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AMOSSHE is the UK’s professional association for Student Services leaders in higher education. Our members include the most experienced Student Services leaders in the country, dealing with real and demanding challenges every day. As a member, you become part of a supportive community, helping each other out and promoting good practice.
Here are some resources to help you find career advice and coaches near you:
Some recruitment consultants specialise in higher education and Student Services. Here’s a selection of some of them.
If you have a particular organisation or range of organisations (such as universities near you) in mind, check out their vacancies pages and subscribe for updates.
For listings of vacancies across the UK, check out our Student Services vacancies page.
Find out about vacancies in the Student Services sector.
Also, many higher education-related roles are listed on:
Professional associations like AMOSSHE represent different aspects of the sector. Many of these list vacancies related to their area of focus.
Many organisations, including professional associations like AMOSSHE, govern and represent different aspects of Student Services in the higher education sector. And the sector is full of acronyms too, which might confuse you at first.
If you’re looking for new challenges as a Student Services leader (within your current organisation or elsewhere) or you want to build on what you’ve achieved already, there are many options for you.
Have you been a Student Services leader for a long time? Have you developed broad and deep expertise over the years? Have you progressed as far as you can or want to in Student Services leadership? If so, you may be considering the next phase of your career and life, for example, higher education consultancy, moving out of Student Services and/or higher education altogether, or retirement.
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