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Recordings from UHR Conference 2025

13-15 May 2025
Virtual

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Tuesday 13th May

Plenary 1: All Change

WA1: Chatbot to Copilot: Our AI Journey So Far at UoN

WA2: Crafting and Sustaining Inclusive Feedback Loops in the Workplace

WA3: Closing the Gap: Creating a Women’s Health Strategy to Bridge the Gender Gap in Sickness Absence

WA4: Strictly Legal: Working Hand in Hand with Your Legal Team

WA5: Fostering a Learning Offer That is Open to People, Places, Methods, and Ideas

WA6: Landing a New Grade: Lessons Learned

BA1: People Insight: Generative AI – A Game Changer in the Way We Listen, Analysis and Respond to Our Staff Listening Activities?

BA2: TalentEdu: Attracting Global Talent for UK and Overseas Campuses

BA3: Isio Group Limited: Is Flexibility the Key to Better Outcomes for a Defined Contribution Pension Scheme?

BA4 - Advance HE: Micro Changes in Communication Empowering Change 

LA1: Shakespeare Martineau: Brave New World? Navigating the Ever Evolving Challenges of Philosophical Beliefs, Academic Freedom and Freedom of Speech in the HR Context

LA2: Weightmans LLP: The Employment Rights Bill: Does HE Need to Worry?

LA3: Pinsent Masons LLP: Practical Insights on How HE Employers Have Been and Should Be Implementing the Requirements of the Duty to Prevent Sexual Harassment in the Workplace

Plenary 2: Panel Session | Future Sustainability of HEPs and Transformation

Wednesday 14th May

Plenary 3: The Mental Health Crisis is Here - What Can Higher Education Organisations Do To Support Their People?

WB1: An AI Adventure: Harnessing Artificial Intelligence for Job Evaluation

WB2: Beyond Words: Driving Real Change with an Anti-Racism Strategy

WB3: Proactive Financial Management in Challenging Times: Northumbria University’s Strategic Approach to Cost Efficiency

WB4: Parallel Worlds Apart - Differing Approaches to Staff and Student Sexual Misconduct Cases

WB5: Successfully Implementing Changes to Academic Promotions Criteria and Processes

WB6: University Culture and Conflict: HR’S Role in Creating Inclusive University Communities

BB1: NTT DATA Business Solutions: Building a Talent-Driven University: Intelligent People, Empowered Teams

BB2: Reward Gateway | Edenred: Beyond Pay: How Leading Universities Use Reward to Boost Engagement and Retention

BB3: Networked: Attracting, Developing and Supporting Effective Leaders in Good and Bad Times

BB4: Jisc: Embedding Staff Digital Skills CPD Supporting a Challenging Landscape and the Critical Role Human Resources Play in Institutional Digital Capability 

LB1: Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP: Industrial Relations In a Changing World

LB2: Farrer & Co LLP: How to Run Staff Investigations Efficiently and Effectively

LB3: Browne Jacobson: Menopause – Legal Duties, Developing a Holistic Approach and Key Elements of Best Practice

LB4: Robinson Ralph: Sexual Harassment - The New Duty

Plenary 4: Panel Session | Mental Health

Thursday 15th May

WC1: Intersectional Pride: Developing Grassroots Intersectionality Through Staff Network Collaboration

WC2: EDI Data: Developing a Road to Success

WC3:  Make Do and Mend – Making the Systems and Technology You Already Have Work Harder For You

WC4: Building Culture and Engagement In Hybrid Workforces

WC5: Managing Change at a Large-scale University: Working in Partnership to Deliver a New Approach to Academic Workload Planning

WC6: Compassionate People Practices – Avoiding Employee Harm

BC1: ECC: Being an Employer of Choice Through Modernising Pay Frameworks

BC2: SocialOptic: Can Fish Climb Trees? AI-Driven Insights For Employee Experience and Culture

BC3: BC3: USS: Working With You to Build a Secure Financial Future For Our Members

BC4: AHEP Consulting: Keeping the “H” in HR During Turbulent Times

BC5: Oracle: Trail Blazers 2025

LC1: Bevan Brittan LLP: Impact of the Employment Rights Bill for Higher Education

LC2: Mills & Reeve LLP: Sexual Harassment – What Should You Be Doing to Meet Your Legal Obligations and Create a Positive Working Environment For All Staff

LC3: VWV: Managing Criminal Allegations in the Workplace: Legal, Ethical and Practical Considerations for HEIs

Plenary 5: What Does It Truly Mean To Be An Inclusive Leader In Today's Modern World 

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