The manchester college presentation

Background

The Manchester College is one of the largest general further education colleges in the UK and Europe

The Manchester College Group is the trading name for the organisation, reflecting the scale and breadth of activities, which

includes the offender learning division and training operation

The Group currently offers education and training to over 80,000 students, delivered by 5,500 staff, and covers vocational sixth

form education, A-levels, Apprenticeships, work-based learning, foundation learning, adult education, offender learning, higher

education, and corporate training

The Manchester College Group has sites across the city of Manchester plus a national profile through its offender learning

and MOL divisions. The organisation is the market leader in offender learning in England and a significant deliverer of

flexible or blended learning around the country

A group of organisations and businesses

Pre –

School11-16 16-18 Adult Learner

Apprentice-

ships &

EBT

Higher

Education

300Own nursery provision

400 At college.1000 at MCMA/Studio School

5,700 All quals

ESOL, Functional Skills & PFU

to

Access to Medicine and Dentistry

Multiple Frameworks,

myriad of options.

Short courses. Trade

skills update.Driving,

Cisco, Microsoft, CIM,

Ilex & more

1,500 mostly validated by Salford

2,600 2,200

Offender

LearningMOL

Prisons, Probation, Justice sector

CIPD, Mgt, Property, EngineeringL5-L7

Commercial and/or tendered activities

A social enterprise circa £170m T.O. 4800 employees

Manchester16 Campuses43 Buildings

MOL Delivery

OLASS Delivery

Local HQNational delivery

Project background

Purpose

To facilitate access to Management Information System reports across The Manchester College in order to enable the timely production and review of KPIs. To help users distinguish between EIS (Executive Information System) and other sources of more detailed management data supported by other systems.

To make business reporting simpler and more effective

ScopePhase 1 to include college-based provision in scope of inspectionPhase 2 to include all TMC provisionUser access for all Curriculum teams, Governors, Exec, Principalship and SMT

Deliverable / Outcomes Implementation of the Dynistics dashboard across the business to monitor performance on a range of KPIs.

Objectives

• scope the project

• determine the requirements and key drivers

• research and procure a management analysis software solution

• work with the software provider to tailor the software to meet TMC’s requirements

• ensure interface with Management Information Systems to make the end result as “real time” as possible.

• roll out the solution across the college

• devise a training programme to ensure employee engagement

• measure the impact of the project

• set up a process for allowing continuous improvement

Benefits of dashboard

Business Performance TrackerDashboard provides proactive alerts to potential business issues, performance shortfalls, trends and prompt timely interventions.

Data ConsolidationDashboard brings together information from multiple sources, such as accounting software, Learner Records systems, HR and payroll to provide a single, consolidated view of key management information.

Performance VisualisationAnalysis made simple by providing a visual, interactive and easy-to-understand dashboard view of relevant information required for faster, more accurate decision-making.

Performance ImprovementDashboards improves individual, team and organisational performance by empowering employees with the most relevant information they require for enhanced decision-making.

Governors dashboard

Benefits to business

Gained Ofsted grade 2 by driving continuous improvement in teaching & learning and financial stability

Up-skilled project staff (SQL coding), building capacity within the MIS & Finance Team to develop online solutions for the future

Enhanced Governors and Executive Team’s understanding of key risks and financial health, creating more challenge from the Senior staff

Improved use of Board time focusing on strategic analysis as opposed to detailed reporting of issues which had previously been covered

Saved time by: removing the need for bespoke reports, making reports quicker to read and interrogate, and making report production and distribution quicker and cheaper

Standardised reporting; all staff are now using the same data, resulting in reduced discord in information

Business Finance award nomination 2015 in recognition of enhanced reporting accossthe college.

Business Finance Awards 2015