Lean and Market Driven HE: After the Browne Report
Dr Steve MartinCoventry University
Introduction
• HE: the key changes• but what does it mean ?• what‘s sheep farming got to do with it?• HEI’s: the new ‘normal’?• manufacturing make-over• Lean by Design
HE: some of the key changes
• student fees capped but increased from £6-9k• teaching grant reduced• continued investment in STEM subjects• loans available to part-time students• private sector involvement• the 2-year degree• student numbers managed by entry points?• institutional HEFCE funding at course level• no capital funding
How might this translate
• higher student expectations• lower student numbers (14%) and income• regional recruitment• increase in learn-as-you-earn students• three teaching semesters• increased reliance on international student income• differential course pricing
‘Shear’ diversity
Farm shop
Rare breeds
Visitor centre
Conservationprojects
Speciality productsB & B
Eco-mower
Tea rooms
FilmExtras
HEI: the ‘new’ normal?
If we always do what we’ve always done, will we always get what we’ve always had ?
What about if we improve on what we’ve always done?
HEI: the ‘new’ normal?
WBL
Part-time
Applied research
Course focus E-learning
Overseascollaboration
Internationalfocus
FE/HEcollaboration
Consultancy
Private SectorCollaboration
Application of the Five Principles of Lean
• Identify Customers and Specify Value• Identify and Map the Value Stream• Create Flow by Eliminating Waste• Respond to Customer Pull• Pursue Perfection
• centres of excellence• ‘plant-within-a-plant’• product not process focus• customer focus• supplier partnerships• competitor collaboration
The Manufacturing Make-overOrganising for Lean:
Lean by Design:Creating the Future State
Facilitiesplanning
Celldesign
ActivityTiming
Logisticsscheduling
Sequencing &
balancing
Lean by Design:Creating the Future State
• order placement to payment speed• cash flow• inventory
Lean Thinking in the HE sector
• Long-term competitive strategy
One that provides improvement for the customer
• Short-term cost-cutting strategy
One that provides improvement for the provider
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