Association of Higher Education Professionals

The Association of Higher Education Professionals (AHEP), formerly known as the Association of University Administrators (AUA), is the professional body for higher education administrators and managers in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. As of 2023, its membership comprised several thousand individuals, representing 300 institutions from the UK and 21 countries worldwide.

Association of Higher Education Professionals
Founded1961 (MUAAS)
TypeProfessional association
FocusHigher education
Location
  • University of Manchester
OriginsConference of Higher Education Professionals, Association of Polytechnic Administrators
Area served
Great Britain and Ireland
Key people
Thea Gibbs, Chair
Keith Zimmerman, President
Websiteahep.ac.uk

Following the passage of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992, the association was formed by the merger of the Association of Polytechnic Administrators (APA) and the Conference of University Administrators (CUA) in 1993. CUA traced its history back to the Meeting of University Academic Administrative Staff, founded in 1961. The association marked the golden jubilee of the professionalisation of support staff in UK universities in 2011. In response to the changing UK higher education sector, it adopted the current name in 2023.

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