This case study demonstrates how Petroc approached a merger and subsequent restructure within the space of two years whilst maintaining a fully operational service to all stakeholders. It sets out factors to consider and approaches to adopt in preparing for and implementing a merger.
Through collaboration the colleges aimed to achieve a 5% increase in success rates for courses for 16-18 learners and save £12,000 per year through reductions in the cost of key back-office functions such as admissions and business planning.
A report of an design and development project providing IT support for observation of teaching and learning practice in an independent training provider.
Based on the idea of “Quality Spread”, this project aimed to provide, through simple systems, a quality learner cycle including learner feedback, and to encourage learners to participate in the co-production of their learning experience.
This presentation illustrates an approach, taken by Harington and partners, to create an online bespoke database application, bringing together key datasets used to manage the personalised learner journey, learner progress and funding streams/budgets. It goes on to summarise the cost savings, benefits, and learning from the project.
Through this project, seven colleges in South Yorkshire collaborated to build a common disaster recovery location for data storage and backup, improving DR facilities and increasing efficiency while reducing costs.
