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Chair’s message November 2020

Chair’s message to the members | November 2020 Amanda Oliver, Chair of the AUA, takes a moment to reflect on 2020 and announces the Diamond Jubilee Strategic Vision for the Association as we approach our 60th year. Hello everyone, I would like to introduce myself as your Chair. My name is Amanda Oliver and I […]
Nov 20, 2020
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How are universities and students’ unions engaging students this year?

How are universities and students’ unions engaging students this year? On 29th October 2020, the AUA’s Student Experience and Engagement network held its second vidcon. Similar to our previous event that took place in July, this brought together representatives from dozens of universities and students’ unions across the UK to share how we’re approaching our […]
Nov 16, 2020
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November 2020 Member Spotlight – Wendy Cairney

The November member spotlight is on Wendy Cairney, who was previously the AUA Scotland Network Coordinator. If you are based in the Scotland region, you can apply for this role via our website. Why do you do it? I became involved with AUA ‘by accident’ in 2011 having attended an internal training event at Edinburgh […]
Nov 12, 2020
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Global Perspectives for a Hopeful Future

Global Perspectives for a Hopeful Future I suppose that every British university, and most of those in other countries, says something like: ‘We help our students and staff develop as global citizens’.  If universities fail to do this, and fail to recognise an obligation to do so, there must be something wrong! At a time […]
Nov 11, 2020
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Revisiting the 2020 AUA Annual Award Winners

The AUA Annual Awards are usually announced and presented at the AUA Annual Conference & Exhibition, part of our Gala Dinner. As our Annual Conference & Exhibition was postponed, we instead featured all of the shortlisted members and networks in news items to recognise their hard work. Looking back a few months on from the […]
Nov 9, 2020
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Honest Leadership

Honest Leadership Emma Wilkins, Executive Search Consultant, Dixon Walter When we think about what we want from higher education professionals, as the AUA has been doing, for me one of the most significant requirements is for strong and effective leadership. I feel that as a sector we have historically placed high value on subject knowledge, functional […]
Oct 29, 2020
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Autumn Conf 2020 Speakers’ Reflections Part Three

Read the third instalment of our speakers’ reflections.
Oct 27, 2020
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Building Resilience

Oct 19, 2020
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