This session focuses on equipping leaders with strategies to foster high-performance teams by cultivating a collaborative and open culture. Participants will explore the key drivers of team success, including trust, communication, and shared purpose. Through interactive discussions, they will learn to identify and overcome common barriers to collaboration and discover practical tools for encouraging diverse perspectives.

Discover the power of team-work in our engaging roundtable discussion, where we'll explore how dynamic collaboration across the University brought our new short courses platform to life. This session will discuss how diverse teams across one of the UKs largest and oldest Universities united to launch a comprehensive digital platform, featuring a user-centred website with 200 short courses, designed to support lifelong learning and enrich the educational journey. Participants will gain insights into the strategies and multidisciplinary efforts that facilitated this successful initiative, utilising teamwork, shared vision, and innovative problem-solving. Join us to understand the impact of this collaborative approach and draw inspiration for fostering cross-departmental synergy in your own educational projects.

Join The PIE News to get the context behind some of the biggest stories for our sector over the past few months - from the immigration white paper to the UK-India trade deal and much, much more. We'll be delving behind the media spin to tell you why these stories matter and how they position UK higher education on the global stage.

This session invites Alumni Engagement teams currently using the Volunteering Module on Raiser’s Edge to share insights, challenges, and strategies around its implementation. We’ll explore how the module supports key performance indicators (KPIs), informs data-driven decision-making, and contributes to building sustainable alumni engagement models. Designed as a collaborative roundtable, this session offers a space for peer learning, practical exchange, and future-focused thinking

In a moment of financial uncertainty for many UK higher education institutions, a research funding crisis and changing education landscape in the US, and global shifts in international student enrollment, advancement teams have the opportunity to consider or revise strategic approaches to and engagement with US-based stakeholders. This roundtable will provide questions to prompt rich discussion and an opportunity to share successes and challenges with colleagues with similar needs.

When a reputational crisis hits, the first 60 minutes are the most critical. This is not a "wait and see" period; it's the "golden hour" that sets the tone for everything that follows. This roundtable "clinic" moves beyond theory to provide a practical, hands-on forum for building an immediate response plan. As a group, we will dissect the first 60 minutes and collaboratively build a "Reputation Response Blueprint." We will focus on triage: quickly assessing the facts, activating the right team, and establishing credibility with a "first-move" communications plan. Participants will share best practices, troubleshoot common pitfalls, and leave with a tangible framework to implement at their own institutions, ensuring they are prepared before the next crisis strikes.