Andy Davies, Author at Efficiency Exchange

With: LUPC

Role: Director

Andy is a career procurement professional with 25 years’ experience in both public and private sectors, specialising in collaborative procurement and contract management. Andy is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply and has an MBA from Kingston Business School.

Contact: Andy Davies

10 tips for managing outsourced contracts

Andy Davies - 22 October 2014

Outsourcing is an increasingly popular way for universities to keep costs down and to focus their activities on their core business, but there are risks involved. London Universities Purchasing Consortium's Andy Davies gives his top 10 tips for managing big-ticket outsourced contracts.

Events

5-6 October: AURIL conference, Bristol

Efficiency Exchange - 8 June 2017

This conference will explore how universities are using their global networks and partners to achieve more far-reaching knowledge exchange impacts and create new international business partnerships in other regions of the world.

10 October: Higher education conference and exhibition, London

Efficiency Exchange - 13 July 2017

This year’s event will tackle the challenges and opportunities that come with increased competition and choice in the sector off the back of momentous higher education reforms. Delegates will gain an exclusive introduction to the Office for Students, learn how to establish their institution as an international brand, debate the drive for digital in the sector and identify ways to enhance the student experience.

LEAF – Systemic improvement of laboratory efficiency and sustainability

Martin Farley - 9 May 2019

Part 3/3: Scientific laboratories are extremely energy and materials intensive. Burgeoning efforts have been arising to improve their efficiency and sustainability. To explore this Efficiency Exchange will be sharing a 3 part-series on the topic. Part 1 will examine the current state of Green Lab efforts. Part 2 will discuss the importance of research quality, and how the crisis of reproducibility is affecting sustainability/efficiency. Finally, Part 3 will introduce a new tool named LEAF, and how a group of research-intensive institutions are working together to address these areas

What are the features of excellent technology-enhanced teaching?

Sarah Davies - 28 April 2017

Technology from tablets to virtual reality headsets can be used in a range of ways to enable great teaching and improve student outcomes. Jisc's Sarah Davies offers her expert view on what helps technology-enhanced teaching make the grade.

Universities must show tuition fees are value for money

Value for money: what’s that and how do you show it?

Steve Butcher - 28 February 2017

The government wants to introduce more structured, mandatory, value for money reporting. More than a dozen HE providers met to talk about their concerns and how it could be implemented. Steve Butcher from HEFCE summarises what was discussed.

Discover and share good practice for smarter working universities

Andy Davies