ARO staff member wins SACRAO scholarship
Wed, 30 Nov 2016 01:50:00 GMT
Gina Hardcastle, Operations Team Assistant in the Admissions and Records Team, has successfully won a scholarship to attend the Southern Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (SACRAO) annual meeting in Florida, USA, from 12 - 15 February 2017. Gina is one of only two UK University staff members to win a full scholarship to attend this prestigious annual event.
The SACRAO event, now in its 70th year, identifies and promotes standards and best practices affecting admission officers, registrars and other academic support, and student-service professionals. This event attracts around 600 Admissions and Records professionals from a variety of education institutions in the world. The mission of SACRAO is to provide an opportunity for the dissemination of information, the exchange of ideas, and leadership in policy interpretation for Universities and Colleges across the world.
Gina won the scholarship in April 2016 when she attended the annual Student Records Officers Conference (SROC), a UK wide event, attended by over 200 Higher Education Admissions and Records professionals.
Gina who has been working at the University for over 2 years and manages undergraduate and postgraduate admissions and enrolment for UK and EU applicants, commented: “I look forward to attending this event as it is a great opportunity to share ideas with professionals from around the world and compare our student recruitment and application strategies. It will be a great way to understand the international education market and make some positive changes to the University of Huddersfield.”
Gina has also been invited to present at the Student Records Officers Conference 2017 (SROC) in Newcastle along with the second UK bursary winner Melissa Cadby from the University of Surrey, who will also be presenting at the event.
