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.
Write for the AUA | AUA Opportunities
Published on Jan 24, 2020 / No Comments
Category: AUA Blog , AUA Updates , Career stories , Good Practice Guides , Newslink , Perspectives , Publications
Interested in writing for the AUA, but not sure where to start? Now there’s even more ways to get involved and see your words published, both online and in print. Writing for the AUA is a member...
Attending TEMC 2019 in Adelaide
Published on Jan 13, 2020 / 1 Comment
Category: AUA Blog , AUA Updates
On becoming ‘The Networking Guy’ The tale best begins with a story: A group of PhD students are chatting about their future. One member of the group looks to the others and says, “I’ve got a job”. Some of the others – slightly surprised at this because they’re further through their PhDs – respond with […]
Death of the meeting
Published on Jan 6, 2020 by Amber Bartlett / No Comments
Category: AUA Blog , AUA Updates
Professional development: knowledge, ideas and tools for furthering a career in higher education and enriching your experience of being a HE professional Most of us know the feeling – you look at your diary for the week and see a sea of meetings. First thought: When am I going to eat lunch?! Second thought: How […]
Student engagement
Published on Dec 16, 2019 by David Gilani and Josh Gulrajani / No Comments
Category: AUA Blog , AUA Updates
Background The AUA’s Student Experience and Engagement network was launched in April 2019 to bring together staff within this field of university administration. We want to create a hub of activity for all of those working within the areas of student experience and/or student engagement. We also want to help those working in other areas […]
Sketchnotes | AUA Blog
Published on Dec 9, 2019 by Katrina Swanton / No Comments
Category: AUA Blog
Back in 2015, I was at a conference in Edinburgh in 2015. I was attending a breakout session and was sitting waiting for the first speaker, conference-centre branded notepad and pen in hand. I had n...
The Mark of Excellence | Congratulations to Durham University
Published on Dec 5, 2019 / No Comments
Category: AUA Blog , AUA Updates , Mark of Excellence
The Mark of Excellence Congratulations to Durham University Three years after becoming the first university to be awarded the AUA Mark of Excellence, Durham University has successfully achieved the Mark for a further three years. Despite experiencing a significant amount of change throughout the whole institution, Durham has successfully managed not only to further develop […]
The Mark of Excellence | Congratulations to University of Bath
Published on Dec 5, 2019 / No Comments
Category: AUA Blog , AUA Updates
The Mark of Excellence Congratulations to University of Bath Three years after they first achieved the AUA Mark of Excellence, the University of Bath academic professional services have successfully been awarded the Mark for a further three years. Despite experiencing a large amount of change within the organisation, they have successfully managed to further embed […]
Autumn Conference and Annual Lecture 2019
Published on Dec 2, 2019 / No Comments
Category: AUA Blog , AUA Updates
Autumn Conference and Annual Lecture 2019 Member blogs and highlights On Tuesday 26 November we had our AUA Autumn Conference and 22nd Annual Lecture. The theme of this year’s Conference was Sustainability, and we were honoured to have a whole host of professional and dedicated speakers to help bring our discussions and awareness forward. Here […]
Professional Services in the New Era of Regulation
Published on Nov 26, 2019 by Dr Andrew West / No Comments
Category: AUA Blog , AUA Consulting
Professional Services in the New Era of Regulation Dr Andrew West FAUA has worked in HE professional services for thirty years. Formerly University Secretary at the University of Sheffield he is Strategic Adviser to the AUA and Managing Consultant for AUA Consulting. Andrew is a member of the Board of Governors of Leeds Beckett University, […]
Board Briefing Blog
Published on Nov 25, 2019 by Kathy Murray / No Comments
Category: AUA Blog
Kathy Murray MAUADirector of OperationsThe AUA The Board of Trustees made the journey to Manchester twice last month. On the 10 October they gathered with members of the AUA Team to discuss and debate the priorities of a strategy that will take the AUA beyond 2020. They came together again on the 18 October for […]