AHEP Professional Framework

The AHEP Professional Framework is a reflective tool to help you assess your strengths and areas for development and design your own interventions. You can use this framework to support your reflective practice and grow personally and professionally.

AHEP (Association of Higher Education Professionals) is a professional association for UK higher education professional services.

If you’re a member of AHEP you can access a range of resources to help you identify your strengths and areas for development. 

You can also use the framework to develop your teams and other colleagues.

Next steps

Skills to develop

Identify areas of Student Services expertise that you need to develop

Being a great Student Services leader isn’t just about experience. It’s about knowing your strengths, spotting what you want to get better at and staying open to learning. The best leaders keep growing, lean on their networks and find new ways to face challenges with confidence.

Personal development

Develop your leadership skills and approaches

Aside from your expertise in Student Services, you are a leader and manager. It’s important to develop and refresh your skills and approaches to ensure you’re strategic and impactful, and you’re getting the best from your teams and supporting them with what they need.

Develop your team

Develop your team’s expertise or skills

As a Student Services leader you’re responsible for managing and supporting teams of people.

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Consolidate or document your experience

As a busy Student Services leader you’ll have developed a wealth of experience and expertise throughout your career. But the UK Student Services sector doesn’t have a formal framework for you to record and document what you know. So you may want to consider other ways to consolidate or document your expertise in a sector-recognised format. This can be useful if you’re looking to advance in your career or argue for more pay or status.


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