On 16 October 2025, AMOSSHE member Simon Morris (Head of Disability Support & Directorate Operations, University of Leeds) represented AMOSSHE at meetings of the Student Loans Company (SLC) Disabled Student Stakeholder Group (DSSG).
On Tuesday 4 November 2025, AMOSSHE Chair Dr Sarah Sweeney (Head of Student Support and Wellbeing, Lancaster University) attended the Academic Registrars’ Council (ARC)'s annual conference in Bristol, UK.
On 4 November 2025, AMOSSHE Vice Chair (Operations) Emma Bales (University of Cumbria) attended a meeting of the National Code for Large Student Developments Committee of Management.
This session shares a programme that uses innovative, accessible and novel methods to build sexual violence literacy and intervention skills for more than 16,000 current and prospective students, staff, and community members annually.
The FFLM (Faculty of Forensic and Legal Medicine of the Royal College of Physicians) has published a letter addressed to all university vice-chancellors regarding the distribution of self-swab kits to victims of sexual assault.
On Wednesday 15 October 2025, Julia Jean-Baptiste (Communications Officer, AMOSSHE) represented our organisation at the Living Black at university symposium taking place in London.
Bridget Phillipson, UK Government Minister for Education, has announced that her ministry will allocate more funds to tackle antisemitism in higher education by providing additional training.
TASO (Transforming Access and Student Outcomes in Higher Education) has published an article sharing useful evaluation tools to help the higher education sector evaluate its practices.
The UK Parliament has introduced the Public Office (Accountability) Bill, also referred to as the Hillsborough Law, which would impose a duty of candour on public authorities and officials.
Former AMOSSHE Chair and Director at the Open University in Wales has published an article on how universities can meet rising mental health support expectations from students.
An academic from Coventry University has published an article offering tips on how to help disabled and neurodivergent people to flourish when working from home.
An academic at the University of Leeds and Advance HE have published an article on how higher education institutions can demonstrate more compassion to students during periods of change.
HEPI (Higher Education Policy Institute) has published an article emphasising the need for increased participation from university leaders in shaping institutional culture.
A professional services staff member at the University of Southampton has published an article about the benefits of establishing a parent and carers network at their institution.
HEPI (Higher Education Policy Institute) has published an article summarising how universities can lead change in diversity and inclusion for professional staff working in careers and employability.
Times Higher Education has published an article about the decline in applications for professional services roles in universities, while academic positions face more competition.
In this session, Julie Hall explored the balance leaders in education must strike between day-to-day management (the dance floor) and strategic oversight (the balcony).
In his final address as Higher Education Student Support Champion, Professor Edward Peck shared reflections from his work with HEMHIT (Higher education mental health implementation taskforce) and across the sector since 2022.
In this session, the AMOSSHE Scotland lead members group showcased their collaborative approach to addressing common challenges in Scottish universities.
Times Higher Education has published an article on how hybrid working for professional services staff can negatively impact professional services staff, making them ‘invisible’ to their colleagues.
On 22 May 2025 AMOSSHE Executive Member Aleata Alstad-Calkins (University of Roehampton) attended a Health and Safety Committee meeting hosted by UCEA (Universities and Colleges Employers Association).
TASO (Transforming Access and Student Outcomes in Higher Education) is looking for practitioners, researchers and evaluators with an interest in widening participation and student success to join their sector network.
Staff at Northumbria University and Anglia Ruskin University have published an article about the importance of creativity in higher education leadership.