All staff event - 25 March 2024

Warwick Transformation is about taking the University into the future - for all of us. Keeping everyone up to date on what’s happening and hearing people’s views is therefore crucial.

That’s why it was so great that over a hundred colleagues from across the University attended the all staff event on Monday 25 March. Attendees heard about the work currently underway in Finance & Procurement, HR, IDG, Research & Education and Student Services, and learned about some of the exciting changes that have been implemented in IDG.

If you missed it this time, let’s get you caught up…

Design Updates

James Alexander, Transformation Director, opened the event with updates on progress and next steps.

• IDG is the furthest along in its transformation journey and fast approaching the second phase of implementation. This will commence from July and will involve moving to agile ways of working and making changes to the training offer, among other things.
• Both the Finance and Procurement teams are each at the final stages of design. The Design Board is refining the recommendations and proposed changes ahead of sharing this information with the Design Authority for consideration.
• Human Resources is at the stage of identifying some key focus areas ahead of building their delivery plan.
• Research, Education and Student Services are all in the first few weeks of the design phase. Design working groups are meeting regularly to build a picture of current processes and wider academic and student input is being sought through interviews and workshops.

Bitesize Implementation Examples from IDG

We then heard from Kim Dalziel, Director of Portfolio Delivery in IDG. Kim shared more information on what moving to a ‘product and agile approach’ meant for team structures and ways of working. They have been undertaking work to ensure that it’s aligned to key service areas, for example, the student lifecycle and digital communications channels, so that the products and projects delivered give new capability to those who use them. Alongside, IDG is making sure that people have the right tools and skills in place to support new processes and tools.

Simon Stearn, Chief Data Officer, then discussed some of the exciting work underway with Warwick Data Labs. One of the focus areas is to improve Warwick’s HESA (Higher Education Statistics Agency) reporting. Providing this information annually is a regulatory obligation, so finding ways to improve the process will be a measurable benefit. Simon explained that automatically tracking errors as they enter the system will have a positive impact on data quality and resourcing.

Thank you to all those on the call who shared their views and comments on what they would like to hear more about Warwick Transformation. We use this feedback to guide the content for future events.

Our next all staff event will take place at 10:00 on 30 April. Registration for all future events can be found on the Events page.

All staff event - 22 January 2024

On 22 January, 145 staff joined the monthly online call to hear updates from IDG, Library, Finance & Procurement, and HR. While there was diverse representation from across the University’s academic and professional services teams, not everyone could make time for the live call. For those who couldn’t be there, a summary of the event can be found on the Key Updates page and you can click on the image below to view the slides shared at the event.