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Organisations specialising in higher education development:
The Leadership Foundation for Higher Education
The Leadership Foundation
 (LFHE) offers development in leadership governance and management to current
and future leaders within higher education institutions. Events include:
- Research Team Leadership
- An Introduction to Higher Education: a programme of new administrators
- Enhancing the Student Experience
- Leading your Technical Team
- Preparing for Senior Strategic Leadership
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details of LFHE events
The Association for University Administrators
The AUA is an established
provider of professional development opportunities for university managers and
administrators in the higher education sector Events include:
- Making sense of budgets
- Employment Law
- Writing your Business Plan
- Performance Management Skills
- Project Management in an HE Context
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The Missenden Centre for the Development of Higher Education
The Missenden
Centre is dedicated to providing seminars for senior academics and other
HE leaders on topics of importance for their institutions. Events include:
- RAE 2008 Rehearsals
- Effective Supervision: practice-based doctorates
- Updating Experienced Supervisors
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details of Missenden Centre events
Oxford Centre for Staff and Learning Development
The Oxford
Centre of Staff and Learning Development (OCSLD) is situated at Oxford Brookes
University. Over the last ten years it has grown into the UK's largest provider
of staff and educational development for higher education, with a reputation
for innovation in learning and teaching. Events include:
- Designing online activities
- Internationalising your curriculum for all students
- Putting the pleasure back into academic writing
- The psychology of recruitment and selection
- Teaching international students
- Online courses
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details of OCSLD events
Council for International Education
The Council for
International Education (UKCOSA) is an independent organisation founded
in 1968 and registered as a charity in the United Kingdom. UKCOSA seeks to protect
the interests of students from other countries studying in the UK; the interest
of students from the UK studying - or wishing to study abroad; the factors facilitating
international student mobility. Events include:
- An introduction to international recruiting and marketing
- Basic advisory skills for those working with international students
- Teaching international students
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The Higher Education Academy
The Higher Education Academy
is a registered company, limited by guarantee, and also a registered charity in England and Wales. They are owned by Universities UK (UUK) and GuildHE. The Academy's role is to be a nationwide focus for enhancing teaching, learning and students' experiences in higher education. They work with institutions, discipline groups and individual staff within the four countries of the UK. Events include:
- Promoting the European Dimension in Learning and Teaching
- Supporting new academic staff through partnership and reflective practice
- Improving the Student Experience Through Embedding Inclusive Policy and Practice
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