Coaching: Enhancing Your Workforce Capability
If someone told you there was a magic bullet to help you withstand the turmoil underway in the UK Higher Education (HE) sector now, most leaders, managers and members of…
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The Digital University Part 3: New Opportunities for Growth
A traditional IT strategy focuses on improving the efficiency of what we already do – replacing paper processes with a quicker, computerised equivalent. Technology can bring efficiencies to our use…
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The Campus for the Future: Making the Right Investments
Some Scandinavian universities are investing at record levels in major digital transformation programmes. They are responding to new digital advancements that will require a rethink of old IT strategy in…
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The Digital University Part 2: Putting People First
The first computers date back to the 1950s. A profession of people grew up to apply the new technology. The IT profession has made many mistakes along the way, but…
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SUMS Annual Conference 2019 – The Growth Paradox in Higher Education
Themed: ‘The Growth Paradox in Higher Education’, this year’s programme covered a wide range of topical issues currently facing the higher education sector. We welcomed over 90 delegates on the…
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The Digital University Part 1: Saving Space with New Ways of Working
With campuses full, universities are increasingly renting office space in city centres on the commercial market, at what can be eye-watering rates. When real estate costs fall in the opex…
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Tackling the Growth Paradox in Universities: How Marketing Holds the Key
Public Affairs – the Trends The day kicked off with an excellent overview of the policy and political landscape for universities. Andrew Snowden, associate director of external relations at the…
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Beyond the Transformation Programme
At our recent Change Management Community of Practice session, Steve Chadwick, Director of Strategy, Planning and Change at the University of Bristol made a statement, which has stuck with me: …
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