Disruption is the new buzzword in Higher Education. Whether through the march of regulation, the whims of government policy or through simple demographics and not so simple technology, many Universities are feeling disrupted. Things just aren't what they used to be. Things university staff knew for certain (such as poor pay and stable pensions) are now no longer so assured.
None other than Professor Clay Christiensen of Harvard Business School talks a lot about disruption and paints a picture of the corporate world that can very readily be overlaid on Higher Education.
Universities, with their visions of excellence, their efforts to achieve the highest goals have, sometimes, eschewed the disruptions in their own markets:
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Universities, with their visions of excellence, their efforts to achieve the highest goals have, sometimes, eschewed the disruptions in their own markets:
- Technology - "we're proud to be a campus university"
- Teaching specialisation - "we're convinced that the best researchers make the best teachers"
- Flexibility for students - "we're capturing all lectures as part of our digital strategy"
- Regulation - "we produce excellent REF and TEF submissions"
- Population diversity - "we are proud to have a widening access scheme that allows up to 10% of applicants to come from state schools"
- Focus on skills - "turning up to lectures is a key part of developing organisational skills"
- Impact - "just look at the number of firsts our students achieve"
To be continued...
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