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.
Managing Self and Personal Skills
Published on Mar 26, 2020 / No Comments
Category: AUA Blog , AUA Updates , CPD Framework , PgCert , Professional Development
Managing Self and Personal Skills Managing self and personal skills is a behaviour that is about taking control of and responsibility for your own professional development. In many ways, all of the activities offered by the AUA relate to this behaviour, as they all give you the chance to develop yourself outside of the opportunities […]
AUA Study Tour: Japan
Published on Mar 24, 2020 by Liz Turner | Chiara Singh | Oliver Cooper | Laura Johnson | Chris Cooper / No Comments
Category: AUA Blog , AUA Updates , Study Tours
Liz Turner | Chiara Singh | Oliver Cooper | Laura Johnson | Chris Cooper Introduction Japan also known as Nihon or ‘the land of the rising sun’, is an inspiring country with a legendary work ethic and a very different Higher Education Sector. From the beautiful art of becoming a geisha to the ancient Shinto […]
Day two | Navigating the new normal
Published on Mar 20, 2020 by Jane Reid / No Comments
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Day two | Navigating the new normal Jane Reid | Teaching and Learning Manager (PgCert) | The AUA In my current job, I rarely work from home despite my role working on a blended learning programme being quite suited to it. I enjoy working in an open plan office, I enjoy the variety of our […]
Lucidity Solutions – Exhibitor Blog
Published on Mar 12, 2020 / No Comments
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If you’ve ever had the pleasure of reading university strategic plans, you might have been tempted to hang your head in despair! They often sound very similar, have too many – or too few – ways to evaluate progress, and are divorced from what really happens in the institution. In response, we’ve developed an approach […]
Insights into geographical inequalities in higher education participation
Published on Mar 11, 2020 / No Comments
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Insights into geographical inequalities in higher education participation | AUA Blog Geographical variations in rates of higher education [HE] participation have long been recognised. In 1997, the Dearing Report referenced research by the Higher Education Funding Council for England which showed that ‘the probability of a young person entering a higher education institution is strongly […]
The fourth North Wales and North West Regional Conference: Achieving success | AUA Blog
Published on Mar 10, 2020 by Simon Vaukins / No Comments
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The fourth North Wales and North West Regional Conference: Achieving success At 10:30am on Friday January 17th, 2020 at Edge Hill University, over 100 Professional Services Staff from across North Wales and the North West were captivated for one hour by Andy Grant, ex-Royal Marine turned motivational speaker and fastest single leg amputee in the […]
Admit it, you don’t know what you’re doing | AUA Quick Reads
Published on Mar 9, 2020 by Gillian Davis & / No Comments
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Admit it, you don’t know what you’re doing Gillian Davis | Assistant Director (Timetabling and Examinations) | University of Birmingham “Let’s ADKAR it!” I have been in no doubt, on more than one occasion, that I have strayed into a foreign land. I’m (usually) no fool and have managed all sorts of projects across my […]
University Challenge? | AUA Quick Reads
Published on Mar 9, 2020 by Joanne Caldwell / No Comments
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University Challenge? Is our professional identity affected when working with academic colleagues? Joanne Caldwell | CDT Manager | University of Salford How many times can you say “I am just an administrator” when asked what you do at the university you work at? It is this question amongst others that promoted my research into how […]
Developing Effective Working Relationships | AUA Quick Reads
Published on Mar 9, 2020 by Ranitha Ramdeyal / No Comments
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Developing Effective Working Relationships Ranitha Ramdeyal | Manager for Academic Services | University of Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa (AAA) I would like to give conference attendees a perspective of someone who comes from a Rainbow Nation, a country which is so diverse in terms of race, culture, religion and values. Amazingly, the one factor that […]
Looking behind the label | AUA Quick Reads
Published on Mar 2, 2020 by Verity Westgate / No Comments
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Looking behind the label Mental ill-health in the workplace Verity Westgate | Research Coordinator | University of Oxford Together with a colleague I have been delivering training about mental ill health in the workplace since 2016 and have now trained over 300 members of staff across our institution. As someone who has struggled with various […]