Brief Insights from the AUA Managing Change in HE Open Forum: Approaching Change in a Changing Sector
Universities are in the unenviable position of embarking on a new era of challenges. The sector is facing unprecedented change, combined with a high degree of uncertainty, increased competition for…
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Understanding Augar
Members will all be aware that the much-anticipated Augar Review of Post-18 Education and Funding was published at the end of May. While the headline recommendations in the report have…
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What is a Benefit?
At a recent working group session with Procurement professionals at the LUPC & SUPC Conference on 16th May, I was challenged (in a very nice way!) for stating that the…
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Financial Efficiencies – Is your University Fit for the Future?
Universities are in the midst of a perfect storm. Core income is being challenged by a demographic nadir in school leavers and increased competition for student recruitment. Recurrent costs are…
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What is a ‘Digital Culture’, Really?
I had a wonderful time at the AUA Annual Conference on 15th and 16th April 2019! With insightful plenaries and informative working sessions, the event covered a wide range of…
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Horizon Scanning: Complete the Sector Survey on Your Institution’s Approach
VUCA – that wonderful acronym standing for volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity. We could all give a good argument for how this captures conditions in the UK HE sector at…
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Horizon Scanning – SUMS Collaborative Study
VUCA – that wonderful acronym standing for volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity. We could all give a good argument for how this captures conditions in the UK HE sector at…
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Purchasing Card Use in Universities
A purchasing card (pcard) allows low-value goods and services to be procured at a significantly lower cost than traditional methods. They are usually issued to employees with the expectation that…
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