Lean and Market Driven HE:
After the Browne Report
Dr Steve Martin
Coventry University
Introduction
• HE: the key changes
• but what does it mean ?
• what‘s sheep farming got to do with it?
• HEI’s: the new ‘normal’?
• manufacturing make-over
• Lean by Design
HE: some of the key changes
• student fees capped but increased from £6-9k
• teaching grant reduced
• continued investment in STEM subjects
• loans available to part-time students
• private sector involvement
• the 2-year degree
• student numbers managed by entry points?
• institutional HEFCE funding at course level
• no capital funding
How might this translate
• higher student expectations
• lower student numbers (14%) and income
• regional recruitment
• increase in learn-as-you-earn students
• three teaching semesters
• increased reliance on international student income
• differential course pricing
‘Shear’ diversity
Film
Extras
Eco-mower
Rare breeds
Conservation
projects
Speciality
products
B&B
Visitor centre
Tea rooms
Farm shop
HEI: the ‘new’ normal?
If we always do what we’ve always done, will we
always get what we’ve always had ?
What about if we improve on what we’ve always done?
HEI: the ‘new’ normal?
Part-time
Course focus
E-learning
WBL
FE/HE
collaboration
Applied
research
Private Sector
Collaboration
Consultancy
International
focus
Overseas
collaboration
Application of the
Five Principles of Lean
• Identify Customers and Specify Value
• Identify and Map the Value Stream
• Create Flow by Eliminating Waste
• Respond to Customer Pull
• Pursue Perfection
The Manufacturing Make-over
Organising for Lean:
• centres of excellence
• ‘plant-within-a-plant’
• product not process focus
• customer focus
• supplier partnerships
• competitor collaboration
Lean by Design:
Creating the Future State
Logistics
scheduling
Activity
Timing
Cell
design
Facilities
planning
Sequencing
&
balancing
Lean by Design:
Creating the Future State
• order placement to payment speed
• cash flow
• inventory
Lean Thinking in the HE sector
• Long-term competitive strategy
One that provides improvement for the customer
• Short-term cost-cutting strategy
One that provides improvement for the provider
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