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Sun 3 Dec 2023 – Thu 27 Feb

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January 2024

Fri 19
All staff open meeting: University finances new Finished 14:00 - 15:00 IC MS Teams 1

An online open meeting to provide an overview of how the University’s finances are structured, report on the current financial position, and discuss ways in which we can ensure that current resources go where they are needed most.

Chair: James Helm, Director of Communications

Panellists

  • Professor Deborah Prentice, Vice-Chancellor
  • Professor Kamal Munir, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for University Community and Engagement
  • Anthony Odgers, Chief Financial Officer
  • Professor David Carwell, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Strategy and Planning

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 chat function.

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.