2013 Senior Management Conference

The theme of this year’s Senior Management Conference was ‘Charting Our Future: UWS in the Global Century’ and was held on 12 April 2013 at the Hawkesbury Campus. 

The Senior Management Conference is a forum for engaging in strategic conversations around the key challenges and opportunities for UWS in a rapidly changing higher education landscape; reflecting on and celebrating the growth, development and achievements of UWS during a period of transition; and discussing the key strategic priorities for charting UWS’ future.

Papers, presentations and group discussion notes from the conference can be downloaded below.

Conference Agenda 

• Senior Management Conference Agenda 12 April 2013 (PDF, 70.31 KB) (opens in a new window)
  

Presentation Papers and Evaluation

All papers require staff login. 

• Research Our Future – Andrew Cheetham (opens in a new window) (PDF, 184Kb)
• After the Future – The UWS Student Experience Beyond 2015 – Betty Gill and Jonathan Tapson (opens in a new window) (PDF, 172Kb)
  
  • Designing for Quality – Session 1 - Group Discussion Notes (opens in a new window) (PDF, 70Kb)
• ITS – Kerry Holling and Sarah Chaloner (opens in a new window) (PDF, 888Kb)
• Embedding Innovation – Peter Hutchings and Angelo Kourtis (opens in a new window) (PDF, 97Kb)
  
  • Embedding Innovation – Session 2 – Group Discussion Notes (opens in a new window) (PDF, 66Kb)
• Role of the Online Tutor – Tim Griffin (opens in a new window) (PDF, 112Kb)
• Embedding the New Normal – Steve Wilson and Peter Pickering (opens in a new window) (PDF, 108Kb)
  
  • Embedding the New Normal – Session 3 – Group Discussion Notes (opens in a new window) (PDF, 68Kb)
• Making the Difference Strategy – Paul Rowland (opens in a new window) (PDF, 230Kb)
• Selected UWS Data 1999 - 2012 (opens in a new window) (PDF, 703Kb)
• SMC Evaluation Summary Report (opens in a new window) (PDF, 960Kb)

 Background Reading

• The Chief Scientist's UA conference presentation (PDF, 553.22 KB) (opens in a new window)
• The Chief Scientist's report on Benchmarking Research (PDF, 381.17 KB) (opens in a new window)
• The ERA analysis carried out by Frank Larkins (PDF, 1238 KB) (opens in a new window)
  
• The future impact of the Internet on higher education: Pew Research Report. (opens in a new window) See pp. 1-10
• Horizon Report 2013. See pp. 1-10
• Our Future Program projects (opens in a new window) (requires staff login) (PDF, 76Kb)