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Sun 21 Apr 2024 – Thu 27 Feb

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October 2024

Wed 16
All staff open meeting new Finished 14:30 - 15:30 IC MS Teams 1

An online open meeting for University staff which will focus on key themes from the Vice-Chancellor's 1 October Annual Address, including the University’s People Strategy, Financial Strategy and innovation agenda.

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

Panellists

  • Professor Deborah Prentice, Vice-Chancellor
  • Professor Kamal Munir, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for University Community and Engagement
  • Professor Anna Philpott, from 1 October 2024, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Resources and Operations
  • Dr Diarmuid O’Brien, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Innovation
  • Andrea Hudson, Director of HR
  • Anthony Odgers, Chief Financial Officer

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.

January 2025

Thu 23
Communicators' Network Away Day new Finished 09:00 - 16:00 The Triangle Building, Cambridge University Press & Assessment

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

February 2025

Thu 27
All staff open meeting new [Places] 16:00 - 17:00 IC MS Teams 1

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.