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Higher education is going through a period of unprecedented change, with pressure to improve quality, increase efficiency and open up access. Internationalisation, accountability and engagement are expected. As they compete for reputation, funding and students, they are increasingly competing for highly-skilled faculty and staff who have choices about where to work.
Universities must address:
• the positive impact on performance that highly-motivated staff can make;
• the cost of unwanted turnover, sickness –absence, and drains on productivity;
• policies and practices that affect recruitment, retention and performance.
This international conference will bring together institutional leaders, managers and researchers at the cutting edge of these issues. It will showcase important new employee support and research initiatives, address the practical forms interventions might take, and how academic institutions can promote a healthier balance between life inside and outside work.
Following the seminar, if you would like to be part of the new international network or receive information, please contact d.i.harrison@bham.ac.uk
Participants list and Programme
Complete list of participants
Programme of the conference
Workshop presentations
Tina Suvajac Lees
An enabling approach to supporting employees
Arlene Earley Carney, Karen Zentner Bacig, Robin Matross Helms
New faculty orientation at the university of Minnesota, Twin Cities, USA.
Barbara A. Taylor, Martijntje M. Kulski
Supporting early career research for women in academia.
Lucy Schulz, Vanessa Matthews, Sam Jacob
Workplace culture: essential ingredients for success.
Richard James, Elizabeth Baré
Implementing integrated strategies for enhancing staff motivation and satisfaction: the university of Melbourne approach.
Paloma Sánchez, Susana Elena, Rocio Castrillo
The ICU report: an intellectual capital proposal for university strategic behavior.
Charles F. Harrington, Billie Jo Hunt
Aligning faculty performance expectations with institutional vision.
Kanishka Bedi, Michael A. Goldberg, Evelyn Gullett
Improving effectiveness, academic growth and collegiality among faculty.
Kate Tapper, Christian Carter, Dr Magdalena Bak-Maier
Defining and shaping a positive working environment.
Susan Hudson, Ivan Skaines
Developing and managing staffing strategy in a large Australian university: a case study from the university of western Sydney.
Gertrude J. Fraser, Dawn E. Hunt
Enhancing faculty recruitment and diversity at the university of Virginia.
Shard Lorenzo
Building success, productivity and workplace confidence through flexible work practices and family provisions.
PowerPoint Presentations
Arlene Earley Carney, Karen Zentner Bacig, Robin Matross Helms
Barbara A. Taylor, Martijntje M. Kulski
Kate Tapper, Christian Carter, Magdalena Bak-Maier
Susan Hudson, Ivan Skaines
Gertrude J. Fraser
Charles Harrington, Billy Jo Hunt
Yehuda Baruch
Shard Lorenzo
Richard James, Elizabeth Baré
Vanessa Matthews
Tina Suvajac Lees
Kanishka Bedi
David Harrison
Christine Musselin
Timothy O'Shea
PowerPoint Presentations of the Plenary Session
Cathy Trower
Janet Lawrence
Amy Richman
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