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Independent evaluation of HEFCE published
Created on: Sunday Feb 28 2010
Oakleigh's report to an independent review group examining the efficiency and effectiveness of HEFCE was published on 8th March 2010. Led by Andy Shenstone, Oakleigh's Director of education services, ...
Oakleigh and Vissap launch Realising QIPP Solutions
Created on: Wednesday Feb 17 2010
Realising QIPP Solutions is a transparent and structured approach to realising and implementing the QIPP agenda. Oakleigh Consulting and Vissap, in response to the increasing challenges within the hea...
Oakleigh partners with Inbuilt to evaluate the Revolving Green Fund for HEFCE
Created on: Friday Jan 15 2010
The Revolving Green Fund is a partnership fund between HEFCE and Salix Finance Ltd that aims to help higher education institutions in England reduce greenhouse emissions. £30 million is available from...
Oakleigh manages successful development and release of Scimorph for UK schools
Created on: Friday Jan 15 2010
Oakleigh Consulting was responsible for the Project management of the "Scimorph" application development. Along with partners Manchester Metropolitan University, who delivered Pedagogical guidance, an...
Lean Outcomes Framework to meet growing Public Sector demand
Created on: Tuesday Jan 12 2010
Following the recent launch of the Lean Outcomes Framework, interest and enquiry is increasing significantly across the spectrum of Public Sector organisations. Lean Outcomes Framework (LOF) is an int...
New Director appointed for Justice and Home Affairs
Created on: Thursday Jan 7 2010
We are delighted to announce that Francis Galliano has joined Oakleigh to lead and develop our work in the Justice and Home Affairs sector. Francis brings a wealth experience from both public and pri...
Higher Education - maximising your return in investment in major ICT systems
Created on: Tuesday Jan 5 2010
One of Oakleigh?s major areas of expertise is in maximising the return on investment our clients secure from major ICT systems. These include private sector firms, utilities, government departments, u...
Oakleigh partners Vissap in the delivery of the Lean Outcomes Framework with West Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust
Created on: Thursday Dec 17 2009
Vissap and Oakleigh have secured work to support West Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust in meeting the Quality, Innovation, Productivity and Prevention ( QIPP ) agenda, using the new Lean Outcom...
Oakleigh commissioned by NHS Plymouth
Created on: Monday Oct 12 2009
Oakleigh consultants have completed a Business Case for the replacement of the Patient Administration System at NHS Plymouth. NHS Plymouth is one of a very small number of combined mental health and ...
University of the West of Scotland engages Oakleigh to help develop ICT Strategy
Created on: Friday Oct 9 2009
The University of the West of Scotland (UWS) has engaged Oakleigh Consulting to help develop an ICT Strategy for the multi-campus University. ?We chose Oakleigh as our partner as they offer deep knowl...
BCS Health Scotland "Empowering Patients to gain more from eHealth"
Created on: Friday Oct 9 2009
Oakleigh attended a two day conference in Edinburgh on the clinical and patient portal. The Scottish Government Health Programme aims to improve patient care through advances in technology, resulting ...
Down your way.....
Created on: Monday Aug 10 2009
As the recession hits high streets across the country, the impact on local authorities? revenue can only get worse. Councils need to take stock of the situation and keep calm under fire, argue David W...
New senior appointment to Education team
Created on: Wednesday Jul 29 2009
We are delighted to announce that Julie Tolley has joined Oakleigh as a Principal Management Consultant to lead and develop Oakleigh?s work in the FE sector. Julie joins Oakleigh from Tribal Education...
Major report on Human Resource Management in Higher Education by Oakleigh just published
Created on: Wednesday Jun 17 2009
A major report by Oakleigh for the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) has just been published. The report found that there have been widespread improvements in human resources (HR) m...
Oakleigh subsidiary appointed to Health Sector Framework Agreement
Created on: Tuesday Jun 16 2009
Dbi Consulting (a major subsidiary of the Oakleigh group of companies) has been appointed by the Department of Health and NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency (NHS PASA) as one of the suppliers on the Co...
Getting the Most out of a Competency Framework - an article by Jo Potter
Created on: Wednesday Apr 29 2009
Jo Potter, Management Consultant, and Nick Cotter, Head of Organisational Development, Oakleigh Consulting Ltd. In this article, we examine the use of competency frameworks and their role in driving u...
Oakleigh appointed by CABE to support a project to define and document urban design competencies
Created on: Wednesday Apr 22 2009
Oakleigh Consulting has been appointed the Commission for the Built Environment (CABE) to support their project to define and document urban design competencies featuring the skills required to perfor...
Oakleigh subsidiary appointed to major Defence Framework
Created on: Wednesday Apr 15 2009
From 1 April 2009 Dbi Consulting (a subsidiary of Oakleigh) has become a supplier on the Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S) Framework Agreement for Technical Support (FATS/3 as it is more commonly kno...
Oakleigh launches new process review service for timetabling and resource scheduling
Created on: Friday Mar 27 2009
Oakleigh have developed a review service designed to ?heath check? existing practice in the area of university and college timetabling and resource scheduling, and provide practical recommendations le...
New study on timetabling for universities published
Created on: Friday Mar 20 2009
Oakleigh?s study into timetabling and resource scheduling for JISC has now been published through the JISC website. The study involved consultation with 59 institutions from across the UK HE and FE se...
Oakleigh launches a fixed price IT Governance Assessment Service
Created on: Thursday Mar 5 2009
Oakleigh Consulting?s Technology Division has recently launched a fixed price IT Governance Assessment Service. Whilst we have a very successful track record in developing, writing and implementing f...
Oakleigh now offers Agile methodology as part of its range of consulting services
Created on: Tuesday Jan 27 2009
Ivan Bartolo, co-founder of 6PM recently trained Oakleigh Consultants in Agile Methodology. A selection of consultants were trained in the 6 PM Delivery Framework consisting of Philosophy, Principle...
Oakleigh selected to produce guidance on senior appointments in Higher Education
Created on: Tuesday Jan 27 2009
Universities UK, Committee of University Chairs and GuildHE have appointed Oakleigh to update present management guidance on the appointment of senior managers in HE. The project is to take place bet...
ESRC consult on advice provided by Oakleigh on the future role of postgraduate training
Created on: Thursday Jan 22 2009
Following a report by Oakleigh and Postgraduate Directions to the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) on ?The Future Role of ESRC in Postgraduate Training: Developing the Evidence Base?, the C...
Report on identity management in lifelong learning published
Created on: Friday Jan 16 2009
This new report, just completed for JISC by Oakleigh, can be downloaded from here . Interested parties are encouraged to comment on the blog posting here . The purpose of the study was to describe c...
DFID framework provides ready access for all public sector clients to engage with Oakleigh
Created on: Wednesday Oct 8 2008
Oakleigh has recently been appointed to the UK Department for International Development (DFID) Information Systems Department (ISD) Framework for the supply of services including: Project management. ...