Some of the many benefits within your HELOA membership include:
- Build relationships with the many institutions involved in HELOA
- Share best practice with staff in similar positions
- Keep up to date with changes in the HE sector
- Get involved with training and development opportunities
- Attend group meetings
- Receive the fortnightly Bulletin newsletter.
There are different types of HELOA membership, depending on your institution type. Please see the benefits below and the Institutional Membership page for further information.
| Benefit | Full Institutional Membership | Associate Institutional Membership | Honorary Member |
| Receive bi-weekly email Bulletin straight to your inbox | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Access to member-only social network platforms eg Facebook | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Access to the HELOA Blog, Instagram, YouTube, Linked In and X | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Receive email updates from the HELOA UK Executive and Office | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Opportunities, locally and nationally, to network and share best practice | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Attend Group meetings and contribute to the Association | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Attend Group training events at no additional cost | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Institutional logo and link on the members page of the HELOA website | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Entry in HELOA National Awards to gain recognition for work and best practice | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Discounted member rate at National Conference, Professional Development Conferences and New Practitioners’ Conferences | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Opportunity to attend member-only Webinars | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Access to partner and sponsored sessions | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Opportunity to be a HELOA institutional representative (Primary Contact) | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Attend the HELOA Annual General Meeting | ✓ |
✓ (By invitation of the HELOA Chair) |
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| Voting rights at the HELOA Annual General Meeting (one vote per institution submitted by the Primary Contact) | ✓ | ||
| Vote in group and national elections (one vote per institution submitted by the Primary Contact) | ✓ | ||
| Opportunity to stand for election as a UK trustee or appointed officer | ✓ | ||
| Opportunity to stand for elected group positions | ✓ | ||
| Opportunity to be part of UCAS Events Working Group and the UCAS Product Development Group | ✓ | ||
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Have the opportunity to play a role in the development of partnerships at group and national level |
✓ | ||
| Opportunity to stand for election as the Associate Member Representative to work with UK VC (Membership and Administration) | ✓ |