UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER
1748 – Timetabling Review
The SUMS Timetabling Healthcheck was undertaken for Leicester using Bristol, UEA, Loughborough,
Reading and Surrey as benchmarks.
The benchmark showed that Leicester operates a very devolved process: departments timetable and the
centre books rooms.
Working with them a timetabling roadmap for the next three years was developed; this includes:
• Consolidating timetabling roles
• Clarifying and formalising the University Timetabling Policy
• Modelling the teaching estate to understand the implications of student number and curriculum changes
• Producing personal staff timetables
• Using the timetable software to its full potential by automating more and using time as a variable for
smaller teaching events
• Introducing web self-service roombooking.
There are potential student benefits to be realised in earlier confirmed timetables and University benefits in
staff and space efficiency.
1750 – Research Impact
The University of Leicester’s Research and Enterprise and Marketing departments commissioned SUMS to
conduct a review of the University’s research communications and impact activity. The work will comprise
internal interviews with senior staff, workshops to focus strategy, and benchmarking with a small number of
universities to assess approaches and resources deployed elsewhere.
Activities
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