HES Networks
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
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
The University Procurement Hub (UPH)
UPH provides a platform that revolutionises how universities across Australia can source goods and services to meet their unique requirements — delivering direct savings to support the continuing excellence that’s the trademark of Australian higher education.
The UPH is an innovative way of delivering core procurement services by aggregating purchasing power across participating universities.
Critically, more aggregated spend drives higher savings for all participating universities, which benefit from improved process efficiency, spend visibility, effective spend analysis from richer data and marketing intelligence to drive continuous improvement.
UPH consists of 14 universities which have come together via a Heads of Agreement signed by all participating universities. The Heads of Agreement defines codes of conducts and business principles which are used by UPH to carry out its operations in accordance with an agreed governance structure with representation from all universities.
UPH Mission Statement
To operate a flexible procurement hub that delivers enduring value for participating universities by:
Aggregating spend to provide source to contract costs savings
Supporting end to end process efficiencies
Uplifting organisational procurement capability
For more information contact:
Tony Wilson
twilson@hes.edu.au