Recent developments and update Marcus Andrews, Head of Member Services
Strategy – what happened in 2018/19 Advocacy: consultation responses, critical relationships continue to be developed with UUK, HECSU, HESA and OfS Community: 5 new Service Members and a new task group Quality: Membership Quality Standard development Learning: Review of portfolio change of conference format Research and Knowledge: Commissioned research projects
Strategy – what’s next Advocacy: Communicate about strategic themes, policies and best practice Community: Member engagement Quality: Membership Quality Standard roll-out Learning: Continue to review the portfolio Research and Knowledge: Enhanced profile
Themes Social Mobility: Toolkit Regionalisation: Collaboration Graduate Outcomes Data Insights Internationalisation replaced by Academic Alignment
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Team Elaine Boyes Executive Director Marcus Andrews Head of Member Services Vacant Membership Manager Christopher Dean Membership Officer Erica Imhof Professional Development Manager Moira Dodd Sponsorship and Booking Officer Gemma Green Head of External Relations Policy and Research Manager Kerrie Farrand Senior Publications Officer (Mat. leave) Grace Lippolis Senior Publications Officer (Secondment) Sarah Nichols Publications Officer Francesca Bauer Editor Gavin Arno Finance and Operations Manager Hazel Wood Finance and Office Administrator Communications and Governance Support Officer Shelley Morgan ScotGrad Graduate Recruitment Manager
Latest findings
Opportunities and challenges Changes mean opportunities Opportunities HE policy discourse: TEF and subject-level TEF, Graduate Outcomes survey, WP and social mobility agendas, embedding employability Buoyant graduate labour market and positive employer engagement Employability as an institutional priority
Opportunities and challenges Changes mean challenges Challenges Limited resources: “Doing more with less” Managing expectations: “Ensuring we can continue to meet demand given the level of interest in what we do” Student engagement: “Engaging students and graduates who need careers and employability the most”
Innovation with external stakeholders Engagement/relationship-building with external stakeholders Regional/local business associations/networks National professional bodies Regional/local branches of national/international professional bodies National sector organisations District councils Regional branches of national/international sector organisations Local Enterprise Partnerships Other national business organisations International business organisations/networks Other international organisations/networks
Innovation in targeted provision Particular initiatives developed for specific students Subject-specific students Students with a disability or physical/mental condition(s) Students aiming for self-employment/business start-up Students from schools/areas of low HE participation BME students First-year students Students from other disadvantaged backgrounds First-generation HE students Mature students Students studying degree apprenticeships
Any Questions? News and events? Email communications@agcas.org.uk E: marcus.andrews@agcas.org.uk T: +44(0)114 251 5755 @MarcusAGCAS Marcus Andrews News and events? Email communications@agcas.org.uk