Integrating climate into strategy and planning: Where are we? Where are we going?
Climate change is amongst the most important strategic drivers for universities and all organisations. But it is difficult to integrate into strategy and planning because of its scale and complexity,…
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Civic mission: impossible? Complex, yes – but worthwhile for your institution and its stakeholders
Universities are strange beasts. Not part of the public sector, nor fully commercial in outlook, they operate in the shadowy hinterland between these two spheres. This is a confusing space…
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Engaging your academic community in academic portfolio review doesn’t have to be like herding cats
A new model for academic portfolio review – Part two Part one of this thought piece presented a set of academic portfolio review case studies, which met with varying degrees…
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Academic Portfolio Reviews: Beware the long tail!
A new approach to academic portfolio review – Part one Most institutions have at some point lined up student enrolments on each programme and noted that a few programmes account…
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Turning partnerships into outcomes or… Influencing the Influencers
Is your university match-fit in its approach to influence and stakeholder engagement? Question to your university’s Vice-Chancellor: can you name the top 10 priority organisations for your university? And if…
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Delivering Strategy: Why You Need a Holistic Approach
This is not an absolutely precise science and conditions will always vary between organisations, but getting these elements running well, and crucially in harmony, will set you in a good…
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Developing An Effective Strategy in Higher Education: The Critical Stages for Success
There are many definitions of strategy, but for the present purposes, we’ll understand it as an organisation’s approach to formulating and achieving its longer-term objectives, at a relatively high level.…
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