The importance of coaching in higher education
We previously wrote about the value of Coaching for Academic and Professional Service Staff amid the pandemic and its precursor which highlighted the opportunities to enhance performance of university staff…
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Women in Higher Education Leadership: Reflections from International Women’s Day 2022
International Women’s Day (IWD) is a time for us to reflect on both the achievements of women and their influences on the world but also highlight and raise awareness about…
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Delivering Effective Change as a Programme or Project Sponsor in Higher Education
Programmes are more complex than individual projects, as a programme often incorporates a number of projects aimed at achieving significant institutional change, and the sponsorship roles for programmes and projects…
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Talking Heads – Coaching for Academics and the Professional Services through SUMS
A View from Ellie – Coaching Academic Managers and Leaders Coaching for academic managers and leaders – COVID-19 Academics tend to become managers through being successful at teaching, research, or…
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Enhancing Your Workforce Capability During Covid-19
SUMS Associates from Oyster Outcomes joined the SUPC & LUPC Covid-19 Impact Webinars on the 15th of April, to deliver a session on personal resourcefulness in times of change -…
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Coaching: Enhancing Your Workforce Capability
If someone told you there was a magic bullet to help you withstand the turmoil underway in the UK Higher Education (HE) sector now, most leaders, managers and members of…
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Be All You Can Be with SUMS Professional Development Support
“It is often easy to underestimate the perspective that comes from simply stepping back from the day-to-day. Susannah has given me the space, time and insight to do this, and to…
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We’ve always done it this way!
I won’t go into these barriers here, but it is this session that made me think about the topic for this blog and the importance of the following three linked…
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