“Academic/Practitioner Knowledge Sharing inside Higher Education Institutions”

A brief overview – (we’re here to listen!)

Introductions • Julie Lister, Lecturer in HRM, University of

Westminster – j.lister@wmin.ac.uk

• Dr Kathryn Waddington, Director of Interprofessional Practice Programmes, School of Health Sciences, City University, London – (k.waddington@city.ac.uk)

“Academic/Practitioner Knowledge Sharing inside Higher Education Institutions” - Objectives

Identify examples of positive collaborations and knowledge sharing

Investigate organisational barriers to, and enablers of, such collaborations

Promote the potential benefits to HEIs that may not have considered this as an approach to helping them harness more of their collective talents

Disseminate examples of positive experiences and outcomesDistil and disseminate practical guidance on overcoming organisational barriers to collaborative working.

“Helping the HEI to access more of its collective talents”

• Potential for cost savings through optimisation of resources

• Improved working relationships with improved appreciation of academic/practitioner perspectives

• Enrichment of learning• Easier for some staff to relate to student

experience.

Professional Groupings• Those with directly corresponding academic

departments: Estates, HRM, IT, Law, Marketing

• Also cross-functional/disciplinary knowledge sharing

• Examples....

Approach• Return to original (SDP 1) sample to

establish similarities/differences between HRM & other groups

• Survey wider sample via on-line questionnaire with follow-up telephone interviews.

The Challenge• Identifying:

– professional groupings– target respondents

Discussion• Share examples of knowledge sharing from

Group members• Discussion of organisational factors

influencing selection of groupings and respondents.