Monthly Archives: August 2017
Patrick Hackett: ‘change management is part of the norm for us’
Change is part of the role of every member of staff at the University of Liverpool, says deputy vice chancellor Patrick Hackett. In this interview from last October, he describes the institution’s strategy for the next 10 years.
Six approaches to widening participation
A series of blogs by HEPI, explore widening participation and the more radical techniques universities are using to make progress. Here are six examples taken from them of what universities in the UK and USA are doing to improve fair access to their courses.
Leadership Foundation launches guide to efficiency for governors
Getting to Grips with Efficiency explores the concept of efficiency and the efficiency agenda within the higher education sector. As part of the Leadership Foundation's guide for governors series, it seeks to provide governors with the information to help guide their institutions to greater efficiency and to plan for new reporting requirements that may push them to go even further (log-in required to download publication).
The virtual open day – bringing the campus to the applicant
Clearing is often about making quick decision but how do you equip those students to make those choices when they haven't visited your university? Holding a virtual open day helps those students make an informed decision by offering them a glimpse of university life without setting foot on campus.
HEPI Where next for widening participation and fair access?
The Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) and the social mobility charity Brightside are jointly publishing a collection of essays by senior higher education figures entitled Where next for widening participation and fair access? New insights from leading thinkers.
Nick Petford: seismic shifts at Northampton
The University of Northampton is undergoing many changes ahead of the move to the Waterside campus in 2018. Last December, Efficiency Exchange caught up with vice chancellor Professor Nick Petford who talked about his role in the change and drew some surprising parallels between his academic specialism of volcanology and the higher education environment.
Sandra Heidinger: measuring up at Strathclyde
With a clutch of awards for its business process improvement work, the University of Strathclyde’s achievements have received UK-wide recognition. In this interview from last August, the university’s HR director Sandra Heidinger talks to Rosie Niven about how empowering staff is the key to organisational success.
Integrated Reporting in four British universities
*** Reposted with working link *** This document is intended to assist universities in their transition to this new approach to 'value creation', just as universities start thinking about producing annual reports and accounts for the latest financial year. It is the second phase of BUFDG's work in encouraging universities to adopt Integrated Reporting.
How clearing is changing
The A-level results are published next week with students entering what has been described as the most competitive admissions market yet. But Dan Benyon writes on Wonkhe that clearing is changing, starting earlier with universities adopting a much more targeted, data driven approach.
How collaboration between procurement and estates is delivering value for money
With universities spending billions on estates, the relationship between estates and procurement services is key. Three members of the Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium have described how their institutions are building closer relationships between these two departments, which are delivering savings and better value for money.
