The AUDE team are busy working behind the scenes on the 2026 Summer School residential programme. This page will be updated regularly. Please click to expand each of the sessions below and find out more about them. Please note speakers and session titles are subject to change.
Bill Brown Suite, Queen's Building
Speaker: Ian Grimes, Director of Estates, University of Hertfordshire and AUDE Chair
Speaker: Professor Evelyn Welch, Vice-Chancellor and President, University of Bristol
Speaker: Mark Swales FINSTLM, HE and Leadership Consultant
Speakers: David Tonkin, Director of Campus Services, University of Bristol and Claire Routledge, Director of Property and Infrastructure, University of Bristol
Speakers: Duncan Johnston, Deputy Director of Estates, Glasgow School of Art and Michael Weymouth, Head of Strategic Facilities Management, University of Oxford
Walk to the Clayton Hotel is approximately a 15 minute walk/ (0.6 mile).
Optional meet at the hotel main reception at 19:20 to walk to the restaurant as a group or feel free to head over in your own time.
Restaurant location TBC
Speaker: Mark Swales FINSTLM, HE and Leadership Consultant
Speaker: Trevor Payne, Director of Estates, University of Oxford
Speaker: Ian Grimes, Director of Estates, University of Hertfordshire and AUDE Chair
Speaker: Dr Roddy Yarr, Director of Sustainability, University of Glasgow and AUDE Sustainability Advisory Group Chair
Speaker: Harvey Dowdy, Interim Director of Estates, Nottingham Trent University
Speaker TBC
Optional meet at the hotel main reception to walk to the dinner venue as a group or feel free to head over in your own time. The Beckford is approximately a 16 minute walk/ (0.7 mile) from the hotel.
Speaker: TBC
The Beckford, Senate House, University of Bristol
Speaker: Mark Swales FINSTLM, HE and Leadership Consultant
Speaker: Jerry Woods, Director of Estates and Campus Services, Oxford Brookes University
Speaker TBC
Speaker: Louisa Clarke, Verbal Communications Specialist
Optional meet at the hotel main reception at 18:30 to walk to The Orangery as a group or feel free to head over in your own time. The Orangery is approximately a 30 minute walk/ (1.2 mile) from the hotel. The dinner venue is up a very steep hill. If you require transport for this evening please let the AUDE team know. Taxis can be ordered.
The Orangery, Goldney Hall
Speaker: Mark Swales FINSTLM, HE and Leadership Consultant
Speaker TBC
Speaker: Mark Swales FINSTLM, HE and Leadership Consultant
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