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Meet Jordan Paterson MAUA, Administration Assistant | AUA | Career Stories

Published on May 29, 2018 by Jordan Paterson / No Comments

Category: Career stories

Jordan Paterson MAUA Administration Assistant  Association of University Administrators How long have you worked in HE and what was your first position? I have worked in HE now for 4 and a half yea...

The importance of knowing your staff: tackling mental ill-health across the higher education workforce | AUA Blog

Published on May 28, 2018 by Verity Westgate MA, MSc, MCLIP / No Comments

Category: AHEP Blog

Verity Westgate FAUA MA, MSc, MCLIP Research Coordinator (Critical Care) University of Oxford Mental health problems amongst university students has been a prominent issue for a while.  We are also ...

Coaching: The Inner Game

Published on May 25, 2018 by Tessa Harrison / No Comments

Category: Professional Development

Tessa Harrison Director Students & Education King’s College London The Inner Game Timothy Gallwey writes about the ‘inner game’ and the emotional and learned behaviour interferences we allo...

The Annual General Meeting 2018

Published on May 23, 2018 by Kathy Murray MAUA / No Comments

Category: Governance

Kathy Murray MAUA Director of Operations, AUA Office As well as covering the required business items, the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the AUA is a platform for reporting on the progress of the As...

Meet Jim Irving, Academic Registrar at York St. John University

Published on May 22, 2018 by Jim Irving / 1 Comment

Category: Career stories

  Jim Irving Academic Registrar York St. John University   I’m responsible for… The leadership and ongoing improvement of the administrative services that support the student learnin...

Being an AUA Advocate is a fulfilling experience | AUA Blog

Published on May 21, 2018 by Josie Hanby / No Comments

Category: AHEP Blog

Josie Hanby Research Development Project Administrator University of York If you’d asked me this time last year what the AUA was I would have looked at you blankly and tried to concoct three words ...

The transformative power of coaching in higher education

Published on May 16, 2018 / No Comments

Category: AHEP Updates , Professional Development

Coaching can be a truly transformative process for an HE professional, as it can enhance your self-awareness and help you create a a road map to success in the form of a detailed personal development ...

LGBT and Equality post-Brexit: ensuring the rainbow stays bright and flying in the HE sector | AUA Blog

Published on May 15, 2018 by Liam Arnull / No Comments

Category: AHEP Blog

Liam Arnull Project Officer  Finance Division | University of Oxford LGBT+ equality has had a turbulent history in the HE sector, as values have moved from those around educating the public schoolb...

Engaging with the wider context | 2nd AUA South Regional Symposium

Published on May 14, 2018 / 1 Comment

Category: AHEP Updates

The 2nd AUA South Regional Symposium, titled “Engaging with the wider context”, took place at the University of Kent on 2 May 2018. The event, hosted by Kent Business School, in the MBA suite of t...

What about the pros? Alison Johns, CEO of Advance HE, discusses Brexit

Published on May 11, 2018 by Alison Johns / No Comments

Category: AHEP Updates

Brexit is the topic of the moment, so much so that we even dedicated an entire conference to tackling it’s intricacies and discussing its impact on the HE sector. Alison Johns, CEO of Advance HE...