ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATORS (AUA) 
     SEVENTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE
     'BUILDING BRIDGES'
     MONDAY 29 TO WEDNESDAY 31 MARCH 1999 MANCHESTER
     
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     We are pleased to announce that applications are now being taken for 
     the Seventh Annual AUA Conference, to be held in Manchester from 29 to 
     31 March 1999.
     
     The Conference offers a diverse range of working sessions, and these 
     include a number of sessions incorporating academic, financial or 
     space planning, including:
     
     · Global competition - is the traditional university becoming extinct? 
     · Governance
     · Government and HE - devolution and regionalism 
     · Institutional alliances: sharing resources
     · Models for paying for central administration services 
     · Building bridges: working across a region
     · HEFCE: latest developments in funding methods for teaching and 
     research
     · How to record, and thereby plan and allocate, the teaching and 
     administrative responsibilities of academic staff
     · Internal audit and how to survive it
     · PFI and HE: managing organisational change 
     · Prioritising budget options
     · Working for academic managers - a help or a hindrance? 
     · Student finance: a whole new ball-game
     · The student finance agenda - 1998/99 and beyond
     · The financing of universities: looking into the future 
     · Charging for space: what is it worth?
     · Major project management
     · Managing direct labour - a commercial development
     · National Audit Office update on recent reports influencing HE 
     · The creative use of space in conversions of buildings
     · AUA Corporate Planning Forum - themes from 1999
     · Back from the brink - the London Guildhall University recovery plan 
     story
     · Competitive forces in the 21st century: universities in the 
     marketplace of the future
     · Financial devolution - 'another fine mess?'
     
     
     The Conference, the largest event of its kind in the higher education 
     calendar, offers excellent opportunities for professional development 
     and networking. Other session themes include:
     
     *Over 180 Working Sessions covering all areas of higher education 
     administration, including IT, Human Resources, Personal and 
     Professional Development and Student Issues
     
     *Plenary Keynote Address by Professor VandeLinde, Vice Chancellor, 
     University of Bath
     
     *Keynote Presentations by some of the most important figures in higher 
     education, including Diana Warwick (Chief Executive, CVCP), John Field 
     (Acting Chief Executive, University of Warwick), Tony Clark (Director 
     Higher Education, DfEE) and Sue Dutton (Acting Chief Executive, 
     Association of Colleges)
     
     *Opportunity to take part in an education debate on a topical issue
     
     *A range of Working Sessions specifically for senior managers 
     
     *Programme of events for newcomers to AUA or higher education 
     
     *Exhibition featuring some of the top suppliers to higher education 
     institutions
     
     *An exciting range of optional social events 
     
     *Conference Dinner 
     
     PRICE
     270 pounds Residential
     230 pounds Non-residential
     
     For conference programme and application form, please reply to this 
     email or contact:
     
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     tel. +44 (0)161 275 2063
     fax. +44 (0)161 275 2036
     http://www.man.ac.uk/aua
     
     AUA Office
     University of Manchester
     Oxford Road
     Manchester
     M13  9PL
     United Kingdom



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