So you think youre special

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So you think youre special?

• Jon Renyard
• Director of Academic Services
• The Arts Institute at Bournemouth

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At the end of the session, delegates should

• have considered the prejudices they have about
  academics and academics about them!
• have identified the pressures which can make
  successful collaboration more challenging for all
  parties
• have discussed their experiences, and developed
  strategies which can lead to a more effective
  workplace

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Breeds apart?

• Academic / support
• Academic-related / business
• Management / non
• Teacher / researcher
• Practitioner / theoretician

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What makes you special?

• Professional
• Organised
• Punctual
• Attention to detail?
• Follow the correct procedure
• Meet deadlines

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(and what do you think about them?)

• (never respond to emails?)
• (dont seem to know the right procedure or even
  that there is a procedure?)
• (unmanageable?)

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What makes them special?

• Leader in their specialist field
• Ground-breaking researcher
• Commitment to subjects?
• Academic freedom and flexibility
• Managers of student learning
• The reason students applied to the HEI!
• The reason students get up in the morning!

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(and what do they think about you?)

• and most of all

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Synergies

• Leaders and managers in higher education require
  wide range of talents
• Hybrid careers
• Inter-dependence
• Community of professionals
• Its the student experience, stupid!

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Making common cause

• Understand the value of academic freedom, and why
  it matters
• Build mutual respect what counts for you?
• Their pressure points?

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Moving forward

• What makes it difficult? (for you or colleagues?)
• What strategies can make it easier?
• Remember mostly, its not about whos right or
  wrong its about what works for the student

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Thank you

• Jon Renyard
• jrenyard_at_aib.ac.uk
• 01202 363328