Efficiency and Innovation in Higher Education Projects
Explore the collaboration between HEFCE and LFHE to support innovative projects enhancing efficiency in universities and colleges. Discover initiatives like technology-enhanced learning, procurement assessments, and academic workload management. Uncover the challenges, outcomes, and transferability issues faced in these endeavors.
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Innovation & Transformation Fund A HEFCE (Higher Education Funding Council for England) and LFHE (Leadership Foundation for Higher Education) collaboration: which will support innovative projects to improve efficiency in universities and higher education colleges over the period 2012 to 2013.
ITF Projects Building Human Resource Capacity and Collaboration in UK Students Unions Delivering efficiency through effective benchmarking The Innovation and Efficiency Hub ( the Hub ) Open Course in Technology Enhanced Learning (OCTEL) Outsourcing as a route to efficiency and effectiveness in the higher education sector in the UK The Procurement Academy Procurement Maturity Assessments (PMA) for all English HEIs Student Advisory Model (SAM) A Transferrable Model for Academic Workload Management and TRAC Reporting
WAMS Project Significant interest across the Sector in how to manage academic workload in ways that are demonstrably: Felt fair Aligned to institutional need Attuned to diverse missions and disciplines Affordable and generative of income Costed (priced?) at full economic cost
WAMS Project UWE process: Covers whole institution Designed and negotiated internally Coded and documented Project-managed Systematic
WAMS Project The ITF challenge to UWE: Prove that it can work Explain how it can be implemented Demonstrate how it works Engage potential adopters Define a system and identify a process for transfer
WAMS Outcomes It can be done It is being done There is experience of it being done There is a model of it being done There is a system to do it There is interest in transferring it
Transferability Issues Technical compatibility Procedural compatibility Cultural compatibility
Some Key Features Strong project management Systematic approach Realistic timescale Inclusive process of design Top management commitment Top management engagement Top management perseverance Careful consideration of transferability
