EPM Update - Autumn 25 webinar

25/09/2025
2 - 3.15pm
Free

LOCATION Virtual Teams Meeting

RECOMMENDED FOR Customers only - Headteachers, CEOs, HR Directors, HR Managers, School Business Managers

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Stay ahead in the ever-evolving educational and political landscape

Join our FREE CUSTOMER-ONLY webinar

The education landscape is constantly evolving – and we’re bringing you access to everything you need to stay ahead.

Join us on Thursday 25 September for a free virtual EPM Update webinar, exclusively for EPM customers. You’ll hear directly from our experts, explore the latest developments in the education sector and within EPM’s own services and technology. 

What we'll cover

The latest from EPM
Get a comprehensive, practical update on our service developments and discover how our bespoke software solutions are designed to make your experience more efficient, intuitive, and impactful.

Sector challenges & opportunities
Gain valuable insight into the current education climate – from policy shifts to operational challenges – and see how EPM is adapting to better support your School or Trust.

Meet the experts
Our specialists will be available to answer your questions and offer practical, tailored advice to help your School or Trust prepare for what's ahead.

❓ There will be a Q&A afterwards to allow you to ask questions. 

Please be aware that individual registration through the sign-up form is required. This update will cover the same topics as the EPM Update on Thursday 18 September, you do not need to attend both.

Meet your hosts and expert panel

  • Your Host

    Alex Hawkins

    Director of People Services
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    Having worked in the education sector since 1995, Alex provides strategic leadership to our HR advisory, consultancy and contracts administration teams. She manages relationships with some of our largest MAT clients, supporting CEOs and academy leaders with HR solutions including complex staffing issues, TUPE transfers, harmonisation, and complex case management through to employment tribunal preparation. Alex also has significant experience supporting trusts with negotiating changes to terms and conditions.

  • Your Host

    Lisa Longstaff

    Director of HR Services
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    Lisa has a remarkable background in transforming HR within education, with 13 years of experience supporting multi-academy trusts, particularly with trust boards, utilising data in decision-making and securing better outcomes for those working in education.

    As Director of People at The Education Alliance, Lisa worked alongside the CEO to weave strategic people initiatives into the Trust's overall strategy, impacting on culture - improving recruitment, reducing staff workload, enhancing benefits, and creating flexible career development opportunities that invested in high-quality CPD. 

  • Your Host

    Ailsa Calverley

    Senior People Partner
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    Ailsa is one of our Senior People Partners, and has worked for over ten years in the Human Resources sector. Added to this experience, she is a qualified teacher, with many years’ experience teaching within the primary education sector.

    Working at EPM has been an opportunity to combine her two passions – education and HR – and enables her to apply unique levels of empathy to the situations in which she advises. Ailsa also volunteers as a Local Authority Governor at a local School, and in this role has oversight of safeguarding. She is passionate about ensuring children of all ages and backgrounds have access to a safe environment, a high-quality education and plentiful opportunities to succeed.