Some of the many benefits within your HELOA membership include:
- Building relationships with the many institutions involved in HELOA
- Sharing best practice with staff in similar positions
- Keeping up to date with changes in the HE sector
- Getting involved with training and development opportunities
- Attending group meetings
- Receiving the fortnightly Bulletin.
There are different types of HELOA membership, depending on your institution type. Please see the benefits below and the Institutional Membership page for further information.
| Benefit | Full Institutional Membership | Associate Institutional Membership |
| Receive bi-weekly email Bulletin straight to your inbox | ✓ | ✓ |
| Access to member-only social network platforms eg Facebook | ✓ | ✓ |
| Access to HELOA Insights, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and LinkedIn | ✓ | ✓ |
| Receive email updates from the HELOA UK Executive and Office | ✓ | ✓ |
| Opportunities, locally and nationally, to network and share best practice | ✓ | ✓ |
| Attend Group meetings and contribute to the Association | ✓ | ✓ |
| Attend Group training events at no additional cost | ✓ | ✓ |
| Institutional logo and link on the members page of the HELOA website | ✓ | ✓ |
| Entry in HELOA National Awards to gain recognition for work and best practice | ✓ | ✓ |
| Discounted member rate at National Conference, Professional Development Conferences and New Practitioners’ Conferences | ✓ | ✓ |
| Opportunity to attend member-only Webinars | ✓ | ✓ |
| Access to partner and sponsored sessions | ✓ | ✓ |
| Opportunity to be a HELOA institutional representative (Primary Contact) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Attend the HELOA Annual General Meeting | ✓ | |
| Voting rights at the HELOA Annual General Meeting (one vote per institution submitted by the Primary Contact) | ✓ | |
| Vote in group and national elections (one vote per institution submitted by the Primary Contact) | ✓ | |
| Opportunity to stand for election as a UK trustee or appointed officer | ✓ | |
| Opportunity to stand for elected group positions | ✓ | |
| Opportunity to be part of UCAS Working Group/ UCAS Product Development Group / Member feedback groups | ✓ | |
| Have the opportunity to play a role in the development of partnerships at group and national level | ✓ | |
| Opportunity to stand for election as the Associate Member Representative to work with UK VC (Membership and Administration) | ✓ |