Internal Communications course timetable

A Communicators' Away Day for University and College Communication Professionals at the Triangle Building at Cambridge Press and Assessment.

Agenda

9-9.50 Registration and coffee. Receive a security pass and sign up for breakout sessions

10.00 Welcome: Andrew Scheuber, Global Director External Communications & Brand, Cambridge University Press & Assessment

10.05 OEAC priorities and campaigns update for 2025: James Helm, Executive Director of External Affairs and Communications

10.15-11.15 Campaign planning and use of analytics: Conrad Bird, Director, Cross-Government Campaigns & Marketing

11.15-12.15 Break out sessions

• • Cyber security and responding to cyber incidents
  • Digital transformation
  • How to work with student content creators

12.15-13.15 Lunch and networking. There will be an activity over lunch to stimulate discussion. There will be a chance to win a £25 Love to Shop voucher.

13.15-13.45 Building a resilient and consistent University brand in a digital world

• • Key themes: How brands maintain consistency and build resilience in their messaging across various digital platforms, while adapting to rapid change.
  • Q&A

13.45-14.45 Breakout sessions

• • Raising ambitions around civic engagement: communications opportunities and challenges
  • Improving communications for students through collaborative action
  • Social media in 2025: Bluesky, brain rot and bans

14.45-15.00 Coffee break and networking

15.00-16.00 Professor Sir John Aston, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research and Kathryn Chapman, Executive Director, Innovate Cambridge

• • Discuss priorities for their portfolio and area
  • Views on communications and how it can help forward their agendas
  • What they would like to see from comms professionals
  • Q&A

16.00 Closing remarks

16.05 Informal networking

An online open meeting for all University staff to hear updates about research, teaching and environmental sustainability.

Chair: James Helm, Executive Director of Communications and External Affairs

Topics to be discussed include

• an update on funding for doctoral research
• the recommendations of the collegiate University's Teaching Review
• an update on academic and operational approaches to environmental sustainability at Cambridge

Panellists

• Professor John Aston, Pro-Vice Chancellor for Research
• Professor Bhaskar Vira, Pro-Vice Chancellor for Education
• Emma Rampton, Registrary

Questions

You can submit a question for the panel in advance by sending an email to internalcomms@admin.cam.ac.uk. Alternatively, you can ask a question on the day using the Teams Q&A function.

Recording

The meeting will be recorded and shared on the staff hub sharepoint site.

An online open meeting for all University staff to hear from the University's senior academic leaders on key issues of the moment, and to put questions to them.

Chair: James Helm, Executive Director of Communications and External Affairs

Questions

You can submit a question for the panel in advance by sending an email to internalcomms@admin.cam.ac.uk. Alternatively, you can ask a question on the day using the Teams Q&A function.

Recording

The meeting will be recorded and shared on the staff hub sharepoint site.

Emma Rampton, Registrary, will host a panel discussion for professional services. The event will take place at the Babbage Lecture Theatre, New Museums Site, Cambridge.

The event will allow professional services staff to get to know leaders better, hear more about changes underway in professional services, and ask questions.

Panellists:

• Emma Rampton, Registrary
• Mike Glover, Academic Secretary
• Andrew Jackson, Director of Research Services
• Graham Matthews, Director of Estates
• Andrea Hudson, Director of Human Resources
• Daniel Benham, Interim Director of Finance
• David Hill, Chief Information Officer and Director of University Information Services
• Alice Benton, Head of Education Services

Please note that this event is in-person only and will not be recorded.

Join us for our monthly ‘Being on Brand’ drop-in clinic, a practical, insightful session designed to help you master Cambridge’s refreshed visual identity with confidence. This interactive face to face session with the Cambridge Brand and Design teams will cover what’s new and what does it mean for you and your area, before opening up the floor for Q&A.

Join us for our monthly ‘Being on Brand’ drop-in clinic, a practical, insightful session designed to help you master Cambridge’s refreshed visual identity with confidence. This interactive face to face session with the Cambridge Brand and Design teams will cover what’s new and what does it mean for you and your area, before opening up the floor for Q&A.

Join us for our monthly ‘Being on Brand’ drop-in clinic, a practical, insightful session designed to help you master Cambridge’s refreshed visual identity with confidence. This interactive face to face session with the Cambridge Brand and Design teams will cover what’s new and what does it mean for you and your area, before opening up the floor for Q&A.