Model letter of agreement – facilities sharing
Model agreement for sharing facilities between institutions, developed jointly by Cambridge University and the Association of University Practitioners.
Change management
Includes models, approaches, roles and transition management. A Jisc InfoKit.
Digital Curation Centre
Centre of expertise in digital information curation. Provides advice and practical help for storing, managing, protecting and sharing digital research data.
CREST – Consortium for Research Excellence, Support and Training
Provides an innovative model for how to further research excellence and promote institutional and interdisciplinary collaboration.
The future is global, collaborative and shared
New areas for collaboration across higher education have been identified in a report commissioned by Efficiency Exchange, which will be launched at an event at Loughborough University on 22 April.
Kingston City Group – forming a cost sharing group
The Kingston City Group (KCG) Consortium became a Cost Sharing Group (CSG) on 1 August 2013 under the UK Finance Act 2012 and is the first fully operational CSG in this sector. KCG provides services to the member institutions fully exempt of VAT, thus providing real cost savings. Maria Vetrone is the Managing Director of KCG and she shares some of the lessons being learned along the way.
HERBi shared services tool goes live
A web-based tool that allows higher education institutions to explore the quantitative and qualitative costs and benefits of sharing services is now live. Project manager Simon Perks tells us more about how HERBi can help you.
Sharing procurement services at Roehampton and Surrey
Have you ever thought about setting up a simple shared service with another local institution but been put off by the entry requirements?
Collaboration and shared services in UK higher education: report launch
Today sees the launch of a report on collaboration and shared services in higher education, which was commissioned by Efficiency Exchange. The report’s co-author Andrew Rothwell explains that with shared services "the best is yet to come”.
Ensemble purchasing: mighty oaks from little acorns grow
Smaller institutions in London are joining forces to get bigger bang for their buck from procurement. Kat Humphries introduces Ensemble Purchasing, a new cost sharing group dedicated to procurement.
