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.
Secondments, a recommendation
Published on Feb 18, 2019 by Luiza Kettlewell / 1 Comment
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Luiza Kettlewell | Project Coordinator, University of York. I have recently been successful in a Project Coordinator secondment for a period of nine months. As with most secondments, this was...
AUA North Wales and North West Regional Conference | AUA Blog
Published on Feb 6, 2019 by Dean Marshall AMAUA / 1 Comment
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My Reflections of the AUA North Wales and North West Regional Conference. Leadership, Challenges and Change within HE Dean Marshall AMAUA | Education Placement Administrator, University of Cumbria ...
Speaking at Autumn Conference | AUA Blog
Published on Jan 21, 2019 by Katie Allan / No Comments
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Katie Allan MAUA Faculty Education Manager, University of Bristol As I waited for a taxi in the pitch black and driving rain of a late November early morning in Bristol I wondered, not for the first...
Six Strategic Questions about the Student Experience in 2019 | AUA Blog
Published on Jan 16, 2019 by Dr Andrew West / No Comments
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Dr Andrew West, FAUA is Strategic Adviser to the AUA and a Fellow of the Halpin Partnership My career in HE administration and management spans nearly 30 years – most recently as University Secret...
Greetings From Bangladesh: Part Two | AUA Blog
Published on Jan 14, 2019 by Dave Dowland / No Comments
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Dave Dowland | Clerk to the AUA Board of Trustees from 2015 to 2018, Academic Registrar of Solent University and Registrar at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance. Please note that this ar...
How the AUA PGCert saved me from a life of ‘can’t’ | AUA Blog
Published on Jan 7, 2019 by Leanne Hunt / No Comments
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Leanne Hunt MAUA | College Education Manager, Brunel University As a parent of a typically complex pre-teen, we are constantly being reminded by the school the importance of instilling...
Autumn Conference 2018 | AUA Blog
Published on Dec 17, 2018 by Jo Corbett / No Comments
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Jo Corbett MAUA Deputy Director of Academic Services University of Brighton Please note that this article will be published in Issue 92 of Newslink, and we are delighted to offer to you here in adv...
Vikki Goddard | Policy and my role | AUA Blog
Published on Dec 13, 2018 by Vikki Goddard / No Comments
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Vikki Goddard MAUA | Director of Faculty Operations, University of Manchester | Member of the AUA Board of Trustees I recently delivered a session to a group of really engaged colleagues on our Human...
Announcing the refreshed AUA values
Published on Dec 10, 2018 by Mark Crittenden / No Comments
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Mark Crittenden MAUA | Head of Student Centres, University of Greenwich, Member of the AUA Board of Trustees Earlier in the year you might have spotted an opportunity to get involved in reviewing ...
AUA Annual Lecture 2018 | AUA Blog
Published on Dec 7, 2018 by Dr Andrew West / No Comments
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Dr Andrew West, FAUA | Strategic Adviser to the AUA AUA Annual Lecture 2018 Reflections on the first year of the Office for Students by Nicola Dandridge, Chief Executive A vast amount of regulatory...