AUA - Introduction to the framework

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The AUA exists to advance and promote the professional recognition and development of all who work in professional services roles in higher education, and to be an authoritative advocate and champion for the sector.

This section contains more information about AGM, AUA Constitution, Board of Trustees, Council, AUA President and AUA National Office Staff.

AUA Membership offers the opportunity to gain an understanding of the key issues and new ideas in HE management, both nationally and internationally. Networking opportunities through Annual Conference, regional activities and e-bulletins will ensure that you are never isolated from your colleagues and can share information and expertise.

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Our Events

AUA organises an programme of workshops and conferences. The Annual Conference is the largest professional development conference in the HE calendar, with around 130 sessions and keynote presentations.

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Postgraduate Certificate

The Postgraduate Certificate in Professional Practice, known as the PgCert, is designed to meet the development needs of professional services colleagues working in Higher Education.

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CPD Framework

AUA has developed the Continuing Professional Development (CPD) framework to support the continuous professional development of all professional services staff working in the sector.

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Accreditation & Fellowship

AUA membership includes the opportunity to have your CPD formally accredited by the Association. Our Accredited Member category bridges the gap between standard membership and Fellowship of the AUA.

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Career Development

We're committed to supporting our members both in their day to day work and their progression throughout their career. This section contains development support and the jobs noticeboard.

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Geographic Networks

Find out about the member institutions and their contact details in your region and across the UK.

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Themed Networks

Through themed networks we seek to facilitate the exchange of knowledge, experience and good practice in specific areas of professional activity in higher education.

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Partners

This section contains information about existing partners and how you can benefit from a fruitful relationship with AUA.

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Newslink

Newslink is our quarterly newsletter containing professional development opportunities, forthcoming events, sector and colleague news, interviews and more.

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perspectives

perspectives: Policy & Practice in Higher Education provides higher education managers and administrators with innovative material which analyses and informs their practice of management.

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Good Practice Guides

Our Good Practice Guides provide clear, written guidance on good practice in HE administration and management based on the expertise of our members.

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Other useful publications

This section contains information about other publications that AUA have produced.

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Getting in touch couldn't be more simple. Either contact us at head office in Manchester or find your local contact in your region.

This section contains our contact details, an online enquiry form and the regional contacts and members.

Introduction to the framework

AUA is in the forefront of professional development in higher education administration and management. We are delighted to present the continuing professional development framework to the sector, as the culmination of a highly collaborative two year project jointly funded by AUA, HEFCE (Leadership, Governance and Management funding), LFHE and HEA.

The aims of the project were to develop and implement a Continuous Professional Development (CPD) framework supporting HE professional services staff across the UK in their career development in order to:

enhance institutional performance through high quality staff
develop management and leadership capability
enable succession planning
provide a framework for sustainable practice in career planning
foster equality and diversity of development opportunities across the sector.

Would you like to enhance your professional performance? Help manage change? Identify team development and training needs? Be equipped to meet modern HE challenges? Then the AUA CPD Framework can be a big help to you.

There are nine key behavioural groups within the professional behaviours framework. Click a 'petal' to find out more about that behaviour, including examples, and how it relates to self, others and the organisation:

Dedicated CPD Framework website

The full CPD framework documents and supporting online resources below are available for use by staff in HEIs and can be accessed via our dedicated CPD Framework website, or through the links to the right hand side.