Preparing for Uncertainty Shaping the Future: Predicting the Unpredictable Wednesday 11 June 2014 Matthew Andrews AUA Chair Academic Registrar Oxford Brookes University

Higher education administrationPlanning your careerThe AUA

Higher education administrationPlanning your careerThe AUA

Massification & Specialisation Tensions in uncertain times Are you student centred? Being good is not good enough

Higher education administrationPlanning your careerThe AUA

Few of us ever plan on being University administrators… …so how do we manage our career when we find that we are one?

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! Embraces uncertainty

Planned Happen Stance Planned Happen Stance Having plans, organised, and made arrangements – professional development planning Events that occur by chance, i.e. life! – the certainty of uncertainty Your position on your plans and the impact of events – attitudes & behaviours

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 from A to D through B & C

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” NB It is never the right time!

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” is all about… 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 – in fact, being change

Key Questions for Personal Reflection What role did you play in chance events? Has uncertainty been a barrier? 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?

Higher education administrationPlanning your careerThe AUA

Continuing Professional Development Professional Capability Professional Reflection Accredited Membership Framework

Recognises that you are dedicated to improving yourself and others. Clear indication to others of your commitment to your own role and higher education. Uses the CPD Framework (a set of professional behaviours) which help you devise a plan for how you'd like to develop. Offers you a structure to develop personal targets. The FAUA or MAUA post-nominals provide an increasingly widely recognised badge of your professionalism. Get the most of your AUA membership. Accredited Membership Framework

You’ll need to be: employed in the administration and management of higher education, an organisation related to higher education, and any other organisations as may be approved by the Officers of the Association; or self-employed and works regularly in support of higher education administration and management; or considered to have a sufficient interest in the objectives of the AUA by the Officers of the Association to benefit from membership. Member

25 hours CPD over the previous two years Any qualification at Level 4, or a statement of evidence A statement (750 – 1,000 words) demonstrating how your CPD relates to at least three of the nine professional behaviours. One referee £35 application fee Lasts 5 years Accredited Member

30 hours CPD over the previous three years Any qualification at Level 4, or a statement of evidence A statement (1,500 words) demonstrating how your CPD relates to all nine professional behaviours, and the impact and influence of this CPD on others and the HE sector. You must also include examples of how you have helped others with their professional development. Two referees £45 application fee Lasts 5 years Fellow

Grasp every opportunity Engage with AUA activities Give up your misery Be active locally

Preparing for Uncertainty Shaping the Future: Predicting the Unpredictable Wednesday 11 June 2014 Matthew Andrews AUA Chair Academic Registrar Oxford Brookes University