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Sustainability in HE

Published on Nov 26, 2021 / No Comments

Category: AHEP Development Monthly , AHEP Updates , Development Monthly - November 2021

Sustainability in higher education Development Monthly | #3 November 2021 | Sustainability in higher education Universities across the UK were prominent at COP26. Our students protested and our academics gave evidence. In the most populous of COPs our universities were there. Never before has a COP meeting been such a circus. To those who were […]

AUA’s 24th Annual Lecture

Published on Nov 25, 2021 / No Comments

Category: AHEP Updates

AUA 24th Annual Lecture In conversation with Nick, Shirley and Amanda: An interactive discussion on the challenges facing the HE sector today

Skills for the future

Published on Oct 29, 2021 / No Comments

Category: AHEP Updates , Development Monthly - October 2021

Skills for the future Development Monthly | #2 October 2021 |Skills for the future The world in which we work is changing all the time. This continuous change is having an impact on the skills we need in all parts of the HE workforce. It should influence the way we educate new staff and the […]

Revisiting the 2021 AUA Annual Award Winners

Published on Oct 19, 2021 / No Comments

Category: AHEP Updates

The 2021 AUA Annual Awards were presented as part of the AUA 2021 Annual Conference & Exhibition. Looking back a few months on from the awards, we wanted to further recognise the achievements of our Member and Network of the year. Here, we look into their nominations in a bit more detail, along with hearing […]

Professional Services – An Alternative to Benchmarking?

Published on Oct 13, 2021 / No Comments

Category: AHEP Blog , AHEP Consulting , AHEP Updates

Professional Services – An Alternative to Benchmarking? Many of us will have pondered the question of what level of staffing is needed to carry out professional services tasks in our university. This may well have led to trying some form of benchmarking to determine how our university compares with others. Benchmarking can range from the […]

2021 Virtual Study Tour Opportunity

Published on Sep 30, 2021 / No Comments

Category: AHEP Updates

AUA: International Higher Education Network Webpages that are written to encourage international students to go to Greece speak about the country as the birthplace of academia (which is, of course, a Greek word).  This country is certainly the origin of much that is widely valued in Western intellectual traditions.  An AUA study group is soon […]

2021 Virtual Study Tour Opportunity

Published on Sep 29, 2021 / No Comments

Category: AHEP Updates

AUA: International Higher Education Network In 2020, responding to the COVID-19 emergency, AUA took a decision to run its annual Study Tour as an online activity.  During 2021 we have considered how the pandemic has ebbed and flowed, how travel advice has often been changed, and the guidance given by government to universities.  Our decision […]
Steph O'Halloran AUA Consultant

Time for some quiet leadership?

Published on Sep 24, 2021 / No Comments

Category: AHEP Blog , AHEP Consulting , AHEP Updates , Development Monthly - December 2021

Time for some quiet leadership? The people-management challenges facing university leaders and managers are enormous, from motivating and supporting teams who now work from home for at least some of the time, to dealing with the mental health challenges that the impact of Covid-19 has had on so many people (as explored in earlier AUA […]

HE Governance – challenges and opportunities

Published on Sep 3, 2021 / No Comments

Category: AHEP Blog , AHEP Consulting , AHEP Updates , Governance

HE Governance – challenges and opportunities Reflecting on current and future challenges and opportunities for higher education governance, I’d like to share some thoughts on how the AUA governance consulting team might be able to help.  Our governance consulting team is made up of current and former university secretaries, senior governance professionals and members of […]