Change Academy bid success

25 March 2009

The Project sits within the context of LJMU’s major Systems Development Projects Programme, which has the overarching objective of realising the benefits of our ICT investment through a focus on people and processes.

The panel of assessors at the Change Academy noted that our proposal ‘was clearly set out and will effect significant cultural and behavioural change for students and staff’.

The bid centres on the change management aspect of the Campus Solutions project, which focuses on Oracle’s next generation student records system, commended for its efficiency, ease of use and scope for self-service functionality – factors which will support the identified objectives of SERIG.

The major objective of the Campus Solutions transition is to achieve significant change in the way that students and in particular staff interact with Information Systems, enabling enhanced services through modern, direct delivery. This will represent a major cultural and behavioural change particularly for staff and through efficient, effective service delivery will maximise the resource that can be directed to customer-focussed, value-adding activities.

Participation in the Change Academy provides a great opportunity to enhance our change management capability not only in relation to the Campus Solutions project, but also for other projects within the Development Programme.

Change Academy is jointly sponsored by the Higher Education Academy and the Leadership Foundation for Higher Education. It is a year-long support programme which centres on a four-day intensive event in September.  It provides teams of up to 7 people with the tools, space and time to consider wide ranging and significant, strategic, and often emergent, change in their institution.

Related links:

• http://www.ljmu.ac.uk/serig/
• http://www.ljmu.ac.uk/NewsUpdate/index_98390.htm
• http://www.ljmu.ac.uk/developmentprogramme/
• http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/ourwork/institutions/change/2009