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OPEN eprocurement: pilot schools’
perspectives on changing their current purchasing models
and systems
A panel of bursars and financial managers from a range of schools involved in piloting the DCSF’s eprocurement system give their views on using the system, how it might change current practice, and the barriers to change. This provides a unique perspective for any supplier considering opting into OPEN.
 Cost:
£495.00* (Dec 2007)
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ONLINE survey to Secondary Teachers:
The impact of changes to KS3 & KS4 Programmes of
Study
This report analyses the responses from teachers on the reaction to the new programmes of study; budget and purchasing implications of the changes; and also takes a look at changes to the national Gifted and Talented strategy.
Areas of investigation were clustered around the following issues:
- Which resources they currently
use to teach their subject, and whether they will
continue to use / supplement them.
- How the changes will impact
on the way in which they select resources.
- Delivery preferences, and
the importance attached to VLE compatibility.
- The importance of assessment,
content/ information, cross-curricular themes, creativity
and support for independent student work when making
purchasing decisions.
- Prioritising spend linked
to different types of resource.
- Gifted and talented initiatives,
and how these may affect purchasing decisions.
Cost
of report: £995*(Nov 2007)
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The impact of Virtual Learning Environments
and Learning Platforms in UK Schools
A panel of ‘expert’ stakeholders from LAs and schools across England comment on why some VLEs are winning big adoptions, the link between school takeup and authority recommendations, the issue of interoperability, and the relationship between content and VLEs.
Cost
of report: £295*
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Primary Headteacher panel: Review
of the impact of recent initiatives on purchasing priorities
Cost
£295.00*
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Harnessing Technology Survey - procurement mapping
This ongoing survey and research panel maps shifting
procurement behaviours and patterns across the UK and
the impact of VLE on these issues.
An annual subscription service to which new data is added
on a rolling programme and a cost effective way for clients
to map Local Authority activity.
Cost £4000* for an annual subscription with
login. Email Melissa
Mackinlay for further details.
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