Dear members

Please join AUDE and our specially selected partners for a series of webinars on preparing to re-open your campus, buildings and facilities.

Cross-sectoral webinar on re-opening university buildings |15 June 2020 | 12pm – 1.00pm | BOOK NOW >

Colleagues from across professional services departments are working hard on plans for the reopening of university buildings and services against a backdrop of a rapidly developing circumstances. The professional associations representing estates, libraries, HR, strategic planning and health and safety are hosting a joint webinar to bring colleagues together to discuss mutual challenges and ways forward. The aim is to share challenges, solutions and developing best practice. 

Those involved are

-              the Association of University Directors of Estates (AUDE)

-              the Higher Education Strategic Planners Association (HESPA)

-              SCONUL, the professional association for academic and research libraries and fellow library consortium, Research Libraries UK

-              the University Health and Safety Association (UHSA); and

-              Universities Human Resources (UHR).  

Representatives from each association will give a brief update on their particular challenges before opening up to a discussion addressing the following areas: 

-              opening up study spaces and managing people flows

-              keeping your campus safe

-              service delivery while social distancing is in place

-              staff engagement, consent and protection

-              long-term implications for the development of university spaces.

Re-opening Campus - Performing Arts in Universities | 15th June 2020 | 1:00pm - 2:00pm | BOOK NOW >
Following recent guidance published by DfE and Universities UK, many performing arts universities are considering:

• How they might get graduating students through a final performance to complete their degrees before the end of the summer term. 
• What the Performing Arts studio/classroom might look like in the new academic year and beyond

This webinar provides an opportunity for members with responsibilities for estates to discuss what we might know about the risks of teaching movement, dance, singing, voice work etc. in a post COVID studio.

Re-opening Sports Facilities | 19th June 2020 | 12:15pm - 1:15pm | BOOK NOW >
Hear from fellow higher education estates and facilities management professionals on the challenges of re-opening sports facilities and what the future might look like.

AssetWorks Webinar - Getting your space ready to use again | 25th June 2020 | 11am - 12pm | BOOK NOW >
Please join us and our latest business partner AssetWorks where we will look to address the following;

• Leveraging inspections to address new cleaning objectives
• Using mobile to significantly improve staff efficiency
• Implementing inspections to automate business processes and launch follow-up actions or work orders based on new cleaning objectives
• Integrating information for a complete the picture with different reporting methods