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Posts by category

• Category: Briefing Papers
  • Freedom of speech and academic freedom – finding the balance in higher education
  • What to expect in Employment Law in 2023
  • Insight from SUMS: Curriculum Management Systems
  • What to Expect in Employment Law in Higher Education for 2022
  • How to Lead Effectively through Disruptive Change
  • Change Starts Now: Making HEIs Racially Inclusive
  • Business Continuity in a Changed World
  • Crystal Ball Gazing: What is the Future for Handling Exceptional Circumstances?
  • Working Well – During and Beyond Covid-19
  • Silver Linings: How the Response to Covid-19 Will Change Higher Education Forever
  • The changing face of HE service delivery: a ‘how to’ guide for implementing change
  • The Class of 2020: Graduating through Covid-19
  • Leading through Adversity: the Impact of Covid-19 on University Finance
  • Enabling Research, Enterprise and Innovation During Covid-19
  • 2020: A Space (and Timetabling) Odyssey
  • Harnessing the Winds of Change: Transformation During Covid-19
  • The Impact of Covid-19 on Student Services
  • Crying out for clarity: unpacking the prospect experience in the wake of the Covid-19 crisis
  • The Impact of COVID-19 on Teaching, Learning & Assessment
  • Human impact: how policy, culture and people strategies have guided HE through the Covid-crisis and point to a more agile future
  • Digital Education Options for the 2020/21 Academic Year
  • Purchasing Card Use in Universities
• Category: Coaching & Professional Development Archive
  • The importance of coaching in higher education
  • Women in Higher Education Leadership: Reflections from International Women’s Day 2022
  • Delivering Effective Change as a Programme or Project Sponsor in Higher Education
  • Talking Heads – Coaching for Academics and the Professional Services through SUMS
  • Enhancing Your Workforce Capability During Covid-19
  • Coaching: Enhancing Your Workforce Capability
• Category: Digital Transformation Archive
  • The SUMS Group hosts Cloud migration in higher education event
  • How to Avoid Costly Mistakes in Higher Education IT Procurement
  • The Chief Information Officer (CIO) of Tomorrow in Higher Education
  • Creating the Right Digital Learning Strategy in Higher Education
  • Opportunities to Provide Authentic, Inclusive and Engaging Digital Assessment
  • Playing the long-game: learning from the quick wins for the long-term solution
  • Re-imagining the Prospective Student Journey: ‘What Does Good Look Like?’
  • Preparing for Success when Teaching Online: The social dimension.
  • The Digital University Part 3: New Opportunities for Growth
  • The Campus for the Future: Making the Right Investments
  • The Digital University Part 2: Putting People First
  • The Digital University Part 1: Saving Space with New Ways of Working
  • The Campus for the Future: A Student’s Favourite Study Place?
  • What is a ‘Digital Culture’, Really?
• Category: Efficiencies, Change & Transformation Archive
  • “Gotta have faith”: Collaborating as a change leader
  • Getting your sea legs
  • An unlikely cash drain – are procurement thresholds costing universities?
  • The Tensions and Complexities of TOM Design in Higher Education
  • Why Every University Needs a TOM (and Who is TOM Anyway?)
  • Change Management in Higher Education: Pre-, During and Post-Pandemic
  • Race, Ethnicity and Sustainable Change in Higher Education: A Personal and Professional Perspective
  • Resource Allocation Models: The Linchpin of a Successful University
  • Getting Where You Need to Be: Target Operating Models for Universities
  • Thoughtful Change Leadership: When Communication is Not Enough
  • The Future is Inter-disciplinary: Thoughts from the HESPA Conference 2020
  • Beyond the Transformation Programme
  • Brief Insights from the AUA Managing Change in HE Open Forum: Approaching Change in a Changing Sector
  • What is a Benefit?
  • Financial Efficiencies – Is your University Fit for the Future?
• Category: Human Resources Archive
  • Telling stories – how data can inform workforce planning
  • The Imperative of Strategic Workforce Planning in Professional Services
  • Employment Law under the new Labour Government: Anticipating changes and challenges
  • Talent Management: Playing to win
  • Because we’re worth it? SUMS Senior Salary Benchmarking Survey
  • Intentional organisation design to support high performance
  • What to expect in Employment Law 2024
  • Being a fertility-friendly employer
  • Reinventing the HR Operating Model
  • Rethinking Talent Management
  • Workforce planning: playing the long game
  • CUPA Conference Reflections: HR capabilities
  • CUPA Conference reflections: performance, development, and reward
  • CUPA Conference reflections: EVP, talent, and engagement
  • SUMS launches new Salary Benchmarking Service for the HE sector
  • Why use Psychometric Assessments?
  • Organisational Culture and Change in Higher Education
  • A How-To Guide for Effective Workforce Planning in the Higher Education Sector
  • The Spirit is Willing… The Road to Diversity in University Marketing Teams and the Toolkit to Get There
• Category: Marketing & Student Recruitment Archive
  • Engaging your academic community in academic portfolio review doesn’t have to be like herding cats
  • Academic Portfolio Reviews: Beware the long tail!
  • You Say You Want a Revolution: Reflections from University Marketeers
  • Student recruitment and conversion in a post-pandemic world: reimagining the prospective student journey
  • Tackling the Growth Paradox in Universities: How Marketing Holds the Key
• Category: Mental Health & Wellbeing Archive
  • SUMS’ final report published from our evaluation of Office for Students’ statement of expectations
• Category: New and Post-Pandemic Ways of Working Archive
  • Post-Covid Workplace Culture – Top Ten Tips for Defining Your ‘New Normal’ Ways of Working
  • To Boldly Go… Space the Final Frontier: What New Ways of Working Mean for Campus Life as We Know It
  • Video Killed the Radio Star: How Hybrid is Changing Ways of Working
  • Ways of Working: Delivering Effective and Energising Virtual Workshops
  • Post-Pandemic Ways of Working
• Category: Procurement Services Archive
  • From Pasta to Procurement: A Student’s Journey to Understanding the Need for Responsible Procurement in Higher Education
  • Managing Risk in Higher Education
  • Ensuring Content is Accessible to Students during COVID-19
  • Expecting the Unexpected: A Lesson from the Coronavirus Outbreak
  • Helping University Procurement Departments Prepare for Brexit
• Category: Space Management & Timetabling Archive
  • Higher Education Timetabling & Procurement event success
  • Stick or twist? Is it time to change your Timetabling System?
  • Aligning Learning and Teaching Space for a Better University Experience
  • The Campus of the Future: An Interplay Between Virtual and Physical Environments
• Category: Strategy, Planning and Transformation Portfolios Archive
  • Lifelong Learning Entitlement: Is your university ready?
  • Integrating climate into strategy and planning: Where are we? Where are we going?
  • Civic mission: impossible? Complex, yes – but worthwhile for your institution and its stakeholders
  • Turning partnerships into outcomes or… Influencing the Influencers
  • Delivering Strategy: Why You Need a Holistic Approach
  • Developing An Effective Strategy in Higher Education: The Critical Stages for Success
• Category: Student Journey Archive
  • The student journey doesn’t end at graduation
  • Under the cloud: student debt is shaping the university experience
  • Desert Island Discs: what universities must ‘save from the waves’ for students during efficiency drives
  • Heading upstream: improving your approach to Extenuating Circumstances and Appeals processes
  • Harnessing the Revolution: How Service Design Can Transform Higher Education
  • Understanding the Apprentice Lifecycle in Universities
  • COVID-19 and Distance Learning
  • Tackling the Tough Issues: Widening Participation, the Student Voice and Student Service Provision
• Category: Sustainability Archive
  • Beyond the lecture hall: the surprising environmental role of universities
  • Making strides on your journey to Net Zero
  • Creating Sustainable Universities by Taking a Whole Systems Approach
  • Net Zero Carbon Goals: Is Business Travel Taking You In The Wrong Direction?
• Category: Teaching & Learning Archive
  • An Apprenticeship Lifecycle Tailored to Your University
• Category: Uncategorised
  • The student experience of higher education provider closure
  • The OEMA story so far: Early insights from a growing sector benchmark
  • Introducing our speakers: Lessons from the UK’s First Multi-University Group
  • Aligning assurance and strategy: what the draft CUC Code means for strategic planning
  • SUMS Consulting among top education consulting firms in the UK 2026 – Consultancy.uk
  • Change and wellbeing toolkit: leadership do’s and don’ts
  • Proud hosts of the Global Sustainable Development Congress environment track
  • Why isn’t everyone talking about the LLE?
  • Give to gain: my student journey with Women in Business
  • Insights to go! Key takeaways from our World Café sessions
  • Organisational Efficiency Maturity Assessment: trailblazers needed!
  • Keep the crown, lose the panic: international strategy after the IES
  • Carwyn Cook joins SUMS Conference 2026 panel
  • SUMS Annual Conference speaker announcement – Kieron Broadhead
  • New Managing Consultant joins SUMS Group
  • Introducing our speakers for University Lands: Mapping risks & opportunities for the UK HE sector
  • Introducing Nathan Moores – SUMS Annual Conference panellist
  • Why delivering change well doesn’t need a silver bullet
  • Welcoming Andrew Corbett-Nolan to the SUMS Annual Conference
  • Ben Vulliamy (AHUA) joins us for the SUMS Annual Conference 2026
  • Welcoming Laura Clayton to the SUMS Annual Conference 2026
  • Introducing SUMS Conference panellist, Beth Beasant
  • University lands: Mapping risks and opportunities for the higher education sector
  • Introducing our SUMS Annual Conference 2026 Panellists
  • Introducing our SUMS Annual Conference 2026 keynote speaker
  • A welcome evolution? SUMS thoughts on the OfS Strategy 2025-2030
  • Why university governance is failing – and what can boards do to fix it?
  • Questions that matter in higher education: service excellence
  • Questions that matter in higher education: research
  • Questions that matter in higher education: specialist student support
  • Questions that matter in higher education: sustainability
  • Questions that matter in higher education: student recruitment and partnerships 
  • Questions that matter in higher education: strategy and transformation
  • More than just a fee rise: what the Post-16 White Paper means for higher education
  • SUMS Consulting at the HE Transformation Expo
  • Transactional or transformational: reimagining university partnerships
  • Making transformation happen: reflections on the AHUA Autumn Conference 2025
  • Universities of Greenwich and Kent launch UK’s first multi-university group
  • Making transformation happen: AHUA Autumn Conference 2025
  • Towards a sector-wide efficiency maturity model: turning collaboration into transformation
  • The hidden architects of university strategy: Chief of Staff vs. Strategic Change Units
  • Part 2 – Managing the impact of higher education provider closure – key findings
  • Part 1 – Putting students first: Managing the impact of higher education provider closure
  • Reframing the future: strategic takeaways from the Financial Sustainability in HE Conference 2025
  • UUK’s new era for Higher Education: A sector poised for bold change
  • Beyond efficiency savings … what does meaningful organisational transformation look like?
  • Compliance with the new E6 condition of registration and beyond
  • Efficiencies and growth by a thousand nudges – part 2
  • Efficiencies and growth by a thousand nudges – part 1
  • When is a TOM not a TOM? Adapting operating models for real-world change
  • Overcoming net zero paralysis
  • Down under, looking ahead: UK and Australian higher education compared
  • Are Africa & the Middle East more important than ever for Australian, Canadian, UK & US universities?
  • Surgical precision over blunt cuts: a smarter approach to efficiencies in higher education
  • Understanding the benefits and costs of what universities do
  • Knowing where you stand: how benchmarking can help universities grapple with complex problems and face the future
  • Rethinking student mental health: moving beyond deficit models – Part 2
  • Rethinking student mental health: moving beyond deficit models – Part 1
  • Shattering ceilings and accelerating change: SUMS Group celebrates women in leadership this International Women’s Day
  • SUMS Group welcomes new Head of Finance
  • Introducing our new Chief Operating Officer at SUMS Group
  • Transform your university with SUMS Consulting International and Etio
  • International Day Of Education with the SUMS Group
  • In Memory of Paul Boustead
  • SUMS Group appoints new Chief Executive
  • SUMS Annual Conference 2024: cutting costs, driving growth
  • SUMS Annual Conference 2024: the ultimate balancing act
  • New members join SUMS Group Management Committee
  • The perfect storm? Or the perfect opportunity?
  • Behind the scenes: Future-proofing your team and mastering strategic workforce planning
  • SUMS & SUPC Exam Software Demonstration Series
  • New Head of Consulting joins SUMS Group
  • Understanding the benefits and costs of what universities do
  • Inside the inbox: Prioritising the new HE minister’s workload
  • The SUMS group membership journey across the UK
  • Looking for answers to your international student recruitment conundrums? Look beyond the numbers to soft intelligence.
  • SUMS Group successfully adds student representation to its Board
  • Understanding the benefits and costs of what universities do
  • Designing a better future for HE: SUMS Consulting Annual Review 2023
  • COP28 and the hidden impact: getting to grips with Scope 3 in higher education
  • The important roles of Professional Dialogue and Dialogic Leadership
  • HEPI Comparative Study of Higher Education Academic Staff Terms and Conditions
  • New Head of Procurement joins SUMS Group
  • New Head of Marketing and Communications joins SUMS Group
  • Student Number Controls: friend or foe?
  • People Focused Priorities in 2023
  • SUMS Group Appoints New Head of SUPC
  • How 5 Simple Questions Can Develop Your Staff and Enrich One-to-Ones
  • SUMS Group’s Strategic Partnership with EAUC
  • Job Opportunity – SUMS Group Data Analyst
  • SUMS’ Sector Evaluation of Harassment and Sexual Misconduct for the OfS concludes further regulation is needed
  • SUMS Consulting Annual Conference 2022 – Postponed
  • SUMS Group’s Commitment to Responsible Procurement
  • Job Opportunity – Associate Consultants in Wellbeing and Mental Health Services
  • Registration of Interest for Upcoming Roundtable Events
  • Hear from Leaders in Higher Education on International Women’s Day
  • SUMS Consulting Appointed to Evaluate the Impact of OfS’ Statement of Expectations
  • The SUMS Group Partners with EAUC to Deliver In-Depth Expertise in Sustainability to the Education Sector
  • Your University Transformation Portfolio: Align, Prioritise, Focus
  • Win-Win-Win: Why Your Team Should Consider Hosting an Intern
  • SUMS Summer Showcase 2020-21
  • A Look in the Rear View Mirror: Top 5 Insights from SUMS Consulting
  • Universities as agents of social change: what are we really doing to make sure Black lives matter?
  • Webinar Series: Student recruitment and conversion in a post-pandemic world: reimagining the prospective student journey
  • SUMS Builds Team to Support UK Universities
  • Silver Linings Playbook – Opportunities to Transform the Sector During Covid-19
  • A Message from our CEO, Bernarde Hyde
  • COVID-19 Update for SUMS Members and Clients
  • Value for Money for Students: Understanding a Student’s Motivations in the Extinction Rebellion Era
  • SUMS Annual Conference 2019 – The Growth Paradox in Higher Education
  • Ensuring Universities are Fit for the Future with SUMS
  • Understanding Augar
  • Horizon Scanning: Complete the Sector Survey on Your Institution’s Approach
  • Horizon Scanning – SUMS Collaborative Study

Posts

• The student experience of higher education provider closure
• The student journey doesn’t end at graduation
• The OEMA story so far: Early insights from a growing sector benchmark
• Under the cloud: student debt is shaping the university experience
• Introducing our speakers: Lessons from the UK’s First Multi-University Group
• Aligning assurance and strategy: what the draft CUC Code means for strategic planning
• SUMS Consulting among top education consulting firms in the UK 2026 - Consultancy.uk
• Change and wellbeing toolkit: leadership do’s and don’ts
• Proud hosts of the Global Sustainable Development Congress environment track
• Why isn’t everyone talking about the LLE?
• Give to gain: my student journey with Women in Business
• Insights to go! Key takeaways from our World Café sessions
• Organisational Efficiency Maturity Assessment: trailblazers needed!
• Keep the crown, lose the panic: international strategy after the IES
• Carwyn Cook joins SUMS Conference 2026 panel
• SUMS Annual Conference speaker announcement - Kieron Broadhead
• New Managing Consultant joins SUMS Group
• Introducing our speakers for University Lands: Mapping risks & opportunities for the UK HE sector
• Introducing Nathan Moores - SUMS Annual Conference panellist
• Why delivering change well doesn’t need a silver bullet
• Welcoming Andrew Corbett-Nolan to the SUMS Annual Conference
• Ben Vulliamy (AHUA) joins us for the SUMS Annual Conference 2026
• Welcoming Laura Clayton to the SUMS Annual Conference 2026
• Introducing SUMS Conference panellist, Beth Beasant
• University lands: Mapping risks and opportunities for the higher education sector
• Introducing our SUMS Annual Conference 2026 Panellists
• Introducing our SUMS Annual Conference 2026 keynote speaker
• A welcome evolution? SUMS thoughts on the OfS Strategy 2025-2030
• Why university governance is failing - and what can boards do to fix it?
• Questions that matter in higher education: service excellence
• Questions that matter in higher education: research
• Questions that matter in higher education: specialist student support
• Questions that matter in higher education: sustainability
• Questions that matter in higher education: student recruitment and partnerships 
• Questions that matter in higher education: strategy and transformation
• More than just a fee rise: what the Post-16 White Paper means for higher education
• SUMS Consulting at the HE Transformation Expo
• Transactional or transformational: reimagining university partnerships
• Making transformation happen: reflections on the AHUA Autumn Conference 2025
• Universities of Greenwich and Kent launch UK’s first multi-university group
• Making transformation happen: AHUA Autumn Conference 2025
• Towards a sector-wide efficiency maturity model: turning collaboration into transformation
• Desert Island Discs: what universities must ‘save from the waves’ for students during efficiency drives
• The hidden architects of university strategy: Chief of Staff vs. Strategic Change Units
• Part 2 - Managing the impact of higher education provider closure - key findings
• Part 1 - Putting students first: Managing the impact of higher education provider closure
• Reframing the future: strategic takeaways from the Financial Sustainability in HE Conference 2025
• UUK’s new era for Higher Education: A sector poised for bold change
• Beyond efficiency savings … what does meaningful organisational transformation look like?
• Compliance with the new E6 condition of registration and beyond
• Efficiencies and growth by a thousand nudges - part 2
• Efficiencies and growth by a thousand nudges - part 1
• When is a TOM not a TOM? Adapting operating models for real-world change
• Overcoming net zero paralysis
• Down under, looking ahead: UK and Australian higher education compared
• Are Africa & the Middle East more important than ever for Australian, Canadian, UK & US universities?
• Surgical precision over blunt cuts: a smarter approach to efficiencies in higher education
• Understanding the benefits and costs of what universities do
• Knowing where you stand: how benchmarking can help universities grapple with complex problems and face the future
• Rethinking student mental health: moving beyond deficit models - Part 2
• Rethinking student mental health: moving beyond deficit models - Part 1
• "Gotta have faith": Collaborating as a change leader
• Shattering ceilings and accelerating change: SUMS Group celebrates women in leadership this International Women's Day
• SUMS Group welcomes new Head of Finance
• Introducing our new Chief Operating Officer at SUMS Group
• Transform your university with SUMS Consulting International and Etio
• International Day Of Education with the SUMS Group
• Heading upstream: improving your approach to Extenuating Circumstances and Appeals processes
• In Memory of Paul Boustead
• SUMS Group appoints new Chief Executive
• Telling stories - how data can inform workforce planning
• The Imperative of Strategic Workforce Planning in Professional Services
• SUMS Annual Conference 2024: cutting costs, driving growth
• SUMS Annual Conference 2024: the ultimate balancing act
• New members join SUMS Group Management Committee
• The perfect storm? Or the perfect opportunity?
• Behind the scenes: Future-proofing your team and mastering strategic workforce planning
• SUMS & SUPC Exam Software Demonstration Series
• New Head of Consulting joins SUMS Group
• Understanding the benefits and costs of what universities do
• Inside the inbox: Prioritising the new HE minister’s workload
• Employment Law under the new Labour Government: Anticipating changes and challenges
• The SUMS group membership journey across the UK
• Talent Management: Playing to win
• Lifelong Learning Entitlement: Is your university ready?
• Looking for answers to your international student recruitment conundrums? Look beyond the numbers to soft intelligence.
• Higher Education Timetabling & Procurement event success
• Because we're worth it? SUMS Senior Salary Benchmarking Survey
• Freedom of speech and academic freedom - finding the balance in higher education
• SUMS Group successfully adds student representation to its Board
• Understanding the benefits and costs of what universities do
• Intentional organisation design to support high performance
• Stick or twist? Is it time to change your Timetabling System?
• What to expect in Employment Law 2024
• Designing a better future for HE: SUMS Consulting Annual Review 2023
• The importance of coaching in higher education
• COP28 and the hidden impact: getting to grips with Scope 3 in higher education
• The SUMS Group hosts Cloud migration in higher education event
• Integrating climate into strategy and planning: Where are we? Where are we going?
• Being a fertility-friendly employer
• Reinventing the HR Operating Model
• The important roles of Professional Dialogue and Dialogic Leadership
• Beyond the lecture hall: the surprising environmental role of universities
• Rethinking Talent Management
• HEPI Comparative Study of Higher Education Academic Staff Terms and Conditions
• Civic mission: impossible? Complex, yes – but worthwhile for your institution and its stakeholders
• New Head of Procurement joins SUMS Group
• Workforce planning: playing the long game
• Engaging your academic community in academic portfolio review doesn’t have to be like herding cats
• Academic Portfolio Reviews: Beware the long tail!
• Getting your sea legs
• CUPA Conference Reflections: HR capabilities
• CUPA Conference reflections: performance, development, and reward
• Making strides on your journey to Net Zero
• CUPA Conference reflections: EVP, talent, and engagement
• SUMS launches new Salary Benchmarking Service for the HE sector
• An unlikely cash drain - are procurement thresholds costing universities?
• New Head of Marketing and Communications joins SUMS Group
• Creating Sustainable Universities by Taking a Whole Systems Approach
• Student Number Controls: friend or foe?
• People Focused Priorities in 2023
• Turning partnerships into outcomes or… Influencing the Influencers
• What to expect in Employment Law in 2023
• SUMS Group Appoints New Head of SUPC
• Net Zero Carbon Goals: Is Business Travel Taking You In The Wrong Direction?
• How 5 Simple Questions Can Develop Your Staff and Enrich One-to-Ones
• SUMS Group's Strategic Partnership with EAUC
• Delivering Strategy: Why You Need a Holistic Approach
• Job Opportunity - SUMS Group Data Analyst
• SUMS’ Sector Evaluation of Harassment and Sexual Misconduct for the OfS concludes further regulation is needed
• SUMS’ final report published from our evaluation of Office for Students’ statement of expectations
• SUMS Consulting Annual Conference 2022 - Postponed
• SUMS Group’s Commitment to Responsible Procurement
• Developing An Effective Strategy in Higher Education: The Critical Stages for Success
• How to Avoid Costly Mistakes in Higher Education IT Procurement
• An Apprenticeship Lifecycle Tailored to Your University
• From Pasta to Procurement: A Student’s Journey to Understanding the Need for Responsible Procurement in Higher Education
• Why use Psychometric Assessments?
• Job Opportunity - Associate Consultants in Wellbeing and Mental Health Services
• Managing Risk in Higher Education
• Registration of Interest for Upcoming Roundtable Events
• The Tensions and Complexities of TOM Design in Higher Education
• Why Every University Needs a TOM (and Who is TOM Anyway?)
• Change Management in Higher Education: Pre-, During and Post-Pandemic
• Harnessing the Revolution: How Service Design Can Transform Higher Education
• Organisational Culture and Change in Higher Education
• Insight from SUMS: Curriculum Management Systems
• Women in Higher Education Leadership: Reflections from International Women’s Day 2022
• Hear from Leaders in Higher Education on International Women's Day
• SUMS Consulting Appointed to Evaluate the Impact of OfS’ Statement of Expectations
• A How-To Guide for Effective Workforce Planning in the Higher Education Sector
• Aligning Learning and Teaching Space for a Better University Experience
• Race, Ethnicity and Sustainable Change in Higher Education: A Personal and Professional Perspective
• The Chief Information Officer (CIO) of Tomorrow in Higher Education
• What to Expect in Employment Law in Higher Education for 2022
• Creating the Right Digital Learning Strategy in Higher Education
• The SUMS Group Partners with EAUC to Deliver In-Depth Expertise in Sustainability to the Education Sector
• Resource Allocation Models: The Linchpin of a Successful University
• The Spirit is Willing… The Road to Diversity in University Marketing Teams and the Toolkit to Get There
• Your University Transformation Portfolio: Align, Prioritise, Focus
• Win-Win-Win: Why Your Team Should Consider Hosting an Intern
• Delivering Effective Change as a Programme or Project Sponsor in Higher Education
• Post-Covid Workplace Culture – Top Ten Tips for Defining Your ‘New Normal’ Ways of Working
• SUMS Summer Showcase 2020-21
• To Boldly Go… Space the Final Frontier: What New Ways of Working Mean for Campus Life as We Know It
• Video Killed the Radio Star: How Hybrid is Changing Ways of Working
• Ways of Working: Delivering Effective and Energising Virtual Workshops
• Post-Pandemic Ways of Working
• A Look in the Rear View Mirror: Top 5 Insights from SUMS Consulting
• How to Lead Effectively through Disruptive Change
• Getting Where You Need to Be: Target Operating Models for Universities
• Understanding the Apprentice Lifecycle in Universities
• Change Starts Now: Making HEIs Racially Inclusive
• Business Continuity in a Changed World
• You Say You Want a Revolution: Reflections from University Marketeers
• Crystal Ball Gazing: What is the Future for Handling Exceptional Circumstances?
• Opportunities to Provide Authentic, Inclusive and Engaging Digital Assessment
• Thoughtful Change Leadership: When Communication is Not Enough
• Working Well – During and Beyond Covid-19
• Playing the long-game: learning from the quick wins for the long-term solution
• Re-imagining the Prospective Student Journey: 'What Does Good Look Like?'
• Preparing for Success when Teaching Online: The social dimension.
• Student recruitment and conversion in a post-pandemic world: reimagining the prospective student journey
• Silver Linings: How the Response to Covid-19 Will Change Higher Education Forever
• Universities as agents of social change: what are we really doing to make sure Black lives matter?
• Webinar Series: Student recruitment and conversion in a post-pandemic world: reimagining the prospective student journey
• The changing face of HE service delivery: a ‘how to’ guide for implementing change
• The Class of 2020: Graduating through Covid-19
• Leading through Adversity: the Impact of Covid-19 on University Finance
• Enabling Research, Enterprise and Innovation During Covid-19
• 2020: A Space (and Timetabling) Odyssey
• Harnessing the Winds of Change: Transformation During Covid-19
• Talking Heads – Coaching for Academics and the Professional Services through SUMS
• The Impact of Covid-19 on Student Services
• Crying out for clarity: unpacking the prospect experience in the wake of the Covid-19 crisis
• The Impact of COVID-19 on Teaching, Learning & Assessment
• Human impact: how policy, culture and people strategies have guided HE through the Covid-crisis and point to a more agile future
• Digital Education Options for the 2020/21 Academic Year
• Enhancing Your Workforce Capability During Covid-19
• SUMS Builds Team to Support UK Universities
• Silver Linings Playbook - Opportunities to Transform the Sector During Covid-19
• Ensuring Content is Accessible to Students during COVID-19
• COVID-19 and Distance Learning
• A Message from our CEO, Bernarde Hyde
• COVID-19 Update for SUMS Members and Clients
• The Future is Inter-disciplinary: Thoughts from the HESPA Conference 2020
• Value for Money for Students: Understanding a Student’s Motivations in the Extinction Rebellion Era
• Expecting the Unexpected: A Lesson from the Coronavirus Outbreak
• Coaching: Enhancing Your Workforce Capability
• The Digital University Part 3: New Opportunities for Growth
• The Campus for the Future: Making the Right Investments
• The Digital University Part 2: Putting People First
• SUMS Annual Conference 2019 - The Growth Paradox in Higher Education
• The Digital University Part 1: Saving Space with New Ways of Working
• Tackling the Growth Paradox in Universities: How Marketing Holds the Key
• Beyond the Transformation Programme
• The Campus for the Future: A Student’s Favourite Study Place?
• Tackling the Tough Issues: Widening Participation, the Student Voice and Student Service Provision
• Helping University Procurement Departments Prepare for Brexit
• Ensuring Universities are Fit for the Future with SUMS
• The Campus of the Future: An Interplay Between Virtual and Physical Environments
• Brief Insights from the AUA Managing Change in HE Open Forum: Approaching Change in a Changing Sector
• Understanding Augar
• What is a Benefit?
• Financial Efficiencies – Is your University Fit for the Future?
• What is a ‘Digital Culture’, Really?
• Horizon Scanning: Complete the Sector Survey on Your Institution's Approach
• Horizon Scanning – SUMS Collaborative Study
• Purchasing Card Use in Universities

Testimonials

• Sam Dale, Director of Student Support and Wellbeing, Durham University
• Director of Marketing and Communications
• Senior Projects Officer, Aberystwyth
• Mark Hamilton, Director of Talent, Culture and Inclusion, university of Derby
• SUMS member
• Brad Mackay, Interim Dean, University of St Andrews Business School
• Richard Brooks, Director of Human Resources, University of Bath
• Claire Sanders, Chief Operating Officer, Cardiff University

Case Studies

• Interim Impact Partner - target operating model for professional services
• Embedding Open Research - Building consensus for Culture Change across Disciplines
• Strategic professional services review: University of Oxford
• From baselining to strategy: developing an evidence-based agenda for environmental sustainability
• SUMS Consulting International - student recruitment review
• Developing an ambitious university strategy through institution-wide engagement
• Preparation for the student minds' mental health charter
• Developing a programme for reducing scope 3 carbon emissions
• Spurring transformation and culture change for a sustainable university
• Transformational change through co-creation of a Target Operating Model
• Creating an Academic Development Framework
• Moving Away from Internal Recruitment Scrutiny Panels
• Apprenticeships Lifecycle
• Cutting Travel Carbon Emissions for a Sustainability-Focused University
• Designing the Right Target Operating Model for Your University
• Race and Ethnicity Strategy Review
• Re-Imagining Ways of Working
• Strategic Review of Mental Health Provision and Services
• Supporting University Consolidation Processes
• Adding Strategic Value Through Transformational Change to Procurement and Planning
• The Importance of Strategic Workforce Planning
• The Co-Evolution of Pedagogy and Learning Spaces for a Better Student Experience
• What to Expect in Employment Law in Higher Education for 2022
• Reviewing Student Administration
• Benchmarking: Professional Services Efficiencies
• Brand Evolution to Meet New Strategy
• Improving Mental Health Services for Students
• Change Starts Now: Making HEIs Racially Inclusive
• Handling Exceptional Circumstances
• Leading Effectively through Disruptive Change
• Digital Education Options for 2020/21
• Silver Linings: How the Response to Covid-19 Will Change Higher Education Forever

Consultants

• Abhilasha Chakraborty (Abhi)
• Paul Goffin
• Andrew Dawson
• Alison Levey
• Ben Hunt
• Christine Fraser
• Penny-Lynn Bater
• John Plumridge
• Dr Charles Knight
• Martina Keating
• Dr David Ashton
• Andrea Bolshaw
• Rabia Harrison
• Jonathan Dempsey
• Dr Jules Maclachlan
• Tim Newton
• Caroline Dunne
• Nuala Welsh
• Andrea Ward
• Dr Doug Cole SFHEA
• Steven Gregg
• James Barr
• Alicen Nickson
• John Vinney
• Dr Thomas Loya
• Nick Pidgeon
• Dr Andrew Wray
• Kurtis Toy
• Gayle Stocken
• Dr Mark Edwards
• Aya Ferguson
• Joel Arber
• David Becker
• Louise Smith
• Dr Thomas Owen-Smith
• Emma Ogden
• Richard Smith
• William Phillips
• Hannah Lowery
• Jemma Ilal
• Sarah Strutton
• Katy Boom
• Arthur Shearlaw
• Emma Staveley
• Fiona McPhail
• Sean Green
• Pippa Wisbey
• Dr Muhammad Usman Mazhar
• Dr Georgina Gough
• Paul Goffin
• Michael Esvelt
• Lauren Pearson
• Jamie Warner
• Dr Nicola Kemp
• Dominic Lewis
• Rachel Ward
• Lucie Kibbey
• Sarah Browning
• Glen Noble
• Charlotte Livingston
• Steve Hope
• Laura Cream
• Dr Mark Edwards
• Ben Fisher
• Rob Parsley
• Jo England
• Laura Hunt
• Aya Ferguson
• Kelly Prince
• Jacob Crittenden
• Dewi Day
• Kuldip Sandhu
• Dawn Coupe
• Nanna Blomquist
• Reina Tan
• Christian Hesselhoj
• Jennifer Sloan
• Cara Attenborough
• Ryan Stanbrook
• Nina McDermott
• Jayne Billam
• Catherine Lorigan
• Sarah Gibson
• Darren Edhouse
• Dr Louise Ellis-Jones FRSA
• Hannah Borkin
• Anne Johnson
• Prof Dr Petra Molthan-Hill
• Peter Phelps
• Patrick Bailey
• Rosemary Horry
• Paul Roberts
• Mark Charlton
• Kirsti Norris
• John Thorne
• Harriet Waters
• Andy Nolan
• Dr Andrew Reeves
• Dawn Munro
• Alex Favier
• Dr Rhiannon Birch
• Katherine Powlesland
• Lorren Harvey
• Ropinder Heer
• Kay Renfrew
• Sam Thorne
• Lucy Dixon
• Penny Dale
• Dr Liang Yew-Booth
• Charlotte Daniel
• Paula Dalziel
• Chris Berry
• Dr Thomas Owen-Smith
• Ruth Buckingham
• Emma Ogden
• Aysha Hayward
• Amy Bray
• Colin Davies
• Adam Brown
• Gretel Stonebridge
• Jess Tuthill
• Lynn Robinson
• Keran Williams
• Steve Clark
• Sally Turnbull
• Debbie England
• Ellie Highwood
• Paul Sayles
• Nathalie Mortimer
• Tina Yu
• Will Naylor
• Nick Skelton
• Felicity Gasparro-Cooper
• Joel Arber
• Judith Russell
• Dr Alison Oldam
• Susannah Randall
• Sameer Lakhani
• Helen Carasso
• David Becker
• Claire Taylor MBE
• Bernarde Hyde

Events

• SUMS Annual Conference 2022: The Sustainable University
• EVENT POSTPONED - A SUMS Roundtable: Early Engagement for Effective Change Management
• A SUMS Roundtable: Enabling Academic Leadership Through a Development Framework
• A SUMS Roundtable: Strategic Workforce, Talent and Succession Planning
• Office for Students: Preventing and Addressing Harassment and Sexual Misconduct - Roundtable 4
• Office for Students: Preventing and Addressing Harassment and Sexual Misconduct - Roundtable 3
• Office for Students: Preventing and Addressing Harassment and Sexual Misconduct - Roundtable 2
• A SUMS Roundtable: Enabling Impact through the Race Equality Charter
• Office for Students: Preventing and Addressing Harassment and Sexual Misconduct - Roundtable 1
• SUMS Commercial Community of Practice Group
• Academic Registrars and Heads of Student Support Community of Practice Group
• SUMS Change Community of Practice Group
• SUMS Commercial Community of Practice Group
• A SUMS Roundtable: Mental Health & Wellbeing Support in Higher Education
• Post-Pandemic Ways of Working in Higher Education: Routes to Success
• Thinking About a New Timetabling System? Bringing Together Perspectives on Procurement
• Why the Right Procurement Benchmarking is Key to Finance and Procurement Leaders
• Academic Registrars and Heads of Student Support Community of Practice Meeting
• SUMS Annual Conference 2021: Creating Campus Communities
• Virtual Facilitation: Delivering Effective and Energising Workshops Online
• Ensure Your University is Fit for the Future with SUMS Consulting
• Academic Registrars and Heads of Student Support Community of Practice
• Change Management Community of Practice Group
• Academic Registrars and Heads of Student Support Community of Practice
• Space Management Community of Practice
• Timetabling Community of Practice
• Silver Linings: Recovery Strategies for Educational Institutions
• Marketing Community of Practice Group
• Change Management Community of Practice
• Academic Registrars Community of Practice
• Change Management Community of Practice
• WEBINAR: #ChangeStartsNow: making HEIs racially inclusive
• Digital learning strategy: long-term opportunities for universities
• Online learning: how do we ensure students achieve their potential?
• Online learning: what different techniques can we adopt to engage students?
• Techniques for successful online learning: how do we rethink course design?
• An Analysis of Change Maturity in the Higher Education Sector
• WEBINAR: Playing the long-game: learning from the quick wins for the long-term solution
• WEBINAR: Proposed solutions: the quick wins
• WEBINAR: Cutting through the COVID noise: the need for transformation today
• WEBINAR: Timetabling Community of Practice
• WEBINAR: Balancing Cost Efficiency with the Human Impact
• WEBINAR: Developing Personal Resourcefulness in the Higher Education Setting, During COVID-19 and Beyond
• WEBINAR: Change Management Community of Practice
• WEBINAR: Change Management Community of Practice
• WEBINAR: Change Management Community of Practice
• SUMS Annual Conference 2020: Opportunities to Transform the Sector
• Postponed - Change Management Community of Practice Group
• Timetabling Community of Practice Group
• Marketing Directors' Community of Practice Group
• Change Management Community of Practice Group
• Academic Registrar Community of Practice Group
• Space Management Community Practice Group
• SUMS Annual Conference 2019: The Growth Paradox in Higher Education
• AUA - Managing Change in Higher Education Open Forum
• Change Management Community of Practice Group
• Academic Registrar Community of Practice Group
• Marketing Directors' Community of Practice Group
• Change Management Community of Practice Group
• Capacity Planning: Matching Resources to Teaching Requirements
• Change Management Community of Practice Group
• SUMS Annual Conference 2018: Global Perspectives on Achieving Growth

Eventbrite Events

• SUMS Consulting: Shaping the Future of HE
• SUMS Consulting: Managing change successfully (two day training session)
• SUMS Consulting at the Westminster Higher Education Forum policy conference
• SUMS Annual Conference 2027
• SUMS Consulting to exhibit and speak at HE Transformation 2026 
• SUMS Consulting: Managing change successfully (Two day training session)
• SUMS webinar: Assessing and improving institutional efficiency with OEMA
• SUMS at The Venn: University Leaders Forum
• SUMS Change Management Community of Practice Group
• SUMS Consulting webinar: Countdown to the LLE - are you ready?
• SUMS Consulting GuildHE Workshop
• SUMS Consulting at the BUFDG Annual Meeting 2026
• SUMS Consulting at The University Transformation and Efficiency Summit 2026
• SUMS Consulting International at the Global Sustainable Development Congress
• SUMS Annual Conference 2026
• SUMS Consulting at the Westminster Higher Education Forum policy conference
• SUMS - University lands: Mapping risks & opportunities for the UK HE sector
• SUMS Consulting at the CASE Europe Annual Conference (CEAC)
• SUMS Consulting at the Westminster Higher Education Forum
• Reimagining Operating Models in HE: A Whole-System Perspective
• SUMS Consulting at the HE Transformation Expo
• SUMS Change Management Community of Practice Group
• Delivering Change for Marketing and Communications Professionals
• SUMS Consulting at The Venn: University Leaders Forum
• Sustainable Marketing, Communications and Student Recruitment
• SUMS Marketing, Communications and Recruitment Community of Practice
• Exam Software Demonstration - Lunchtime Series: TechOne
• SUMS Change Management Community of Practice Group
• Marketing, Communications and Recruitment Group
• SUMS Strategic Workforce Planning Session
• SUMS Associate Day - April 2024
• SUMS Annual Conference 2024
• Timetabling & Procurement - Lunchtime Series: Procurement Best Practice
• Timetabling & Procurement - Lunchtime Series: EventMap
• Timetabling & Procurement - Lunchtime Series: TimeEdit
• Timetabling & Procurement - Lunchtime Series: Infosilem Berger-Levrault
• Timetabling & Procurement - Lunchtime Series: Semestry
• SUMS Consulting Senior Salary Benchmarking Service information webinar
• Timetabling & Procurement - Lunchtime Series: Celcat
• ‘Empowering Wellness’ webinar series with UHR
• Timetabling & Procurement - Lunchtime Series: TechOne Syllabus+
• SUMS Organisation Design Community of Practice Group
• The Cloud in Higher Education: Challenges and Opportunities
• SUMS Associate Day October 23
• Sustainability in Strategy and Planning
• Academic Registrars and Heads of Student Support Community of Practice
• SUMS Change Management Community of Practice Group
• SUMS Annual Conference 2023: The university of the future
• SUMS Organisational Design Community of Practice group
• SUMS Webinar:Tackling underrepresented roles and vertical segregation in HE
• Organisational Design Community of Practice (ODCOP) for strategic leaders and practitioners
• SMS Roundtable: Strategic Workforce Planning
• SUMS Associate Day
• Change Management Group
• On-Demand Recordings - SUMS Annual Conference 2021
• SUMS Roundtable: Strategic Workforce, Talent and Succession Planning
• SUMS Commercial Community of Practice Group
• EVENT POSTPONED - A SUMS Roundtable: Early Engagement for Effective Change Management
• SUMS Annual Conference 2022: The Sustainable University

Socials

• King's College London and Cranfield University plan to merge in August 2027
• SUMS on the road🚗
• Driving growth and cutting costs - David Becker at the CHEIA Annual Conference 2025
• Your monthly LinkedIn SUM-Up
• Celebrating International Women's Day 2025
• How does HE Performance Lab work?
• 5 practical elements to consider for ECs and Appeals
• Join us for the Sustainable Marketing, Communication and Student Recruitment webinar
• Celebrating #International Day Of Education
• We've become the partner of choice because of our unique understanding of #HigherEducation
• SUMS Group wrapped - here's what you got from your membership in 2024

Event Categories

• Community of Practice Groups
• Conference
• Meeting
• Webinar

Team

• Business Intelligence Team
• Consulting Team
• EAUC Sustainability Associates
• Interim Impact Partners
• International Consultants
• SUMS Group staff