Informed academic staff performance evaluation: A holistic approach

Introduction
Pressure on academia to reduce costs is increasing, while still high productivity and optimal results in research and higher education are expected and even enforced by national evaluation frameworks. This forms the backbone of the digital transformation movement i.e. efficiency to ensure increasing number of internal and external requirements can be met.
So higher education institutions should – amongst other things – constantly review staffing levels for efficiency and the best possible use of available resources.
Failure to do so not only results in escalating costs and inefficiencies, but also means missing the opportunity to attract and retain only the best minds and talents.
However, as urgent as it may be, this exercise is highlighting serious challenges – such as lack of integrated processes and efficiency gathering the required information, lack of reliable data on staff workload and productivity or lack of transparency when it comes to decisions being made.
In this Webinar we would like to show you, how to efficiently review staffing levels based on reliable data in order to untap your full research and innovation potential despite tight resources.

Structure evidence

Overview of decreased R&D spend in the EU (infographic and other evidence)
Fragmented IT eco-systems make centralizing data inefficient and prone to flaws
Data has not been recorded/archived in a centralized place including all relevant data for academic staff to cover research, teaching and services making tracking of performance in a digitized solution difficult
Inefficiency in processes puts pressure on both academics and centralized administrators alike creating frustration

Introducing Interfolio

Data gathering strategy
Storing data in an integrated solution with automation (FAR)
Ensuring proactive reviews and workflows in a centralized workflow tool and archive ensuring evidence is tracked and available to back up decision making processes