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www.aua.ac.uk inspiring professionalism in higher education
Planning and Reflecting on your
Learning and Development
Matthew AndrewsAUA Chair
You and the AUA
Few of us ever plan on being University administrators…
…so how do we plan a career when we find that we are one?
YOU
Planned Happenstance®
• Kathleen Mitchell• plannedhappenstance.com
• Confronts the notion that career planning is a logical and linear activity
• An articulation of and explanation for the way many of our careers have developed!
Planned Happenstance®
• Planned
• Happen
• Stance
Having plans, organised, and made arrangements
Events that occur by chance, i.e. life!
Your position on your plans and the impact of events
Working out a direction
DO
Follow your curiosity, interest, and hunches
DO NOT
Make a linear plan for your career and attempt to follow it
Approaching roadblocks
DO
Think about alternative routes, the benefits of taking a diversion, and ask “how can I…?”
DO NOT
Stop, or keep on trying to follow the same path, or work out “I can’t because…”
Facing the unexpected
DO
Expect the unexpected! Be prepared for unexpected opportunities, chance encounters, and answer every question with “yes”
DO NOT
Fail to recognise opportunities or be too narrow in how you define one, and end up saying “no”
And your ideal job?
DO
Leave your mind – and opportunities – open! So don’t define one… it might not exist yet
DO NOT
Fixate on one job you want to the exclusion of any other opportunities
Developing your stance
• Being ready and willing to take action• Being open-minded and flexible• Taking a risk and seizing the
opportunity• Networking, being “out there”• Being involved: volunteer, learn• Exploring, being curious• Staying positive, optimistic and
embracing change
Key Questions for Personal Reflection
• What role did you play in chance events?
• How long did you take before taking a decision?
• How important was the step you were considering taking compared to the step you hoped that it would lead on to afterwards?
• What role has luck played in your career?
AUA
Objective and Purpose
The Object of the Association is to advance and assist in the
advancement of education by fostering sound methods of
leadership, management and administration in further and higher
education by education, training, and other means.
A broad remit
Professional Association
Membership Organisation
Development Organisation
Geographic Networks
Scotland
Ireland
Yorkshire & the North
East
North Wales & North
West
Midlands
South Wales & South
West
South
Anglia & London
Thematic Networks
Applicant Experience (with SPA)
Departmental Administrators
Equality and Diversity Group
International HE
Managing Change in HE
Organisational Development
Partnerships
Quality Practitioners
Space Management
International Opportunities
• Study Tours• Travel Awards• International
Partners
YOU & AUA
The USP of the AUA
The AUA creates and supports opportunities for you to move beyond your current role: personally and professionally.
The AUA complements other specific networks by enabling you to embrace the philosophy behind non-linear careers, unexpected opportunities, and prepares you for jobs which don’t yet exist.
Tiered Membership
Member
• MAUA• Employed in higher
education in the UK or Ireland
Accredited Member
• AAUA• Level 4
Qualification• 25 hours CPD in 2
years• Reflective
statement• 1 reference• Lasts for 5 years
Fellow
• FAUA• Level 4
Qualification• 30 hours CPD in 3
years• Reflective
statement• Development of
others• 2 references• Lasts for 5 years
www.aua.ac.uk inspiring professionalism in higher education
Planning and Reflecting on your
Learning and Development
Matthew AndrewsAUA Chair
www.aua.ac.uk inspiring professionalism in higher education
Closing, reflection and evaluation
Matthew AndrewsAUA Chair
Preparing for exciting futures
Exciting events planned for 2012-2013Anglia and London ConferenceLondon13 December 2012
Wales ConferenceCardiff18 December 2012
Digital HE: Practice, Products, ProgressManchester15 January 2013
Annual Conference 2013
Edinburgh25 -27 March
2013
Edinburgh International Conference CentreTerry Waite CBE
“Higher education could benefit from social engineering”David Ruebain, Chief Executive, ECU (in favour)
Kelley Temple, NUS National Women’s Officer (in favour)Carl Lygo, BPP Chief Executive Officer (against)
Shabanna Mahmood MP
www.aua.ac.uk inspiring professionalism in higher education
Web: www.aua.ac.uk
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Call: 0161 275 2063
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