1. Planning and
Reflecting on your
Learning and
Development
Matthew Andrews
AUA Chair
www.aua.ac.uk inspiring professionalism in higher education

2. 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?

3. YOU

4. 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!

5. Planned Happenstance®
• Planned Having plans, organised, and made
arrangements
• Happen Events that occur by chance, i.e.
life!
• Stance Your position on your plans and the
impact of events

6. Working out a direction
DO DO NOT
Follow your curiosity, Make a linear plan for your
interest, and hunches career and attempt to follow
it

7. Approaching roadblocks
DO DO NOT
Think about alternative Stop, or keep on trying to
routes, the benefits of follow the same path, or
taking a diversion, and ask work out “I can’t because…”
“how can I…?”

8. Facing the unexpected
DO DO NOT
Expect the unexpected! Be Fail to recognise
prepared for unexpected opportunities or be too
opportunities, chance narrow in how you define
encounters, and answer one, and end up saying “no”
every question with “yes”

9. And your ideal job?
DO DO NOT
Leave your mind – and Fixate on one job you want
opportunities – open! So to the exclusion of any
don’t define one… it might other opportunities
not exist yet

10. 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

11. 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?

12. AUA

13. 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.

14. A broad remit
Professional Association
Membership Organisation
Development Organisation

15. Geographic Networks
Scotland
Ireland
Yorkshire & the North East
North Wales & North West
Midlands
South Wales & South West
South
Anglia & London

16. Thematic Networks
Applicant Experience (with SPA) Space Management
Departmental Administrators
Equality and Diversity Group
International HE
Managing Change in HE
Organisational Development
Partnerships
Quality Practitioners

17. International Opportunities
• Study Tours
• Travel Awards
• International
Partners

18. YOU & AUA

19. 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.

20. Tiered Membership
Fellow
Accredited Member
Member • FAUA
• AAUA • Level 4 Qualification
• MAUA • Level 4 Qualification • 30 hours CPD in 3
• Employed in higher • 25 hours CPD in 2 years
education in the UK or years • Reflective statement
Ireland • Reflective statement • Development of others
• 1 reference • 2 references
• Lasts for 5 years • Lasts for 5 years

21. Planning and
Reflecting on your
Learning and
Development
Matthew Andrews
AUA Chair
www.aua.ac.uk inspiring professionalism in higher education

22. Closing, reflection and
evaluation
Matthew Andrews
AUA Chair
www.aua.ac.uk inspiring professionalism in higher education

23. Preparing for exciting futures

24. Exciting events planned for 2012-2013
Anglia and London Conference
London
13 December 2012
Wales Conference
Cardiff
18 December 2012
Digital HE: Practice, Products, Progress
Manchester
15 January 2013

25. Annual Conference 2013
Edinburgh
25 -27 March 2013
Terry Waite CBE Shabanna Mahmood MP Edinburgh International Conference Centre
“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)

26. Web: www.aua.ac.uk
Email: aua@aua.ac.uk
Call: 0161 275 2063
Association of University Administrators (AUA)
@The_AUA
www.aua.ac.uk inspiring professionalism in higher education