Universities and colleges
What we do
We help universities shape and deliver innovative digital, data and technology-based approaches that benefit students and researchers.
We work with leaders to define the change required and with stakeholders from across professional services, research and innovation, and teaching and learning departments. This is with the aim of ensuring technology-based change delivers positive outcomes.
We specialise in helping universities define and design approaches to bring innovation to life. We also have experience of evaluating existing and new digital, data and technology-based initiatives.
Who we've worked with
UCL Educate - we designed a new and innovative edtech incubator that uniquely supports start-ups build evidence-based decision-making into product design and development...
Innovation - we have worked with a university to review and shape their approach to supporting and growing digital innovation across professional services, research and teaching.
Sixteen colleges and universities - we worked with a mixture of research-intensive and teaching and learning focused universities alongside various colleges and college groups to evaluate the impact of Jisc products and services. The evaluation focused upon research, student experience and teaching and learning frameworks as the basis for our work.
Higher Education shared data centres - we have worked with twelve universities in designing and evaluating options, and in developing two shared data centres for the UK’s higher education sector. The initiative's drivers included enabling new research models, campus redesign and saving energy and costs.
Lifelong learning - we have worked with UK governments, the Department for Education, various agencies, and universities and colleges to research and recommend new ways for data and identity to power lifelong learning across the UK.
Services
Strategy and support for digital, data and technology innovation
Business or investment case development
Design and support for digital, data and technology programmes
Impact and evaluation
Testimonials
ROSE LUCKIN
Professor of Learner Centred
Design, UCL Knowledge Lab
Richard played a key role in the development of the Educate user journey. This work had a significant impact on all the companies who benefitted from the program. Richard’s input was fundamental to the success of the overall Educate program.
BELLA ABRAMS
Director of Information Technology,
University of Sheffield
Richard worked with us at the University on a value for money report. His wide knowledge of the sector, his trusted research methods and his ways of working with diverse teams across a research-intensive university to knit the report together were excellent. I can certainly recommend Richard for his wide range of skills, knowledge and connections.