JISC Business and Community Engagement - Where are we now?
1. JISC Business and Community Engagement Benefits of Embedding BCE Simon Whittemore JISC Executive JISC Advisory Servicesâ Embedding Business and Community Engagement dissemination event 10 December 2009 http://www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/programmes/bce.aspx
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3. JISC Business and Community Engagement (BCE): Why? Wider benefits: Highly skilled, versatile workforce; innovative, sustainable business economy; cohesive and inclusive society. Institutional benefits Efficiency use of information + resources hence better effort-outcome ratio Cohesion cross-dept reporting, interoperability, cross-selling, shared purpose Sustainability market position, reduced gap: strategic intent-operational reality Policy-driven programme: e.g. Leitch, Innovation Nation, Foster, CBI HE Task Force Stronger Togetherâ, HE Framework âŠ.
4. Business and Community Engagement â Enabling effective interaction JISC: Supporting BCE, enhancing infrastructure and service-provision; overcoming barriers Virtual collaborative facilities for institution/ external partner co-development External access to HE/FE knowledge + information resources Service-orientated, interoperable systems to manage relationships + create business intelligence HE/FE KNOWLEDGE & EXPERTISE Education, Research BUSINESS & COMMUNITY DEMAND Problem/need or opportunity Engagement Practitioners Facilitation, Translation, Service ; Prognosis, diagnosis of opportunity, need
5. JISC Business and Community Engagement (BCE) Programme 2008-11â Streams and Key Work-packages CRM Employer E n g a g e m e n t Online Tools for BCE Embedding BCE Supporting Training & CPD Extending Access Mgt Business Info Resources Facilitating Open Innovation SME e-empowering VREs* for BCE *Virtual Research Environments Awareness in BCE in JISC Comms. & Marketing Needs Analysis Formative + Summative Evaluation Analysis of Online Promotion of Research Expertise 5 - EMBEDDING AND COMMUNICATING BCE 4 - ENABLING THE INTERFACE 3 - ENABLING CHANGE 2 - FACILITATING COLLABORATION 1 - ENHANCING KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT 6 - NEEDS ANALYSIS AND EVALUATION
1 - Supporting institutions in sustainable systems and ICT strategies for the enhanced management and exploitation of knowledge assets. 2 - Facilitate BCE collaboration and provision of service across and between institutions through enabling systems and technology. 3 - Supporting and guiding institutions in making the process and technological changes (driven by strategic goals) to sustain efficient, effective BCE. 4 - Enabling richer & more efficient, productive knowledge exchange & learning partnerships between institutions & BCE partners 5 - Ensuring internal change & education within JISC with aim of embedding BCE in its operations, in Innovation and Services 6 - Basis of evidence for investment and effectiveness of investment