With student financial issues being the number one threat to university campuses and student success, universities will survive by adopting a holistic approach to supporting student financial wellbeing as their superpower. More and more student recruitment, outreach, marketing and admissions teams are making student financial wellbeing a crucial focus and […]
Embracing Partners at the HELOA National Conference 2025
The HELOA Partnerships Team are vital to ensuring that HELOA engages with other organisations in the sector, and the following blog post they have written shows how they work together with partners and sponsors to get the best value for HELOA members at the HELOA National Conference. As we […]
Reflections on Fiona’s Journey as Vice-Chair (Finance) at HELOA
As Fiona Curry’s time as Vice-Chair (Finance) comes to an end, she shares her experiences and encourages others to put themselves forward for this volunteering opportunity. As I step down from my role as Vice-Chair (Finance) at HELOA, I wanted to share some reflections on my experience, the challenges I […]
Goodbye HELOA! Guest blog from the outgoing UK Vice-Chair (Memberships & Administration)
A guest blog today from Andrew Cooper, who shares his experiences of being on the HELOA UK Committee. Over the past five and a half years, I have had the privilege of supporting HELOA members in two roles, first as the Professional Development Conference (PDC) Manager and then as the […]
Update from the HELOA Training Team
Emily Day, HELOA VC (Training) has written the following blog to give an insight into planning for the National Conference 2025 and to provide some further updates. We’ve made it through Mad March and I hope members are doing well! Before March kicked in, the training team had been […]
2023 in education: the year that was
This blog has been kindly written by Reena Littlehales, the HELOA UK Chair. Another eventful year in the education world comes to an end. 2022 was certainly a rollercoaster, and we were afforded some more stability this year with one education secretary in Westminster as opposed to the last year, […]
Update on the UCAS reform of the undergraduate admissions process
This week on the HELOA blog, we are joined by Jen Barton, HELOA Partnerships Manager (Membership Engagement) for an update on the UCAS reform of the undergraduate admissions process. “As we are well into the new academic year and travelling thousands of miles meeting prospective students, we thought it would […]
HELOA Scotland launches new partnership with Skills Development Scotland
HELOA Scotland are delighted to announce the signing of a partnership agreement with Skills Development Scotland (SDS). Both HELOA and SDS aim to provide high quality Information, Advice and Guidance to support individuals to make informed decisions on their higher education options. As part of this Memorandum of Understanding HELOA and SDS will have […]
HELOA Wales partnership with Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol
The HELOA Wales group are excited to announce the signing of a partnership agreement with the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol. The Coleg works with universities in Wales to ensure there are study opportunities and support in place for students studying through the medium of Welsh and promotes the benefits of choosing […]
Student Loans Company updates
We are joined by Lesley McDowell, Funding Information Services Manager from The Student Loans Company, who is here to share a number of important updates. Post deadline applications The deadline for new undergraduate student applications was at the end of May. The continuing student deadline is at the end of […]