AUA Updates
23rd AUA Annual Lecture recording
Published on Dec 3, 2020 / No Comments
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23rd AUA Annual Lecture
Mita Mondal appointed South Network Coordinator
Published on Nov 30, 2020 / No Comments
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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 / No Comments
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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 […]
Melissa Mulhall appointed South Wales and South West Network Coordinator
Published on Nov 25, 2020 / 1 Comment
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Melissa Mulhall appointed South Wales and South West Network Coordinator Melissa Mulhall appointed South Wales and South West Network Coordinator. We asked Melissa to share a little bit about herself. Melissa’s background I have worked in Higher Education for over 20 years now and have worked in a number of central, School and Faculty leadership […]
Chair’s message November 2020
Published on Nov 20, 2020 / No Comments
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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 […]
How are universities and students’ unions engaging students this year?
Published on Nov 16, 2020 by David Gilani / No Comments
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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 […]
November 2020 Member Spotlight – Wendy Cairney
Published on Nov 12, 2020 / No Comments
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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 […]
Global Perspectives for a Hopeful Future
Published on Nov 11, 2020 / No Comments
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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 […]
Revisiting the 2020 AUA Annual Award Winners
Published on Nov 9, 2020 / No Comments
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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 […]