HES also provides independent higher education groups with professional secretariat, administration, governance and management services.

The Australian Network of University Planners

The Australian Network of University Planners (ANUP) is a network of planning directors (or equivalent) from all higher education providers across Australia. The network is an informal advisory group.

ANUP’s peak activity is a biannual meeting of members. Meetings are held in capital cities, and venues and dates are chosen so as to make it relatively easy and cost-effective for members to attend. Each meeting includes presentations from invited guests as well as practice sharing sessions from members.

HES supports ANUP with the organisation of its biannual meetings, facilitation of information flow between members, the Department of Education & Training and Universities Australia, representation on relevant sector committees and working groups and internal benchmarking activities.

For more information contact:

Scott Boulton
sboulton@hes.edu.au

The Australian Universities Procurement Network

The Australian Universities Procurement Network (AUPN) represent the Australian and New Zealand higher education sector, who work together to improve excellence in procurement practice and in the skills of procurement professionals. The AUPN is currently leading a sector collaboration to support member universities to meet the challenge of human rights transparency and risk management in their supply chains and contribute to the fulfillment of Modern Slavery Act 2018 (Cth) reporting requirements.

For more information contact:

Tony Wilson
twilson@hes.edu.au



The Australian University Senior Finance Officers Group

The Australian University Senior Finance Officers Group (‘AUSFOG’) is a collaborative association of senior finance officers representing 38 Universities across all states and territories. The Group formally meets twice annually and corresponds regularly throughout the year on matters that impact on the financial operations of the Sector. The Group also liaises closely with the State Audit Offices on matters such as compliance with Accounting Standards and Department of Education and Training reporting requirements.

AUSFOG works together to:

• Explore and share knowledge of best practice across finance activities

• Consider innovative approaches to enhance the value to universities that finance functions deliver

• Champion/influence matters of financial import to peak bodies such as Department of Education and Training, Department of Industry and Science, Universities Australia, Audit Offices (NSW, ACT & Commonwealth) and State, Territory and Federal higher education ministers

• Identify and action benchmarking of specific finance activities

• Engage ‘outside’ assistance (eg. Large Accounting firms), as required, to provide advice or represent the Group on the financial implications of changes to accounting standards and taxation legislation

• Discuss and clarify the year-end audit process and raise any concerns with representatives of the Audit office(s). (This includes proposed changes in Accounting Standards and Department of Education and Training reporting requirements.) 

An underlying principle of the Group is to foster professional and open relationships by the informal sharing of knowledge and experience.

HES deliver event management services for the AUSFOG annual conference and associated event and secretariat services.

For more information contact:

AUSFOG_Secretariat@hes.edu.au

Callista Senior Executive Group

The Callista Senior Executive Group oversees the strategic development of the Callista Student System allowing participating institutions to contribute their business experience and directly influence the continuing development of Callista resulting in a premier student management system which is specifically designed to meet the needs of Australian universities as well as the VET sector.

HES provides support and management services for CSEG and works in cooperation with Tribal providing coordinated communication services amongst the collaborating parties.

For more information contact:

Stephen Callaghan
scallaghan@hes.edu.au

Groningen Declaration Network

The Groningen Declaration Network (GDN) is an international, non-profit and voluntary network that supports academic and professional digital credential mobility so that citizens worldwide are able to consult and share their authentic educational data autonomously, with the expectation of fair recognition. It does this by bringing together stakeholders from across the global Digital Student Data Ecosystem.

HES supports the Groningen Declaration Network by managing their Annual Meeting, facilitating digital engagement with the Network’s patrons, signatories and participants and providing secretariat services and assistance to the GDN Board of Directors. To learn more about the Groningen Declaration Network visit their website.

For more information contact:

Karen Hanna
khanna@hes.edu.au

The Human Resource Information Systems Group

The Human Resource Information Systems Group is an active and collaborative group of 18 universities whose principal focus is promoting effective business improvement in the use of their licensed AscenderPay system and it’s integration with Human Capital Management. The group shares a significant knowledge base on HR management practices and universities frequently share information with each other on local developments through papers, webinars and events.

HES coordinates the activities of the group and provides project management services for collaborative initiatives such as enhancements to the AscenderPay product.

For more information contact:

Stephen Callaghan
scallaghan@hes.edu.au