AUA Blog
The AUA 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 AUA: covering everything that the AUA 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 Laura Harper at laura@aua.ac.uk to express your interest.
Goodbye Leeds and hello Lancaster, starting a new role during a pandemic
Published on May 19, 2020 / No Comments
Category: AUA Blog , AUA Updates , Work and Covid
Goodbye Leeds and hello Lancaster Starting a new role during a pandemic I would never have thought to be finishing a much-loved role at Leeds during a pandemic. My colleagues gave me a great send off and I felt incredibly grateful to receive letterbox flowers and additional treats on my last day as I have never […]
Managing staff anxiety
Published on May 18, 2020 / No Comments
Category: AUA Blog , AUA Updates , Work and Covid
Professional Services – How you doin’?
Published on May 7, 2020 by Steve Smith & / No Comments
Category: AUA Blog , AUA Consulting , AUA Updates
Professional Services – How you doin’? “How you doin’?” Although more famously used as Joey’s tried-and-tested pick up line in the US TV sitcom Friends, it’s also a very valid question to ask of professional services operations in HEIs. How do you know if your HEI’s professional services are doing what they need to and […]
Coronavirus: Through the eyes of a postgrad student
Published on May 5, 2020 by Kelli Wolfe / 1 Comment
Category: AUA Blog , AUA Updates , PgCert , Professional Development , Work and Covid
Coronavirus: Through the eyes of a postgrad student Kelli Wolfe | University of Roehampton I’m the type of person who always tries to “look on the bright side”, find the “silver linings” or generally embody Pollyanna in all ways. In the current climate, that can be a challenge for us all, especially those not naturally […]
Navigating the uncertainty
Published on May 1, 2020 by Dr Andrew West FAUA / No Comments
Category: AUA Blog , AUA Consulting , AUA Updates
Navigating the uncertainty | AUA can help The agenda for HE has changed beyond recognition in a few short weeks as the sector, alongside wider society, has responded to the pressing demands of the Coronavirus pandemic. It is probably safe to say that those working in higher education have never experienced times like this and […]
Using resources effectively
Published on Apr 23, 2020 / No Comments
Category: AUA Blog , AUA Updates , CPD Framework , PgCert , Professional Development
Using resources effectively Using resources effectively is a behaviour which is all about being able to successfully identify and make the most productive use of all kinds of different resources, including: people, time, information, networks and budgets. The AUA offers its members access to a variety of useful resources, however, we firmly believe that the […]
Keeping Perspective – AUA’s “Future HE Professionals” Project | AUA Blog
Published on Apr 20, 2020 / No Comments
Category: AUA Blog , AUA Strategy Development , AUA Updates
Keeping PerspectiveFuture HE Professionals Project Update Chris Ince | AUA Chair | Secretary and Registrar | London Metropolitan University Back in February this year I wrote to members about AUA’s ‘Future HE Professionals’ project – a collaborative research project to help us understand the needs of HE professional services into the future and to inform the […]
University Challenge?
Published on Apr 16, 2020 by Joanne Caldwell / No Comments
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University Challenge? Joanne Caldwell | CDT Manager | The University of Salford My session was going to be about the current research I am undertaking as part of my Doctorate in Education (EdD). My research looks at the professional identity of professional services staff and if their relationship with academic staff has had an impact […]
Remote working: feeling less remote | AUA Blog
Published on Apr 15, 2020 by Helena Torres / No Comments
Category: AUA Blog , AUA Updates , Work and Covid
Remote working: feeling less remote Helena Torres | Centre Administration Manager, Brussels | University of Kent As I write this I am entering my fifth week of working from home after the move to remote teaching and working for all staff at the University of Kent’s Brussels Centre on 13th March. At the time we […]
A blog from our Honorary President | AUA Blog
Published on Apr 15, 2020 by Mary Curnock Cook OBE / No Comments
Category: AUA Blog , AUA Updates , Work and Covid
Mary Curnock Cook OBE | Honorary President | The AUA I’m writing this from the comfort of my home study which has been my workplace since leaving UCAS over three years ago. For me, ‘working from home’ hasn’t been much of an adjustment and doing it five days a week instead of one or two […]