
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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