Identify areas of Student Services expertise that you need to develop

You can develop your skills and expertise as a Student Services leader through training, professional development events, mentoring and more.

AMOSSHE offers a full programme of events and conferences every academic year, focused on hot Student Services topics, perennial challenges and sharing good practice.

Our professional development events

AMOSSHE offers a full programme of events and conferences every academic year, focused on hot Student Services topics, perennial challenges and sharing good practice.

Many other organisations in the UK and around the world deliver events, conferences and training programmes of interest and use to Student Services leaders.

Sector training events

Many organisations in the higher education, student support and leadership sectors, in the UK and around the world, deliver events, conferences and training programmes that may be useful for Student Services professionals. These take place online and/or in person, and many are free to attend.

Also, AHEP (Association of Higher Education Professionals) has 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 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.

You might also want to consolidate or document your expertise in a sector-recognised format.

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.

Advance HE has a wealth of resources to help you develop your skills and expertise as a leader in higher education. These include a framework for leading in higher education, models, resources and practice for developing leaders, and more.

Advance HE leadership and management resources

Advance HE has a wealth of resources to help you develop your skills and expertise as a leader in higher education.

Advance HE can also help you develop through accreditation and professional development programmes. For example, leadership programmes for women leaders, Black, Asian and minority ethnic leaders, and transitioning to leadership.

Advance HE leadership and management programmes

Advance HE can help you develop your leadership and management skills through accreditation and professional development programmes designed for leaders in higher education.

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.

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.

A good way to develop your expertise is to ask for advice and guidance from your peers. Our Student Services leadership community is collaborative and supportive, so you’re sure to find people who can help you.

The best way (in our opinion) to find your community is to join AMOSSHE and make your most of our network. We’re 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 this supportive community, helping each other out and promoting good practice.

Our membership network

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.

Many professional associations like AMOSSHE govern and represent different aspects of higher education Student Services in the UK and around the world. You can use these to develop your networks according to your interests or needs.

Sector organisations

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.