Focus of consultancy
The consultancy operates in two areas: global initiatives with sector-wide impact and targeted support for individual organisations.
Global initiatives
Global initiatives aimed at informing and fostering positive change in higher education. Examples of current and recent projects are given below. The outputs and resources from this work are freely available for use, adoption or adaptation by anyone in the global higher education community.
Educational change in universities worldwide
Global studies exploring emerging challenges, effective practice and the changing landscape of higher education, to inform and support positive change in teaching and learning. Other work includes a national review of educational change in Chile.
Strengthening the reward of university teaching
The Advancing Teaching initiative, led by Ruth Graham, brings together a suite of global studies and resources aimed at strengthening the reward of university teaching in academic careers worldwide. Examples of this work are given below.
Targeted support
Targeted advice, support and research for individual organisations engaged in strategic review, reform and horizon scanning. The outputs from such projects are typically confidential. Examples of recent targeted support projects are provided below.
Other projects include reviews of educational reforms at TU/e (Netherlands) and UCL (UK), support for educational changes at PUC (Chile), and a review for MIT (US) of how university teaching is represented in global and national university rankings.