We invite HR Directors and Chief People Officers and their deputies to join us on 18 and 19 June for UHR’s 2024 Senior HR Summit. We’ll be in Liverpool for our third Summit, and we are planning on two days of networking, learning and reflection. Senior HE HR professionals highly value this safe space to learn together, discuss strategy and talk freely with peers away from distractions. This event is designed specifically to meet those needs amongst our senior colleagues and is open to HRDs/CPOs – with a chance to bring along a Deputy/equivalent colleague working at a senior level who would see this event as a development opportunity.
TICKETS
Two-day tickets for the event are available for £180pp + VAT. This includes lunch on both days, refreshment breaks, an evening dinner on Day 1, and of course a programme packed full of thought-provoking, interesting speakers and networking opportunities. No ticket options will include accommodation and delegates need to book their own accommodation.
Accommodation - if you would like to stay at the Crowne Plaza where the Summit is being held, we have secured a room rate of £149pp bed and breakfast. A booking link will be provided in your booking confirmation. Please ensure you book straight away if you intend to stay at the Crowne Plaza as rooms are not reserved and this rate will only be available until the hotel reaches capacity. There are lots of other hotels in the area to suit a range of budgets. Please contact Julie if you need any help with this.
We hope that delegates will be able to join us for the entire event but our options have been chosen to give you flexibility should you need this.
Day tickets - We recognise that some colleagues aren’t able to attend both days and we will therefore be offering a small number of day tickets for both Day 1 and Day 2. A ticket for Day 1 includes a full day with dinner in the evening, priced at £135pp and a ticket for Day 2 is a full day with lunch priced at £120pp.
Day 1 (18 June): Full day from c.11am including refreshment breaks, lunch and an evening Dinner finishing at approximately 9.30pm. £135pp + VAT
Day 2 (19 June): Full day from 9.15 am to c.3.45pm, including lunch and refreshment breaks. £120 + VAT
2nd Delegate - As well as the HR Director/Chief People Officer, a Deputy working at a senior level can also attend.
For any ticket queries please contact Julie.
PROGRAMME AND SPEAKERS
Click here to download the full programme.
Nazir Afzal
Nazir Afzal OBE, was Chief Crown Prosecutor for NW England and formerly Director in London. He was Chief Executive of the country’s Police & Crime Commissioners and most recently, National Adviser to the Welsh Government. During a 30-year career, has prosecuted the most high-profile cases in the country & advised on many others and led nationally on several legal topics including Violence against Women & Girls, child sexual abuse, and honour-based violence. He had responsibility for more than 100,000 prosecutions each year. His prosecutions of the so-called Rochdale grooming gang and hundreds of others were groundbreaking and changed the landscape of child protection. He is regularly cited as one of the most authentic voices in the U.K. He appears in every UK Asian and Muslim power list.
He is now the first independent chair of the Catholic Church Safeguarding Standards Agency which is regulating the protection of the most vulnerable from clerical abuse. Meanwhile, he has written and published two successful books, one a memoir and the other an examination of the experiences of leaders of colour in the country.His independent review of the culture of London Fire Brigade last year proved to be a reckoning for all blue light services nationally & he remains engaged in improvement initiatives trying to make the workplace safer. He is undertaking an independent review of the culture of the Nursing & Midwifery Council.He is tutor of several Leadership programmes in the Public and Private Sector, and he is patron of 9 charities, all women led, that work to improve public safety. A trustee of several charities, Nazir is passionate about the most vulnerable, and his passion only drives him to strive for wholesale change. He is their ambassador delivering confidence and transformation.
Liz Tolcher
Liz leads PA’s Workforce & HR transformation consulting work across the public sector having previously been a Global HR Director in a leading Food & Drink business. Liz is currently supporting the University of Warwick with their transformation programme and York University with changes to their HR function. Liz is also working with the Civil Service Chief People Officer to help deliver the People strategy for the civil service HR workforce across government.
Alwin Magimay
Alwin is PA’s Global Head of AI, benefitting from over 30 years’ experience of high-profile global digital transformation and data science projects across a range of sectors. Alwin is also a visiting professor at the Imperial College’s Centre for Digital Transformation. Alwin previously founded the Data Science Institute and is a Board advisor to several early-stage AI start-ups.
David Browne
David is Head of Employment Law and the lead employment partner for the firm’s education clients and provides sector specialist advice to universities and colleges.
David regularly provides clients with strategic advice on issues such as major restructures; TUPE; and trade union relations. David also undertakes a significant amount of contentious work for both education and non-education clients, including representation at employment tribunals, the EAT and the Court of Appeal. David is an accredited workplace investigator and is often instructed to undertake investigations into highly sensitive and often high profile issues.
David is recognised in Legal 500 as being “superb” and being “solutions focussed, instilling confidence to clients through the pragmatic advice and guidance he gives”.
Tom Long
Tom is ranked as a Next Generation Partner in the Legal 500 United Kingdom 2024 edition and is also part of a team ranked as a Top Tier Firm for Education in the same edition.
Tom works with employers to prevent and resolve people issues, to ensure their organisations continue to work efficiently and effectively.
Tom is an experienced employment lawyer and is the firm’s Head of Further Education, leading our relationship with the FE sector.
Tom is a trusted day to day advisor to a number of large public sector clients, particularly in the Further and Higher Education sectors, whilst also acting for clients in the private and third sectors.
Tom specialises in advising on issues of whistleblowing and discrimination, TUPE, redundancy/restructuring and senior employee exits.
Leatham Green
A successful and creative leader who makes things happen and is Transformation Director with Oracle UK Ltd. Leatham achieves cultural transformation for business and has redefined the future role of HR/OD. He is a highly skilled creator of shared service operations; leadership development and HR transformation and has an amazing track record in helping business, teams and individuals become 'unstuck' . Leatham won the HRO European HRD (not for profit) Award 2016; Cultural Change OC Award 2016 and Personnel Today Public Sector HR Team of the Year 2016. Leatham also led our TrailBlazer programme earlier this year and is looking forward to sharing the experiences from that.
Robyn Salvo
Associate Vice President for Human Resources and Chief Human Resources Officer
Monmouth University, West Long Branch, New Jersey. Robyn Salvo is chair-elect of the CUPA-HR board of directors.
Kelli Shuman
Associate Vice President for Human Resources and Chief Human Resources Officer, Elon University, North Carolina.
Kelli Shuman is treasurer of the CUPA-HR board of directors.
Jim Dickinson
Jim is an Associate Editor at Wonkhe and takes a particular interest in student experience, university governance, and regulation – and leads our work with students’ unions.
His career background is in support for student leadership. He has held senior roles at the National Union of Students – where he led on SU development, campaigns and political strategy – and was the CEO at the SU at UEA, providing strategic management for the union’s charitable and commercial vehicles as well as policy support for the elected student officers.
Jim has served as a governor and trustee in both further and higher education and the voluntary sector, and is a regular speaker at sector events and conferences. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts, an obsessive fan of the Eurovision Song Contest, and dreams of visiting Moldova.
Smita Jamdar
Smita leads the team that works to shape the universities and colleges of the future by providing strategic advice and sector specific insight across all their legal needs.
Smita is a recognised leader in her field, specialising in constitutional, governance and regulatory advice which helps educational institutions thrive in a rapidly changing landscape. She has helped institutions to innovate and develop, to widen their reach, build institutional resilience, and deliver the best outcomes for students and other stakeholders.
Smita has also been recognised in this year’s Legal 500 2020 as a leading individual in Education.
Niamh is currently PVC Education & Student Experience at Canterbury Christ Church University, leading strategic projects that will deliver excellence for students, staff and the wider University community through the implementation of ‘Vision 2030’.
Previous posts include Corndel College London, and Regent’s University. Combining design thinking, systems thinking, and creative leadership to inspire the best results across business planning, portfolio and curriculum design, and organisational change, Niamh has led strategic transformation including start up of a new Degree Apprenticeship HE Provider as CEO, a new model for learning (The Regent’s Model), a new learning design framework, new portfolio strategy, and an ambitious organisational change programme.
Niamh’s academic position is Professor of Environmental and Public Humanities, with significant experience of grant capture across AHRC, NERC, National Productivity Investment Fund, HLF and ACE funding bodies.
Craig has over 30 years' of experience across private, charity and public sectors, the last 10 in Higher Education including operational leadership and strategy execution roles at Imperial College London. Most of his career has been spent applying systems thinking approaches to opportunity definition; and design thinking approaches to implementation with a strong dose of technology and innovation.
Craig has worked with diverse universities, frequently on thorny issues, earning the regard and advocacy of student, academic and support services leaders. He believes wholeheartedly in doing the right thing even when it is difficult: working collaboratively across boundaries to co-create solutions that engage people, build capability, and realise strategy.
VENUE AND TRAVEL INFORMATION
The 2024 UHR Senior HR Summit will take place at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Liverpool City Centre, overlooking the waterfront.
Venue address: Crowne Plaza Liverpool City Centre, 2 St Nicholas Place, Liverpool, L3 1QW
The main train station in Liverpool is Liverpool Lime Street. From here you can walk to the venue (a pleasant 15-20 minutes through the city centre) or you can take a 4 minute connecting train to James Street Station which is across the road from the venue and a 5 minute walk.
Parking is available at the hotel for residents and delegates at a rate of £19 per car, per night. Please liaise with the hotel when you book your room to secure parking should you need this.
CANCELLATION POLICY
We will not, under any circumstances, refund aborted travel costs associated with this event regardless of whether you or we cancel the booking. We recommend that you insure against any such losses or ensure your travel booking can be cancelled without penalty. Please see our event terms and conditions for full details.
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Type : Conference, Training
Please contact info@uhr.ac.uk for more information
