38 | EVENT REVIEW | CUBO 2014
If you want a university campus to truly inspire, you couldn’t do much beter than the fabulous Royal Holloway College, University of London. Based out in the Surrey countryside, the sun shone for the entire College and University Business Officers (CUBO) event, highlighting the amazing Founder’s Building at the heart of the campus. This year’s event, which promised to
promote excellence by ‘driving individual and business performance’, welcomed more than 80 delegates to a packed schedule of keynote speakers, panel sessions and workshops, along with a lively trade show featuring all of the top companies in the business of supplying universities today. From panel sessions on Impacting the
Student Experience (looking at catering, accommodation, safety and security and technology), to helpful coaching sessions on ‘The mindset of high performance’ and how to tailor your communication to increase influence and impact, along with how to handle challenging conversations, the sessions were practical and fun for atendees. Chair of CUBO since 2013, Frances Stone
commented: “I thought that the range of speakers for this year’s event was excellent and that there was a real buzz about the conference. There seemed to be a very positive vibe and delegates felt that we are entering a new and exciting era. I was impressed by the great sense of engagement with our business partners. “The venue provided a spectacular seting
for the conference. It was particularly fiting that the building had been a hall of residence for female students in the year that CUBO elected its first ever female chair.”
Frances Stone, CUBO Chair ASPIRING TO EXCELLENCE
The HE crowd gathered at this year’s CUBO conference and awards to explore the hot topics in running universities. Managing Editor Hannah Oakman went along to learn some new lessons…
Plans are now well under way for the next
12 months at CUBO, culminating in the next annual conference from 8–10 July 2015, which will include the 4th annual CUBO Awards. As Frances added: “A major priority in the next year is to encourage wider membership and participation in CUBO activities. I am very keen to open CUBO up to the universities which currently don’t have any CUBO members. “It’s also on my agenda to forge links with
other interest groups working in similar areas within the sector so that we can share information and become more effective
TOWERS AND TURRETS
Founded in 1897 by self-made medicine multimillionaire Thomas Holloway, Royal Holloway College was inspired by the Chateau of Chambord in the Loire Valley and started life as a women-only college. Opened by Queen Victoria in 1886, it become part of the University of London in 1900 and today has more than 9,000 students on campus.
in working towards similar goals. With changes to funding within universities, the pressure on commercial activities will increase and any help that CUBO can give to its members in becoming more effective must be welcome. “As far as the agenda for next year's
conference and awards is concerned, the programme is being planned and I am confident it will be an inspirational conference, focused on the issues of the greatest relevance to the sector and CUBO members.” UB
“Delegates felt that we
are now entering a new and exciting era ”
Frances Stone, CUBO Chair
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