AUA Development Conference 2012 - Matthew Andrews

International
Opportunities
Birmingham
Wednesday 17 October 2012
Matthew Andrews

AUA International Opportunities

International Opportunities

• International Higher
Education Network
• Study Tours
• Travel Awards
• International Partners
• Reciprocal Conference
Places
• Events in the UK


Principle Aims of the IHE Network

• To organise opportunities for AUA members to gain
international travel opportunities: such as Travel Awards
and Study Tours
• To promote an understanding of the international
dimension to higher education: through, for example,
sessions at the Conference and IHEN Day Meetings
• To facilitate and enhance links between the AUA and
higher education sectors in other countries: by managing
partnerships with partner associations and assisting
international delegates at Annual Conference


IHEN Steering Group
Convener Andrea Rabe, Birkbeck
a.rabe@bbk.ac.uk

Deputy Convener Sally McKinley, Brunel
sally.mcKinley@brunel.ac.uk

Travel Award Co-ordinator Lisa Burton, Warwick
lisa.burton@wbs.ac.uk

International Association Link Co- Hetal Maniar, Portsmouth
ordinator hetal.maniar@port.ac.uk

European Development Vacant
Co-ordinator


Study Tours

• Organised overseas visits for members of the AUA based
in the UK and Ireland
• Ten members: one coordinator and three Study Tour
themes each containing three members
• Coordinator is supported by the AUA and AHUA with up
to £2,000 in expenses
• Four further awards of up to £1,000 in expenses are
made to members of the Study Tour
• A report is written and information disseminated


Study Tours

2007/08: New Zealand
• Student application and progression
• Supporting professionalism and excellence in
HE management
• Universities and sustainable development

2009/10: India
• Partnerships
• Student Experience
• Governance


Study Tours

2010/11: Brazil
• Quality, academic standards and course
construction
• Student expectations and representation
• Teaching, learning and pedagogy

2011/12: Japan
• Employability and the graduate job market
• University finances and funding
• Quality assurance and enhancement


Study Tours

2012/13: South Africa
• Getting into University
• Life beyond the classroom
• Professional development

2013/14: Poland (proposed)
• Ideas for themes?


Study Tour Reports


Travel Awards
For members to undertake
intensive study visits overseas with
the aim of enhancing career and
professional development, and to
promote best practice in higher
education management through
dissemination of the findings to
AUA members. Travel awards may
be used to attend relevant overseas
conferences (but not reciprocal
places).

Deadlines:
15 January
15 July


Travel Awards - Overview

• Awards funded by AUA and AHUA
• Annual budget – £4,000
• Awards available to AUA members based in the UK and
Ireland only
• Award value – usually £1,000 maximum
• Intended to cover travel and/or subsistence costs
• May be “topped up” by AUA member or their employer


Travel Awards – Applications

• Two deadlines per year – 15th January and 15th July
• Successful applicants notified within one month
• Application submitted to AUA National Office
(aua@aua.ac.uk)
• Applicants must submit an application form (available on
AUA web site), a CV and a letter of support from their
manager
• Applicants are strongly advised to seek support in
principle from their proposed hosts before submitting an
application


Travel Awards – Requirements

• Recipients responsible for all travel arrangements
• Report of 2,000 – 3,000 words, plus a 500 word
summary, to be submitted within one month of returning
to the UK/Ireland. Award paid within one month of
receiving the report.
• Encouraged to deliver a report the on visit to an IHEN
meeting, local, regional, national meetings, to write
article for Newslink or Perspectives, etc. etc. etc.!


Travel Awards – Good Advice

• Think through the project you’ll be working on –
methods, purpose
• Make sure you are clear about what you want to do – be
practical and show you have thought through your plans
• Demonstrate your contacts and preparation
• Do not focus on your own institution – the AUA and
AHUA are funding your travel so we want to know what
AUA and AHUA, and the HE sector more generally, will
get back
• Include dissemination ideas in your proposal


International Partners: Link
Coordinators
• A channel for communications between AUA and the
partner international association
• An ambassador for the AUA
• Reciprocal promotion of conferences
• Invitations to speak at each other’s conferences
• Attending the partner’s conference or notifying the
International Link Coordinator of the
• Writing an annual report on the link and the activities
undertaken that year and any


International Partners (1)
AACRAO American Association of Collegiate Maureen Skinner, West
Registrars and Admissions Officers London

AAUA American Association of University Julie Davies, ABS
Administrators

ACHEA Association of Caribbean Higher Matthew Andrews,
Education Administrators Oxford Brookes

ANUPA Association of Nigerian University Vacant
Professional Administrators

ARUCC Association of Registrars of the Christine Matthewson,
Universities and Colleges of Canada Strathcylde


International Partners (2)
ATEM Association of Tertiary Education Anne Maruma, Kent
Managers

CAUBO Canadian Association of University Melissa Bradley, Kent
Business Officers

GUAU Ghana Association of University Vacant
Administrators

JAUM Japanese Association of University Hetal Maniar,
Managers Portsmouth

HEFAF Higher Education Faculty Vacant
Administrators Forum


International Conferences


AACRAO SEM XXI

• November 2011
• Sessions over four days
• San Diego
• Approx 600 delegates
from all over the world,
mostly Americans and
Canadians


Reciprocal Places

• Advertised through e-mail up-dates
• Dates listed on AUA web-site
• First refusal to the Link Coordinator, then members of
the Board, then opened out to all AUA members
• Look for articles in Newslink!


IHEN Seminars
• Occasional one day seminars
• In addition to promotion of the AUA international
opportunities these attract a range of speakers, for exmaple:
• Higher Education in Brazil (Dr Tristan McCowan)
• The future of the European HE Area (Dr Christian
Yeomans)
• Supporting students overseas with reference to the
University of Nottingham’s Malaysia campus (Professor
Christine Ennew)


AUA Annual Conference
• Meet the international delegates!
• Attend a session run by an international delegate
• Dissemination sessions following-on from Study Tours or
Travel Awards


Discussion

• Comments
• Questions
• Suggestions


But why?

• The AUA exists to advance education, and so enables
members to raise their own contribution to this end
through supporting their continuing personal and
professional development
• There is an international higher education sector, with
an exchange of ideas, staff, and students
• Those who lead and manage our universities and
colleges of higher education now more than ever need
an understanding of the international dimension to
higher education


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