SUMS Builds Team to Support UK Universities
Jeannette Strachan, SUMS Principal Consultant Jeannette joins us as our newest Principal Consultant fresh from her previous role as University Registrar and Secretary at the University of Hull. She brings…
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Silver Linings Playbook – Opportunities to Transform the Sector During Covid-19
As the calendar clicked round into September at the start of the academic year 2019/20, it already promised to be a challenging one for many universities. An increasing number had…
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A Message from our CEO, Bernarde Hyde
Dear members and colleagues, We spent much of the last couple of years having conversations about the many challenges facing the sector and how hard things already were – or…
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COVID-19 Update for SUMS Members and Clients
For Our Members and Clients We have been closely monitoring the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak and following University of Reading and Government guidelines. In light of new government advice around social…
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The Future is Inter-disciplinary: Thoughts from the HESPA Conference 2020
The HESPA Conference 2020 provided great insight into the value of interdisciplinarity within Professional Services. With a theme of Data and Decisions: When insight influences strategy, there was a lot…
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Value for Money for Students: Understanding a Student’s Motivations in the Extinction Rebellion Era
Value for money (VfM) continues to feature prominently in the UK HE landscape. We are told, for example, universities in England are to face a "value for money" review of…
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SUMS Annual Conference 2019 – The Growth Paradox in Higher Education
Themed: ‘The Growth Paradox in Higher Education’, this year’s programme covered a wide range of topical issues currently facing the higher education sector. We welcomed over 90 delegates on the…
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Ensuring Universities are Fit for the Future with SUMS
SUMS works for universities and is owned by universities and we regularly deliver over 100 assignments to universities per year. By working with SUMS, a not-for-profit and registered charity, your…
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