Timeline revealed for Heidi Plus data analytics service
Key dates have been revealed for the roll out of the Heidi Plus data analytics service, part of the HESA and Jisc business intelligence project. A series of screen shots have also been released for the service which will be phased in from November to replace the original Heidi system.
Shared services – Jisc shared data centre – case study – June 2015
Jisc has joined forces with Infinity SDC and six anchor tenants to provide a shared data centre for research and education. Potential benefits significant cost savings through aggregating requirements across tenants.
Shared services – Out of Hours Helpline – case study – June 2015
A subscription-based, shared service providing first and second line support with IT and library queries to students and staff.
Offsetting the costs of publishing in open access
The cost to universities of making published articles freely available can be substantial, but Jisc has developed systems to offset some of these against journal subscriptions. Jisc’s Liam Earney explains the ways it is working with publishers to ensure that the burden of the transition to open access is shared between all parties.
New business intelligence service to widen access to data insights
Universities need insights about the wider environment in which they operate to help them make better informed decisions about their products and services. A new business intelligence service will be launched by Jisc and the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) later this year to support university staff in making the most of the data available to them.
Collaborative approaches to cost savings
Jisc's Martyn Harrow describes some key collaborative approaches to saving money, boosting efficiency and reducing risk in a blogpost for Universities Business.
FX Plus CEO: ‘we want students to view our services seamlessly’
Falmouth Exeter Plus, chief executive officer, Niamh Lamond tells Efficiency Exchange how services shared between two Cornwall universities are saving money, improving delivery to students and having a transformational impact on the area both economically and socially.
Collaboration and shared services in UK higher education: report launch
Today sees the launch of a report on collaboration and shared services in higher education, which was commissioned by Efficiency Exchange. The report’s co-author Andrew Rothwell explains that with shared services "the best is yet to come”.
The future is global, collaborative and shared
New areas for collaboration across higher education have been identified in a report commissioned by Efficiency Exchange, which will be launched at an event at Loughborough University on 22 April.
Three posts on efficiency from leading speakers at last week’s conference
The 4th annual efficiency conference was held on Wednesday 25 March, with more than 20 speakers from across the higher education sector. Here are three blogposts written for Efficiency Exchange by three of the star speakers from the Universities UK event.
