AMOSSHE, The Student Services Organisation

📅 Looking to attend your next Student Services-focused event? Join us online on Wednesday 2 April 2025 from 09:00 to 13:00 (BST) to explore strategies for delivering proportionate, responsive, and sustainable out-of-hours student support while managing demand and staff wellbeing. What should your Student Services out of hours model be like? How can you manage the impact on your staff teams and yourself? Who can you collaborate with at your university and in the wider local community to provide support? These and many more questions will be explored at our event. 💙 Thanks to StudentXP.ai for kindly sponsoring this event. ⌛ Booking is open until noon on Tuesday 1 April 2025. Register now: https://lnkd.in/gS5g5tVV

🚀 Introducing The Pivot: AMOSSHE’s new members-led online magazine We’re excited to announce The Pivot, a platform dedicated to showcasing the voices and stories shaping the Student Services sector. 🌟 Get involved 🌟 If you're working at a provider that's an active AMOSSHE member organisation, we want to hear from you! We're looking for all types of contributions, from standout communications campaigns to case studies, reflective pieces, and more. 📝 Submit by 17:00 on Friday 2 May 2025. Share your expertise. Find out more and submit your pitch here: https://lnkd.in/eMNxJAzu

📅 Join us online Wednesday 5 March 2025 to explore how higher education providers are offering non-academic pastoral support to students. Our event will explore how higher education providers integrate non-academic pastoral support within academic departments and how this aligns with broader Student Services efforts. ⌛ Booking is open until noon on Tuesday 4 March 2025. Register now: https://lnkd.in/eqJBKHvU

It was great to be on the Wonkhe podcast this week championing the work of Student Services professionals in the sector. One of the key items we discussed on the podcast was the new report from TASO on student mental health which I was able to attend the launch of last night. The findings, unlikely to be surprising to those working in this space, are stark. Reporting mental health difficulties was higher amongst LGBTQ+ groups, particularly for trans and non-binary students. 31% of students considering dropping out of university cited poor mental health as the main reason. The next popular reason provided was financial difficulties, but by 6.6% of students. This demonstrates how integral student mental health is in student retention. The report advocates for a public health approach to student mental health. At AMOSSHE, The Student Services Organisation we celebrate and support all types of collaborative approaches, both within HE and across other sectors to enable positive student experiences.

⏳The deadline to submit is next Friday 28 February 2025⏳ Head to our website to learn how to submit your examples of practice to tackling harassment and sexual misconduct. We're creating a collaborative resource to highlight the sector's approaches. This will help English providers navigate the Office for Students' E6 condition while fostering a safe space for sharing practices. Submit now by following the link in the post below 👇

Bookings are now open for UKCISA Annual conference 2025! Join us for our flagship event at the University of Manchester this June to gain fresh insights, ideas and perspectives, connect with sector leaders and colleagues to strengthen your professional network, stay informed about the latest updates and changes in international higher education, and be a part of conversations that influence policy decisions. Book your place: https://cvent.me/W7Pelk #UKCISA2025 

Today, after months of collaboration and engagement, our new 5 year strategy has been published. We support, inform and empower our community of student services leaders to deliver an excellent student experience and help students achieve their potential. We are supportive We are collaborative We are impactful We are #AMOSSHE It’s been the most fulfilling, challenging and rewarding experience being part of this amazing community over the past decade and chairing the brilliant Executive team. Here’s to the next 5 years working together to deliver our new strategy!

📢 Our 2025 to 2030 strategy is here! We’re committed to supporting, informing, and empowering Student Services leaders to enhance the student experience. Our new strategic plan outlines how we’ll strengthen our community, develop professional skills, and drive sector impact over the next five years. Learn more about our strategy here: https://lnkd.in/eCBtnR42. 🎮Want to see it in action? Play our interactive game and follow the journeys of three members of our community. You might see yourself in their stories! Find the game on our strategy page.

Academics from our sister school, The Open University Law School, attended the recent AMOSSHE, The Student Services Organisation conference to share their work setting up and leading the Law School's Belonging Project. You can read more about the Belonging Project on our Scholarship Centre for innovation in online Legal and Business education (SCiLAB) blog: https://lnkd.in/gVvs8Mrz

I had a fantastic time at AMOSSHE, The Student Services Organisation Winter Conference on Friday - I'm genuinely feeling inspired and re-energised from hearing about the brilliant work of our AMOSSHE members in building strong student and staff communities. Thanks so much to our amazing National Office team and Emma Bales and Sally Lambah for organising such a great event. I was also delighted to launch our new AMOSSHE 5 year strategy alongside AMOSSHE Chair Jill Stevenson. Based on three core values - Supportive, Collaborative and Impactful - our vision is to strengthen our community of exceptional Student Services leaders delivering an outstanding student experience. In 5 years we want all our AMOSSHE members to be able to say that: * they are engaged in our community according to their diverse needs * they have enhanced their professional skills and developed their careers; and * Our combined expertise has impacted the development and success of higher education We've started work on delivering this strategy already - lots of exciting developments to follow this year!