Join us on the morning of Thursday 29 April to explore the purpose of and path to strategic workload planning and management.
The pandemic has sharpened the focus on workload planning and prioritisation issues, particularly but not exclusively, for academic staff. It has led to a series of questions for HEIs to consider including:
The timed programme will be added shortly.
UCEA members can book places via the tickettailor booking form
The pandemic has sharpened the focus on workload planning and prioritisation issues, particularly but not exclusively, for academic staff. It has led to a series of questions for HEIs to consider including:
- How can HEIs balance organisation-level needs with the reality ‘on the ground’ for staff having to reimagine and re-engineer teaching and learning delivery, yet still delivering everything on a ‘business as usual’ basis?
- Where do you start?
- Can workload planning solve every problem around workload allocation, management and prioritisation?
- What is the role of HR in the process and how does it dovetail with management practice?
- How do you bring trade unions, staff representatives and other stakeholders on board?
- What parts of the overall jigsaw puzzle need to be in place to achieve the greatest benefits for the institution and the individual?
- Is there a ‘one size fits all’ approach?
- What value is there in workload data and how can you use the data?
Speakers
- Professor Rob Briner, Professor of Organisational Psychology, Queen Mary University of London, from an evidence-based practice perspective, stimulate discussion through examining: 1. Our assumptions about the problems and opportunities workload planning and management aims to address (beyond getting the work done); 2. The extent to which they can and do address these problems and opportunities; 3. How, in principle, these practices can be improved.
- Paul Sheppard, Managing Director at Simitive will share an understanding of what workload planning and management means and involves from experience of working with over 50 HEIs across the UK. He will give insights into the breadth of approaches from across the HE sector, not from a ‘systems’ perspective, but from an institutional level strategic planning perspective.
- Professor William Leahy, Vice-Provost (Students, Staff and Civic Engagement) and Erica Moses-Neacy, Planning Officer (WAM Project Manager) at Brunel University London will take us through their own journey at Brunel, giving insight into the employee relations and ‘environmental’ issues that are a key part of gaining workforce buy-in to any workload planning process – essential if it is to provide benefits at institutional and individual level.
- Wesley Rennison, Director of Strategic Planning at the University of Dundee will explain the University’s approach to workload planning, including how it is aiming to use workload planning data to inform strategic level decisions on workforce issues, as well as address more immediate issues revealed as part of the process.
Dates and programme
This online event will take place between 10 am and 1 pm on Thursday 29 April.The timed programme will be added shortly.
Who should attend?
HR Directors, Deputy HR Directors, Planning Officers and other SMT and HR colleagues with strategic workforce briefs will all find this event of interest.Attendance fee and how to book
The participation fee is £149 per attendee place (VAT free) for UCEA members. When booking a place, you now have the option of paying online by credit card (note our online booking system indicates the ticket as £149). You can of course be invoiced for the £149 attendance fee (note our online booking system indicates the invoice ticket as £0, you will be invoiced for £149).UCEA members can book places via the tickettailor booking form
If you don't work at a UCEA member HEI then please contact us about booking places via events@ucea.ac.uk
If you have any queries about the event or wish to register your interest in attending future UCEA events looking at managing workload planning or management please contact events@ucea.ac.uk
