HESPA : Higher Education Strategic Planners Association

This is a joint event and open to members of AUDE, BUFDG, HESPA, UHR, CHEIA, AULP and CUBO - please click on the appropriate ticket when booking your place - please choose one ticket only.

Programme Aim

This is a one day development event aimed at all professional services staff within their first year of working in HE, who need to grasp the complexities and political environment of HE, and the implications for operating and influencing effectively.

The event will run from 10.30am - 2.30pm.

PROGRAMME:

10.30am An overview of UK Higher Education

Differences and similarities with other sectors; HE governance, funding, sustainability; the different structures seen in ‘pre and ‘post’ 1992 HEPs; charitable status; accounting and public body status; competition and collaboration; freedom of action and constraints

Speaker: Diane Gilhooley, Global Head of Employment, Labor and Pensions, and Global Co-Head of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) - Eversheds Sutherland

11.30-11.45am Break

11.45am What are the current challenges facing the sector and how is the sector working to address them?

A horizon scan of the current challenges HE is facing now and in the next 5 years.

Speaker: Richard Billingham, Chief Operating Officer, Aston University

12.45 - 13.30 Break

13.30 - 14:30 The culture of the sector and the skills required to navigate it

This session will explore some of the skills needed to operate effectively within HE, including building relationships, offering reasoned argument and how Professional Service staff can support operational strategy in an academically challenging and intellectually rigorous environment.

We welcome a Director from HR, Estates, Strategic Planning and Finance. They will share their personal journey, what they wish they’d known, the challenges and top tips.

Speaker Panel:

UHR: Eilidh Fraser, Director of People & OD, Abertay University

HESPA: Alistair Knock, Chief Data Officer and Director of Strategic Planning, University of Glasgow

AUDE: Mike Hamer, Head of Estates & Campus Management, Wrexham University

BUFDG: TBC

Who should attend? This programme is open to all professional services staff. If you wish to enquire about the suitability of the programme for yourself or a colleague, please contact naomi@uhr.ac.uk , rachel@bufdg.ac.uk , corinne@aude.ac.uk , monica@hespa.ac.uk, sarah@cubo.ac.uk, claire@phes.ac.uk (for CHEIA/AULP)