In this guest blog, HELOA South East Group VC (Training) and Access Manager (Pre 16) from University of Southampton, Joe Cunningham shares a refreshingly honest and personal account of his experience attending the HELOA National Conference 2025. If you’re unsure about booking for the next conference, this read might just give you the encouragement you need.
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Your Voice, Your AGM: Reflections on HELOA AGM 2025 and Plans for 2026
With the new academic year just around the corner, we’re looking ahead to what’s next for HELOA, including the 2026 Annual General Meeting (AGM). But before we look forward, this is a good opportunity to look back at this year’s AGM on 29 January 2025 and reflect on its impact
AI in Action: What every HELOA member should know about using AI in student recruitment, outreach and engagement.
LLM Key Strengths Ideal For Access ChatGPT (OpenAI) Conversational, reliable, integrates with Microsoft Drafting, summarising, brainstorming Free & paid Claude (Anthropic) Great at reasoning and tone, very safe Sensitive data, nuanced tasks Free & pro Gemini (Google) Integrates with Google tools, image understanding Google Drive workflows Free & pro Task […]
Tackling the Cost of Living: A Practical Tool to Support Student Decision-Making
Bridging the Financial Awareness Gap Supporting Informed Choices – Earlier Upcoming Webinar for HELOA Members
Planning Our Next Conference: How Your Feedback Shapes the Experience
The Evolution of the University Prospectus: A Time Traveller’s Guide
By Nathan Monk, Co-founder of Prospectus Plus The Evolution of the University Prospectus: A Time Traveller’s Guide If the university prospectus could time travel, where would it go? Imagine a printed brochure hopping into a DeLorean, whizzing back to the VHS era, then zooming into a future full of AI-driven