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.

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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.

A technician shaped hole in higher education

Terry Croft - 7 November 2016

The failure to value technician's role in universities is leading to poor decision making and often expensive investment mistakes, warns Terry Croft. In this blogpost, he highlights what the University of Sheffield is doing to improve the situation by delivering the national HEFCE Catalyst project.

Meet Heidi Plus, HESA’s new business intelligence service

Jonathan Waller - 30 November 2015

A new business intelligence service has been launched by Jisc and the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) to support university staff in making the most of the data available to them. HESA's Jonathan Waller explains how it will benefit the sector.

Five examples of collaboration within institutions

Ian Powling - 8 May 2015

Collaboration within universities can lead to more efficient use of equipment and the development of better processes. Ian Powling outlines some case studies showing where this is working.

Discover and share good practice for smarter working universities

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