Academic Portfolio Reviews: Beware the long tail!
A new approach to academic portfolio review – Part one Most institutions have at some point lined up student enrolments on each programme and noted that a few programmes account…
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Getting your sea legs
It feels as if – once again – the Higher Education sector is facing something of a perfect storm. We’ve already reached an agreement on the next pay round, which…
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CUPA Conference Reflections: HR capabilities
In this final thought piece, I am focusing on internal HR Capabilities. This is based on four case studies shared by the University of California, Irvine, UCLA Health, Michigan State…
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CUPA Conference reflections: performance, development, and reward
Back in October 2022 I was fortunate enough to attend the CUPA-HR Conference in San Diego. CUPA-HR, the US-equivalent of UHR, had a huge attendance of delegates representing the entirety…
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Making strides on your journey to Net Zero
Targeting Net Zero in higher education With the bulk of their activities based around knowledge and services, universities’ work is generally less energy-intensive than organisations that engage in material production…
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CUPA Conference reflections: EVP, talent, and engagement
Back in October 2022 I was fortunate enough to attend the CUPA-HR Conference in San Diego. CUPA-HR, the US-equivalent of UHR, had a huge attendance of delegates representing the entirety…
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SUMS launches new Salary Benchmarking Service for the HE sector
Register your interest Other private benchmarking services provide generalist salary data from a wide variety of other sectors and can be more costly. Our aim is to ensure that the…
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An unlikely cash drain – are procurement thresholds costing universities?
Most university finance and procurement policies require users to obtain multiple quotations when purchasing from ‘non-contracted’ suppliers. In some cases this is to comply with EU Procurement Directives but for…
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