UCD Agile: the start of a continuous improvement journey
University College Dublin (UCD) is seeking to weave continuous improvement into the fabric of the university. Its director of agile, Michael Sinnott explains the university’s approach.
Lean: seeking a shiny new process
One of the hardest steps to make in business process improvement is to move from a defined process map of the current situation to a shiny new process. So says Ollie Jones, who describes how his team is applying the lean range of tools and techniques at Leeds Beckett University.
Simpler processes to support students studying abroad
When the University of Sheffield's Global Opportunities and Engagement team realised that their various admin systems had become too cumbersome, they called for help. Rachel McAssey explains how her team of lean practitioners carried out a process review that has produced many benefits including significant time savings.
Lean education is here to stay – and going global
Inspired by a system identified at Toyota, the Lean approach to improving the processes of production is now influencing higher education, with professionals seeking to implement Lean in their institutions meeting in Canada last month to share experiences. Dr Vincent Wiegel reports on the event.
Improving Macquarie University with lean
Case study: An Australian university has been applying lean to streamline and improve its processes, discovering along the way how big a change the methodology can effect in the organisation's culture.
The eight wastes in higher education
Every workplace has ways in which they could improve their practices and higher education is no different. This infographic captures how problems like overprocessing, reworking and waiting affect staff, students and academic alike.
Operational efficiency: learning from Leicester City’s Premiership success
What can universities learn from Leicester City Football Club’s Premiership success? Perhaps more than you realise. On the AHUA blog, Alison Kennell, university secretary at York St John University discusses parallels identified between football management and institutional efficiency in a recent project to introduce lean processes.
