undergraduates on the basis of the grades provided by the examinations boards, […]
Meet Rachel Sandby-Thomas | AUA Career Stories
Published on Dec 2, 2020 / No Comments
Category: Career stories
Meet Rachel Sandby-Thomas | AUA Career Stories How long have you worked in HE and what was your first position? I’ve worked in HE for 4 years and came straight in as Registrar. I came in feeling very complacent as I had previously been a Director General in the Department for Business for 8 years […]
Perspectives article review – ‘Invisible imposter: identity in institutions’ – Katie Akerman (2020)
Published on Dec 1, 2020 / No Comments
Category: AHEP Blog , Perspectives , Publications
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 […]
Mita Mondal appointed South Network Coordinator
Published on Nov 30, 2020 / No Comments
Category: AHEP Updates
Mita Mondal appointed South Network Coordinator Mita Mondal appointed South Network Coordinator. We asked Mita to share a little bit about herself. Mita’s background I have worked in professional services roles in the UK and Australia for 18 years since graduating from Griffith University (Australia) in 2000 with a Masters in Human Resource Management. I […]
Business Continuity planning redefined – will you be resilient in the next crisis?
Published on Nov 25, 2020 / 1 Comment
Category: AHEP Blog , AHEP Consulting , AHEP Updates
Business Continuity planning redefined – will you be resilient in the next crisis? When the first wave of COVID-19 hit you probably did have ‘pandemic’ somewhere on your business continuity plan. You may well have reached for that plan – or perhaps your hastily established crisis management team just got on with it. Sadly, the […]