AHEP Blog
The AHEP blog is a space to voice opinion, inform, celebrate and share perspectives of working in higher education administration and management today. Each blog will provide thoughts and ideas from three core outlooks:
Policy, me and my role: what is your opinion or experience of the impact of policy on your role or on HE administration and management more widely? What can others learn from you?
Professional development: knowledge, ideas and tools for furthering a career in higher education and enriching your experience of being a HE professional.
My AHEP: covering everything that AHEP has to offer, brought to you from members who have experienced it first-hand.
If you’d like to write a blog for us, please email us at hello@ahep.ac.uk to express your interest.
“Transformation” in Higher Education – six questions | AUA Blog
Published on Oct 9, 2019 by Dr Andrew West / No Comments
Category: AHEP Blog , AHEP Consulting
Dr Andrew West, FAUA Dr Andrew West, FAUA has worked in HE administration/management for thirty years. Formerly University Secretary at the University of Sheffield he is Strategic Adviser to the AUA a...
It’s not just about green issues! Sustainability and the AUA Autumn Conference | AUA Blog
Published on Oct 3, 2019 by AUA Team / 1 Comment
Category: AHEP Blog , AHEP Updates
Sustainability in the HE Sector affects us all. When we think of ‘sustainability’, our minds are generally drawn towards environmental issues. While these matters are very real, very important an...
Autumn Conference 2018 | AUA Blog
Published on Sep 25, 2019 by Jo Corbett / No Comments
Category: AHEP Blog
Jo Corbett MAUA Deputy Director of Academic Services University of Brighton I headed to London from a dreary wet Brighton on 29th November to attend the Autumn Conference. The confere...
‘Coming here has given me my dreams’ | AUA Blog
Published on Jul 31, 2019 by Dr. Neil Raven / No Comments
Category: AHEP Blog , AHEP Updates
‘Coming here has given me my dreams’: the role of further education colleges in widening access The role of further education colleges in widening access to higher education is often overlooked. ...
Counting chickens before the horse bolts | AUA Blog
Published on Jul 3, 2019 by Kate Dodd / No Comments
Category: AHEP Blog , AHEP Consulting
Strategic use of management information to monitor how effectively your university is improving graduate employment outcomes. or Counting chickens before the horse bolts. Given the impact of the Teach...
Attending the AAA conference | AUA Blog
Published on Jun 17, 2019 by Phil Taylor / No Comments
Category: AHEP Blog , International conferences , International opportunities
The higher education sector in South Africa is being transformed in response to the violent student protests that rocked the nation in 2015 and 2016. Targeting institutionalised racism and increasing ...
AUA USA Study Tour | AUA Blog part one
Published on Jun 12, 2019 by Samantha Jones, Sharon Barnes & Daniel Ramsay / 1 Comment
Category: AHEP Blog , International opportunities , Study Tours
During May a group of 12 AUA members from different institutions around the UK visited New York City and Washington DC for the 2019 Study Tour to research Higher Education in the USA. We visited a wid...
Defining the future profession | AUA Blog
Published on Jun 10, 2019 by Susannah Marsden / No Comments
Category: AHEP Blog , AHEP Updates
“Nobody I have ever met in 15 years of working in HE ever intended to be a university administrator. Perhaps we should do something to change that…” Susannah Marsden MAUA Director of S...
Peacocks vs Penguins | AUA Blog
Published on Jun 5, 2019 by Claire Povah & Simon Vaukins / No Comments
Category: AHEP Blog , AHEP Updates
Do you sometimes feel that your ideas are challenging your leaders, managers and your team and pushing people out of their comfort zones? Do you often hear? ‘That’s not the way we do things here!...