
2020: A Space (and Timetabling) Odyssey
Timetabling and space management have been the topic of many a conversation amongst SUMS staff and colleagues in member universities, and are highly interwoven with a number of other themes…
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Harnessing the Winds of Change: Transformation During Covid-19
The Higher Education sector, like all other sectors across the UK and beyond, is going through unprecedented change as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. In effect, each university is…
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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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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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