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 AwardsEntries are now being sought for the 2010 UHR annual awards for excellence in HR in higher education, the winners of which to be announced at the gala dinner at our annual conference in Leicester in May. Individuals and teams of HR staff in our member institutions can enter. The judging panel will be 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. An application form can be downloaded from the
PUBLICATIONS tab or clicking
here.
UHR Development Days
The next UHR Development Day for members will be on Wednesday 24th February in London, when Russell Wardrop from Kissing with Confidence will be running an event on networking skills. Bookings are open until 15 February.
UHR Annual conference
The 2010 UHR annual conference will be held in Leicester from 11 - 14 May. Click
here to visit the conference web site. Bookings can now be made, with discounts for early bookers and large group bookings. Contact uhr@eurorscg-riley.co.uk or call 020 8661 8483 for more information.