Welcome
Welcome to Universities Human Resources, the key organisation for human resources professionals in higher education in the UK.
Membership of UHR, by annual subscription, is open to any HE institution in the UK and Ireland, giving the HR staff in these institutions access to a wide range of networking opportunities, dissemination of good practice, development activities and a mailbase discussion forum.
More information about UHR is given in the
About UHR section of this web site. To read our most recent newsletter, click
here.
HR Excellence AwardsCongratulations to Northumbria University, revealed as the overall winner of the 2010 HR awards for excellence in HR in higher education. A panel consisting of Mike Moore, the UHR's Chair and Director of HR at the University of East London; the Chair of the UCEA Board (Professor Keith Burnett, Vice Chancellor of the University of Sheffield - last year's overall winners); Peter Smith, Group Director of Public Sector Consulting for Hay UK; and Stephanie Bird, Director of HR Capability from the Chartered Institute for Personnel & Development judged a record number of entries. Runners up were the HR team at the University for the Creative Arts, and Staffordshire University, with the universities of Chester and Bradford also being highly commended. More information about the winning entries will be given in a newsletter to be published in late June.
UHR Development Days
The next UHR development event will be the ever popular annual Higher Education Employment Law update. This will be held twice: on Wednesday 17 November in Leeds; and repeated on Wednesday 8 December in London, with Philip Lott, Senior Solicitor with the ATL, as the presenter. Bookings will be via the UHR web site from mid September, with up to seven free places for HR staff in UHR member institutions.
UHR Annual conference
The 2010 UHR annual conference was held in Leicester from 11 - 14 May. Click
here to visit the conference web site. On the theme of 'Fit for purpose, fit for the future', some 200 delegates heard from top quality speakers on issues such as the funding challenges ahead for HE, psychological well being and its effect on organisational performance, and sustainability. Presentations and plenary slides will be available via the conference web site shortly. Next year's conference is in Manchester from 17 - 20 May.