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North east universities to benefit from £750m construction agreement
Collaborative procurement on construction for universities in the north east of England has been made easier with a £750m framework agreement, the first of its scale in the UK. Greg Barnes, who worked on the agreement for the North Eastern Universities Procurement Consortium (NEUPC), describes its benefits and lessons learned while putting it together.
John Hogan: often universities work best by getting the small decisions right
Rosie Niven continues her series of interviews with chief operating officers by asking Newcastle University's registrar John Hogan about the challenges of his role.
Smarter procurement: University of Newcastle – March 2013
Newcastle University has made savings of £1.7m a year through improvements in procurement and is forecasting annual savings of £2.4m in the future. The 18-month project focused on identifying and implementing improvements in buying goods and services.