This is a joint event and open to members of AUDE, AULP, BUFDG, CHEIA, CUBO, HESPA and UHR.
Programme Aim
This is a half day development event for all professional services staff within their first year of working in HE, who need to grasp the complexities and political environment of HE, and the implications for operating and influencing effectively.
The event will run from 10.00 - 12.30.
PROGRAMME:
10:00 – 10:05
Welcome from Karel Thomas BUFDG’s Executive Director.
10:05 – 11:00
What are the current challenges facing the sector and how is the sector working to address them?
A horizon scan of the current challenges HE is facing now and in the next 5 years.
Eran Kochlany, Chief Operating and Financial Officer, Southampton Solent University.
11:00 – 11:15
Break
11:15 – 12:30
The culture of the sector and the skills required to navigate it
This session will explore some of the skills needed to operate effectively within HE, including building relationships, offering reasoned argument and how Professional Service staff can support operational strategy in an academically challenging and intellectually rigorous environment.
We welcome a Director from HR, Estates, Strategic Planning and Finance. They will share their personal journey, what they wish they’d known, the challenges and top tips.
Finance - Lydia Devenny, Finance Director, HUniversity of Huddersfield
Strategic Planning - Shane Crothers, University of Ulster.
Estates - Anita Edson - Director of Estates - Cardiff University
HR - TBC
Please note, in order to book a place on this event you will need an AUDE, UHR, HESPA, BUFDG, CHEIA or AULP website user account. If you do not yet have an account, your options are:
AUDE
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AULP
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BUFDG
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CHEIA
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CUBO
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HESPA
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UHR
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Attending this event will provide 2.5 CPD hours
