Introduction to HE for Professional Services Staff

This is a joint event and open to members of AUDE, BUFDG, HESPA and UHR - please click on the appropriate ticket when booking your place - please choose one ticket only.

Programme Aim

This is a one day development event aimed at 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 10.30am - 2.30pm.  This page will be updated as the speakers are confirmed.

 Who should attend? This programme is open to all professional services staff.  If you wish to enquire about the suitability of the programme for yourself or a colleague, please contact naomi@uhr.ac.uk , rachel@bufdg.ac.uk , corinne@aude.ac.uk or monica@hespa.ac.uk 

Agenda

10.30am   Welcome and Introduction

10.35am   An overview of UK Higher Education - how HE works - the Technical

Differences and similarities with other sectors; HE governance, funding, sustainability; the different structures seen in ‘pre and ‘post’ 1992 HEIs; charitable status; accounting and public body status; competition and collaboration; freedom of action and constraints

Diane Gilhooley, Global Practice Group Head of Human Resources and Pensions - Head of Education Sector,  Eversheds Sutherland

11.20-11.40am   Break

11.40am   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. The similarities and differences between institutions in their responses to the challenges facing the sector. 

Carol Costello, Director of People and Services, University of Liverpool and Jo Blunden, Chief Operating Officer, St Mary's University, Twickenham

12.30-1.30pm   Break

1.30pm   The culture of the sector and the skills required to navigate it - how people work - the Personal

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. 

HESPA - Al Carlile, Director of Planning, Projects and Business Intelligence at The University of Sheffield 

UHR - Joseph Cooper, Director of People and Culture at the University of East London

BUFDG - Julie Charge, Director of Finance at the University of Salford 

AUDE - Trevor Wills, Director of Estates & Facilities at the University of Plymouth

2.10pm   Time for questions

Put your questions to Directors from Planning, Estates, Finance and HR

Please note, in order to book a place on this event you will need an AUDE, UHR, HESPA or BUFDG website user account.  If you do not yet have an account, your options are:

UHR

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BUFDG

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AUDE

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HESPA

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To be sure of a place, early booking is recommended.