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Aya Ferguson videredelte detteAya Ferguson videredelte detteHow can collaboration and shared models help universities rethink service delivery? Professor Shân Wareing is chairing the conversation with Joel Arber from SUMS Group, Professors Elisabeth Hill and Jane Harrington, and Simon Lancaster. The panel is exploring new institutional structures and choices for the sector. #HETransformation
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Aya Ferguson videredelte detteSuch a great panel! Professor Jane Harrington, LASE University Group, Universities UK, University Alliance (UK), Professor Elisabeth Hill, City St George’s, University of London, Simon Lancaster, King's College, and Joel Arber, SUMS Consulting. Thank you all for sharing your experiences of shared services, alliances and mergers. Nothing like hearing it from the people who know.Aya Ferguson videredelte detteHow can collaboration and shared models help universities rethink service delivery? Professor Shân Wareing is chairing the conversation with Joel Arber from SUMS Group, Professors Elisabeth Hill and Jane Harrington, and Simon Lancaster. The panel is exploring new institutional structures and choices for the sector. #HETransformation
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Aya Ferguson videredelte detteAya Ferguson videredelte detteThe hardest decisions in transformation are rarely right versus wrong. Those are the easy ones. Last week, I had the pleasure of being in the room at a SUMS Consulting event with Professor Jane Harrington and Georgina Randsley de Moura as they spoke about building the LASE University Group. In my line of work, I'm often listening to leaders speak about change and transformation, and lets just say, I don't always come away feeling that they actually understand what it's like in the 'trenches of transformation' and what true price change actually extracts of their organisations and its people. But listening to Jane and George, I came away inspired and you just knew they had the receipts for: Courage and foresight - to gaze beyond the immediate horizon and try what hadn’t been done before, knowing going first means the most scrutiny. Strength and resolution - to stick with the principles they set first (not as an afterthought) even in the face of bufetting doubt from those around them. Humility and grace - to say openly that they know they haven’t got it all right. But want to give the new way of doing things a chance and then be willing to change direction if the situations calls for it. In transformation, the harder choice is often not right versus wrong, but which of two right things to do. Harder still is choosing when none of the options is ideal. Either way, good leaders know a decision still has to be made and make it. More transformation leadership like this, please! Thanks again Joel Arber and team for putting together an excellent session. #HigherEducation #Change #Leadership #ChangeHE
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Aya Ferguson videredelte detteAya Ferguson videredelte detteAn excellent morning in London for team SUMS at Higher Education Transformation 2026 ⭐ In the Main Plenary session, Chief Executive of the SUMS Group, Joel Arber, joined sector colleagues to explore how universities are responding to financial and operational pressures through new approaches to service delivery, collaboration and institutional design. You can find our expert team on stand 15 all day. We've got plenty to share with you, from new models of income generation to corporate restructuring, automation and governance. And chocolates! See you soon👋🏻 Joel Arber S Claire Taylor Thomas Owen-Smith Philippa Wisbey #HETransformation2026 #HigherEducation
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Aya Ferguson videredelte detteAya Ferguson videredelte detteWe are delighted to be at Higher Education Transformation 2026 in London today!🎓 The event brings together senior leaders, transformation professionals and sector partners to explore how #HE institutions can become more resilient, efficient and future-fit in an increasingly challenging environment. We’re particularly pleased that Joel Arber, Chief Executive Officer of SUMS Group, will be speaking in one of the event's main plenary sessions: Rethinking service delivery: collaboration, shared models and new institutional structures💭 ⏰11:10am to 11:50am | Main Plenary If you're at #HETransformation today, make sure you stop by stand 15 to say hello. Joel Arber, Thomas Owen-Smith, S Claire Taylor and Philippa Wisbey look forward to seeing you👋🏻
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Aya Ferguson videredelte detteAya Ferguson videredelte detteLast week, SUMS Consulting was delighted to host Shaping the Future of HE, an event bringing together leaders from across the #HigherEducation sector for an insightful afternoon of discussion, debate and shared learning. We'd like to take a moment to once again thank Professor Jane Harrington and Professor Georgina Randsley de Moura for sharing your insights into the creation of the London and South East University Group (LASE), bringing together the University of Greenwich and the University of Kent through an innovative federated partnership. Thank you to our speakers and everyone who joined us in London and contributed to such a stimulating discussion! Stayed tuned for further updates and outputs. 🎓⭐ #event #HE #SUMSConsulting #transformation #strategy #HigherEd
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Aya Ferguson videredelte detteAya Ferguson videredelte detteWe're going to see more mergers and acquisitions of universities in the UK in the coming months, along with some very different models for shared services (well, different for the higher education sector). There’s plenty of learning that can be taken from institutions which have already been down that path - the attached map shares just a small snapshot of some of them. However, there’s also a striking lesson in here about how many other opportunities for bold and innovative collaboration have been lost, and not because the regulatory hurdles couldn’t be overcome but because the trade-offs involved often require a huge dose of both trust and humility. There’s an entire playbook which can lead a university leadership team through the technical components behind a merger, but no consultancy can be paid to inject the relationships, trust and mutual respect which success in this sector really depends upon. My view about this only deepened at the SUMS Consulting event we held last week with the leaders of the newly formed LASE. In and of itself LASE is a great example of how strength can be found through collaboration and innovation, and I’d never water down the huge amount of technical process that’s required in a change of this magnitude. But I’m not sure it could have ever happened without the relationships at senior level being so strong and without such a shared sense of wanting to do what was right. Anyway, whether your university is in acquisition mode, conducting a full options appraisal or simply exploring possible alternatives, shout up if you need help. We probably have everything you need!
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Aya Ferguson delte detteThe drawback of having a job you love is the difficulty in switching off. During a week’s holiday in Morocco I’ve mostly managed but i did have major FOMO at missing yesterday’s SUMS Consulting Shaping the Future of HE event and discussing lessons from LASE multi-university group. Telling my husband about it and trying to discuss the future of Higher Education and more possible mergers, acquistions and strategic partnerships, wasn’t all that satisfactory. A school teacher and pretty annoying brainiac, his main contribution to the debate was ‘if universities merge, does this mean they can only have one University Challenge team?’ Joel Arber and David Becker did this come up yesterday and should it be a key part of the business case for potential mergers?!
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Aya Ferguson videredelte detteAya Ferguson videredelte detteWelcome to HE Transformation 2026, SUMS Consulting Joining our exhibition, SUMS brings higher education consulting expertise focused on strategic change, stronger services and better outcomes. Meet the team to discuss operating models, service improvement and the practical work needed to deliver effective institutional transformation. Find them on stand 15. Join the higher education transformation conversation on 22 October at the QEII Centre, London. Apply to attend: https://hubs.la/Q04t1Q150 #hetransformation
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Exciting stuff Chad Ferguson - groundbreaking in fact! Looking forward to hearing how it goes from my sector perspective but also as a current Arden University MSc student!
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Md Ripon I’d like to think my expert facilitation skills had something to do with it but you’re probably right!
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Aya Ferguson reagerede på detteAya Ferguson reagerede på detteAfter two years of taught content, and two years of 'thinking', I have now submitted my ethics application! Yikes. You know what that means, you lovely people... I will shortly be asking for some help in getting participants - watch this space! (Providing it all goes through of course!).
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Aya Ferguson syntes godt om detteAya Ferguson syntes godt om detteChocolates, coaching cards and a dash of nostalgia It was great fun yesterday to join two energising external affairs teams at the British Society for Haematology for a forward look after a period of change. We explored their shared sense of purpose, and how they want to work together to balance day-to-day operational demands with a more ambitious push towards their longer-term strategic goals. It’s ten years since I first set foot in the BSH board room as a young(er) trustee, and it’s immensely satisfying to see how much the organisation has grown and developed since then. I’ve loved working with the staff, and the names of past presidents on the wall brought back happy memories of the doctors I’ve worked alongside too. Medical societies bring together fabulous people: people seeking real connection, and people wanting to make a lasting impact on healthcare. It’s a real pleasure to stay in touch with BSH’s work as a coach. Thank you to Carol Bewick Dina Almuli and Theresa Crossley for briefing me so well and involving me in your plans to connect people, catalyse careers and champion change. We left you some chocolates… if you can find them! And a special shout out to Cheng-Hock Toh, CBE, MD, FRCP, FRCPath for being such an adeptly inclusive leader and President during my early trustee years.
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Aya Ferguson syntes godt om detteAya Ferguson syntes godt om detteVery early start this morning but excited to attend the HE Transformation Conference in London. A chance every year, in one action packed day, to assess what colleagues accross the sector are doing now and considering for the future.
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Aya Ferguson reagerede på detteAya Ferguson reagerede på detteDen 17. november 2026 holder Bygherreforeningen og Dansk Facilities Management en konference om Arealoptimering og Ejendomsstrategi. I min rolle som programleder er jeg blevet inviteret til at tale om moderniseringen af Gentofte Rådhus og om overgangen til aktivitetsbaseret indretning. Jeg ser frem til konferencen og glæder mig til at dele ud af mine erfaringer. Læs mere om konferencen via link i kommentarerne.
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Aya Ferguson syntes godt om detteAya Ferguson syntes godt om detteCalling all suppliers providing education recruitment, marketing and attraction services 📢 SUPC’s procurement for the new Education Recruitment Advertising & Resourcing Services Framework is now live! We are inviting suppliers operating across the education recruitment market to participate, including those providing recruitment advertising, student recruitment marketing and attraction, recruitment platforms and marketplaces, international student recruitment, and related services. The opportunity was published via Find a Tender on 22 October 2026 and is being conducted using the Competitive Flexible Procedure under the Procurement Act 2023. View the opportunity here: https://lnkd.in/ex-4k6Pt? 📅 Stage 1 submission deadline: 12 noon on 23 November 2026. The new framework will provide participating institutions with access to a broad range of education recruitment services and represents an opportunity for suppliers to compete for a place on the framework and work with institutions across the sector. If your organisation operates in this market, we encourage you to take a look at the opportunity and consider participating. Please share this post with suppliers, colleagues or industry contacts who may be interested in bidding. #framework #tender UKUPC (UK Universities Procurement Consortia) #HigherEducation #HE
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Aya Ferguson syntes godt om detteAya Ferguson syntes godt om detteRegister for upcoming AHUA Membership Exchange! In this free, online, member-led, members-only meeting, Sophie Bowen, Chief Student Officer at University of East London and an AHUA Board member, will lead a discussion focusing on how university governance can support the effective contribution of student governors and how boards can capture the student voice beyond the perspectives of student governors. This session is for AHUA member representives only. Register here: https://bit.ly/4e43gGt
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Aya Ferguson reagerede på detteI am pleased to announce that together with Nicolas Balland, I have taken the co-leadership of Hopscotch Public Engagement, a new entity of the HOPSCOTCH Groupe dedicated to European public institutions and organisations. Read more in the article below.Aya Ferguson reagerede på detteIntroducing Hopscotch Public Engagement, a new entity dedicated to European institutions 🌍 From 360° communication campaigns and events to digital, influencer engagement and public relations, 𝐇𝐨𝐩𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 brings together the Group’s expertise to design and deliver communication strategies tailored to the complex challenges facing European institutions. This integrated approach addresses the diverse needs of institutions and the multi-lot structure of framework agreements, which require the coordinated mobilisation of multiple trades, sectors, and teams. Hopscotch Public Engagement is co-led by Caroline Danloy and Nicolas Balland, whose combined experience brings together in-depth knowledge of European institutions, communication expertise and a strong track record in leading multidisciplinary teams. “We are at a turning point for European democracy. Communicating about the work of the European institutions and the challenges they face is more important than ever.” says Caroline Danloy. “Today, we are proud to offer the European institutions the strength of a leading communications Group, combined with distinctive expertise and in-depth knowledge of European issues.” adds Nicolas Balland. - Une nouvelle entité Hopscotch dédiée aux institutions européennes 🌍 Campagnes de communication 360°, évènementiel, digital, influence et relations publics : 𝐇𝐨𝐩𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 réunit les expertises du groupe pour concevoir et déployer des stratégies de communication adaptées à la complexité des enjeux européens. Une approche intégrée qui répond à la diversité des besoins des institutions et à la structure multi-lots des accords-cadres, qui requièrent la mobilisation coordonnée de plusieurs métiers, expertises et équipes. Hopscotch Public Engagement est co-dirigée par Caroline Danloy et Nicolas Balland, dont les parcours associent connaissance des institutions européennes, expertise en communication et expérience du pilotage d’équipes pluridisciplinaires. « Nous sommes à un moment charnière pour la démocratie européenne. Communiquer sur l’action des institutions européennes et sur les défis auxquels elles sont confrontées est plus important que jamais. » déclare Caroline Danloy. « Aujourd’hui, nous sommes fiers de mettre au service des institutions européennes la force d’un groupe de communication de premier plan, associée à des expertises différenciantes et à une connaissance approfondie des enjeux européens. », Nicolas Balland. Marie de Beauregard | Frédéric Bedin | Valérie Bonnement | Charles-Antoine Colomb | Juliette Crepin | Carla DE OLIVEIRA PECOUT | Benoit Désveaux | Arthur Kannas | Raphael Lachkar | Pierre-Franck Moley | Sylvain Rouchy
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Aya Ferguson reagerede på detteAya Ferguson reagerede på detteJeg er 31 år. Jeg har en kæreste, som jeg elsker. Jeg står offentligt frem og taler om min seksualitet, heteronormativitet og maskulinitetsidealer. Men jeg tør stadig ikke holde min kæreste i hånden, når vi går på gaden. For noget tid tilbage var jeg sammen med min kæreste til et arrangement, hvor vi præsenterede os som værende kærester. Kort efter sagde en midaldrende mand: “Jamen, så kan du lige tage din makker med herover og sidde.” Min makker. Vi havde lige fortalt, at vi var kærester. Der lå jo ingen ond hensigt bag, men jeg synes alligevel, det siger noget om, hvor stærkt heteronormativiteten er forankret i vores måde at forstå hinanden på. At det kan være svært at omtale to mænd som kærester, selv når man lige har fået fortalt, at de er det. Det er blandt andet den slags subtile reaktioner, jeg frygter. Blikkene. Den manglende anerkendelse. Følelsen af at være anderledes. Når man har brugt næsten 30 år på at skjule de sider af sig selv, som man har lært er forkerte, kan selv små reaktioner ramme dybt. Jeg voksede op med en forestilling om, at en rigtig mand skulle være hård, maskulin og heteroseksuel. Og for guds skyld ikke feminin. Jeg blev far som 18-årig, og selvom jeg aldrig ville være min søn foruden, har jeg siden reflekteret meget over, hvor stor betydning de her normer har haft for mine livsvalg. Herunder min tidlige stræben efter at stifte familie. Og selvom jeg i dag lever åbent med min seksualitet, forsvinder næsten 30 års kønssocialisering og internaliseret homofobi ikke bare. Derfor bekymrer det mig også, når et politisk flertal i Region Syddanmark beslutter, at en LGBTQ+-håndbog til sundhedspersonale skal skrives om, blandt andet med begrænsninger på, hvordan kønsidentitet omtales. Det handler om anerkendelse. Om hvilke identiteter vi giver plads til, og hvilke forestillinger om køn og seksualitet vi bliver ved med at fastholde. De samme normer, som jeg selv har brugt næsten 30 år på at forsøge at leve op til. Jeg har talt med TV 2 Fyn om det her i en podcast. Om internaliseret homofobi, maskulinitetsnormer og hvordan de forestillinger, vi vokser op med, påvirker vores selvforståelse og livsvalg. Link til podcasten i kommentaren 🎧
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