Creating connections: expanding horizons for professional services. (2nd April 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Wadsley, Kirsty
• Is Part Of: Perspectives. Volume 24:Number 2(2020)
• Page Start: 60
• Page End: 63
• Publication Date: 2020-04-02
• Subjects: Networks -- international -- professional services -- personal development; Universities and colleges -- Great Britain -- Administration -- Periodicals; 378.1010941
• DOI: 10.1080/13603108.2019.1691672
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1360-3108

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Through personal opinion, experience, and where appropriate wider evidence the piece explores the personal and professional benefits of creating connections, especially in professional service roles; the current dearth of international connectedness for professional service staff; and a possible model for encouraging greater creation and utilisation of connections for professional service staff in UKHE. The piece makes the case that creating connections, especially those that go beyond professional service staffs' immediate areas of knowledge and experience, are vital not just for surviving the current HE climate but also for finding a way to thrive within it.