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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The Impact of Covid-19 on Student Services
Student services directorates deliver a complex set of functions and comprise staff from a variety of professional backgrounds and with specialist skills-sets. Functions vary across directorates, but often include essential…
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Crying out for clarity: unpacking the prospect experience in the wake of the Covid-19 crisis
The storm clouds had been on the horizon for the 2020 undergraduate recruitment cycle long before Covid-19 ever emerged. With the number of available recruits at the bottom of the…
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The Impact of COVID-19 on Teaching, Learning & Assessment
In response to Covid-19 and social distancing restrictions, many universities were quick to move the remainder of their 2019/20 teaching online. For some students, this will have meant little change…
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Human impact: how policy, culture and people strategies have guided HE through the Covid-crisis and point to a more agile future
HR departments at universities were feeling the squeeze even prior to the Covid-19 outbreak. Many HR departments had also been deeply involved in the management of major business change programmes…
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Digital Education Options for the 2020/21 Academic Year
The pivot to online education within weeks shows the incredible ingenuity of the sector. However, in the rush to move online, best practice has not always been followed and the…
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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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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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