17 September 2025 
Martin Higgs, AUDE Communications and Campaigns Manager
The group of Summer School participants listed below writes to AUDE members with the following information and erquest for support:
Dear Colleagues,
We are a group of Estates professionals representing seven higher education institutions from across the UK. We recently attended the 2025 Association of University Directors of Estates (AUDE) Summer School, hosted by the University of Plymouth.
A key output from the Summer School will be the completion of a report and presentation which will investigate Sector Best Practice for Cost-Cutting Energy Conservation. In order to evaluate and respond to the question, we want to gain some specific knowledge from our colleagues across the sector which is why we have developed a brief survey.
The link below will take you to our survey and we would be grateful if you could take 10 minutes to complete and submit your response. We have asked for contact details within the questionnaire as we would like to share our findings with you in due course.
https://forms.gle/YvQnhJAv1EkeYm3z9
Please note that your privacy is important to us. This survey collects data to help us understand trends in energy saving practices across the Higher Education Sector – individual responses will not be referred to in our report.
Your responses will be processed in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). All data will be stored securely and used only for research purposes. Your responses will remain confidential and will be kept for a period of 12 months, after which they will be securely deleted.
Laura Parry (University of Plymouth)
Laura Pickles (Institute of Cancer)
David Gray (University of Glasgow)
Jonathan Belfield (Edge Hill University)
Lewis Smith (University of Roehampton)
Jason Stanley (Birmingham City University)
Jonathan Thompson (Queen’s University Belfast)
