Partnerships for Prosperity

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Partnerships for Prosperity Workshop One
WORKING COLLABORATIVELY
Case Study FdSc Health-Related Exercise and
Fitness
KNOW YOUR PARTNERS KNOW YOUR PRODUCT SHARE YOUR
KNOWLEDGE
Helen Whitrod Brown
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• SESSION AIMS
• To identify the key principles and components for
  effective collaboration
• To provide a forum for related discussion and
  debate
• To provide a cross collaborative view working
  collaboratively

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• SESSION CONTENT
• Introductions and welcome
• Brief overview of the FdSc Health-Related
  Exercise and Fitness
• Impactors on success
• Key principles
• Key components
• Useful contacts
• Panel question and answer session

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• Product development.
• FdSc Health-Related Exercise Fitness
• September 2000 - intention to bid for pilot funds
  as part of Consortium
• October 2000 - bid submitted to DfEE
• December 2000 - bid successful

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• FdSc Health-Related Exercise Fitness..
• January 2001 - 1st Employer Programme Planning
  Group meeting
• March 2001 - 1st Course Development Team meeting
• June 2001 - Course validated
• October 2001 - Collaborations validated
• October 2001 - Course recruited to three delivery
  sites
• September 2001 - Course Leader appointed LMU

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• FdSc Health-Related Exercise Fitness..
• May 2002 - Course Administrator appointed LMU
• May 2002 Bradford College validated
• September 2002 - recruitment targets LMU 40
  Thomas Danby 10 Dewsbury 10 Bradford 10.
  Progressing full time students _at_ 30

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Aim of the Foundation Degree be a valuable
contribution to the ladder of lifelong learning,
attracting people from different starting points
Finally, this new qualification will combat
social exclusion by providing a route into HE for
groups that are currently under-represented.
(HEFCE 2000)
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Gate
Keepers
Key Players
Key Partners
Programme Manager
Product
Knowledgeable Credible Connected Leader
Facilitator Manager
Powerful Strategic Political Agenda Driven
Empathetic Stakeholders Operational
Credible Experts
Challenged Averse to Risk Uninformed
Personal Agendas Change Shy
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Key Principles
Individual Organisational

• Credible
• Flexible
• Creative
• Committed (team/task)
• Valued
• Equal
• Open

• Facilitative
• Flexible
• Empowering
• Supportive
• Rewarding
• Owning
• Honest

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Key Components
Operational Strategic

• Elastic Resources
• Shared Expertise
• Shared Ownership
• Staff Development
• Open Communication
• Accepted Roles
• Catalyst for Change

• Realistic Resources
• Compatible Systems
• Flexible Structures
• Open Communication
• Clear Parameters
• Clear Accountability
• Empathetic QA

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Useful Contacts
www.lmu.ac.uk/foundation4success www.lmu.ac.uk/ces
/slss www.hlst.ltsn.ac.uk www.sprito.org.uk www.fi
a.org.uk www.sportscoachuk.org m.lawson_at_s-cheshire
.ac.uk philip.BREWINS_at_dfes.gsi.gov.uk
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PANEL MEMBERS
John Thorpe - SPRITO Sandra Burnhill - Dewsbury
College Jo Nicholls - David Lloyd Leisure Louise
Beaver - LMU Helen Whitrod Brown - LMU