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LEISHMAN management consulting |
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E-mail: consulting@leishmanmc.co.uk |
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Universities and Further Education Colleges
Assignment summaries:
- Assessing the market positioning of a small, specialist FE college and advising on strategic options.
- For the UK Higher Education Joint Costing & Pricing Steering Group, working (with J M Consulting) on the research costing aspect of the Transparency and Accountability Review to produce a system for HEIs to report the costs of research activities.
- Assisting in the preparation of a bid for start-up funding for Argyll College.
- For Scottish Enterprise, developing (with J M Consulting) a CPD programme for commercialisation practitioners in HEIs and research institutes in Scotland.
- For a Scottish university, job evaluation of the heads of support departments.
- Facilitating consideration of strategic options for the Board of an FE college and project management of a subsequent option appraisal of a prospective merger with a neighbouring college.
- Assessing the interest of Scottish universities in participating in a new collaborative environmental research centre to be developed from the Scottish Universities Research & Reactor Centre following decommissioning of its nuclear reactor
- Advising The Queen's University of Belfast on the preparation of its tender in connection with the contracting out by the DHSS in Northern Ireland of nursing and midwifery education.
- Preparation of a bid for ERDF funding for the new Faculty of Health Building at Glasgow Caledonian University.
- Assisting Glasgow Caledonian University with the preparation of its tender in connection with the contracting out by the NHS in Scotland of nursing and midwifery education, and project management of the subsequent contract implementation.
- For SOEID, in 1995, a study to determine the fixed element for incorporation into the formula funding methodology for Scottish FE colleges and, in 1998, a study of the costs of FE provision in remote, rural and islands areas of Scotland.
- Advising Heriot-Watt University on the positioning and role of the post of Head of the Finance Function within the senior management team prior to the recruitment of a new post holder.
- For the National Audit Office, reviewing a proposal from SHEFC to develop an asset management model for Scottish HE institutions.
- Review of the organisation and management of the administrative IT department of a Scottish further education college.
- Conducting a review of the management and organisation of the finance function in a Scottish further education college.
- Guiding the staff of a Scottish further education college through market research and the preparation of detailed marketing plans for two departments and for the college commercial activities unit with a view to skills transfer for onward cascade across the college.
- For the University of Strathclyde, strategic and financial review of the activities of the Faculty of Education and a review of options for the future provision of library services to overcome accommodation problems in the Library.
- For the Computer Board, a comparative review of the management and operations of the National Centres at the University of London Computer Centre and Manchester Computing Centre.
HOMEPAGE
Ralph Leishman
OTHER SUMMARIES
Scottish Executive, National Audit Office, NDPBs and Executive Agencies
Police Local Government
Private sector