Residential School Alumni Network
Nurturing impactful leadership: HUMANE Residential Schools and the Alumni Network supporting professional development and organisational transformations in universities.
When the Winter School was launched in 2003, HUMANE’s purpose was to “develop a cadre of professional senior university managers and encourage them to network across Europe“.
All Schools are in line with HUMANE’s overall mission to expand international networks in higher education, foster management innovation and drive professional excellence.
The Residential School Alumni network has developed from the Schools and today counts some 800+ members from the universities in the HUMANE network. The network is an important driving force for collaboration across borders in Europe and internationally.
The Residential School Alumni network is managed by a Steering Committee – you can see the current list of committee members here.
The 2025 Programme:
The Residential School Alumni Network will organise two webinars and one face-to-face workshop in 2025 under the following overarching theme:
Remodelling professional services in universities
The three events will focus on the many challenges and opportunities associated with the modern world that all senior leaders and managers currently experience in their universities:
- Supporting democracy on campus: freedom of speech in safe environments
- Dealing with dis- and misinformation
- Using Artificial Intelligence responsibly
- Promoting all aspects of sustainability, social, economic, environmental
- Managing risks effectively to safeguard the reputation of the institution
How does this influence universities’ strategic positions and the dynamics of university leadership? What are the implications for the delivery of professional services? How can we develop a new approach to knowledge exchange and upskilling our staff to work with technology and Artificial Intelligence in the digital Age?
The first webinar on 6 February 2025 will focus on how universities can enhance their communication, making effective use of new technologies and working with Artificial Intelligence.
We will among others discuss the following issues:
- Interacting with internal stakeholders, systematically and structurally
- Interacting with the outside world and external stakeholders
- Building internal capacity and highly specialised expertise
- Staff upskilling to communicate in the digital Age
The theme for the workshop during Annual Conference in Helsinki on 5 June 2025 and the webinar on 27 November 2025 will be confirmed very shortly.
Resources from previous Alumni only events
Registered participants for each event will get the password to access the resources that have been made available.
The list of resources available can be accessed: here
Join the Alumni Linkedin group
Keep up to date with events and join in the conversation: here