Hi! I have just joined the incredible MAfS team at City, University of London. I will be working on embedding change and supporting projects transition to business as usual for the next month, mainly ensuring that the university staff and… Continue Reading
Lessons learned are an opportunity to take a step back and look at the factors that contribute to the success of a project, as well as what we can change or do differently to ensure that it runs smoothly. This is instrumental to the continual improvement approach taken by the MAfS team, ensuring… Continue Reading
The MAfS Team have been hard at work setting up and implementing the new student and staff communications platform – Poppulo, which is a part of the Student Communications project. Damian, Yusuf and Mariana from MAfS worked alongside colleagues from Marketing and External Relations at City including… Continue Reading
The MAfS Team have been busy as of late conducting training sessions for staff from across Schools as a part of the Personalised Timetables (PerTi) Project. The training has been focussed on using the Enterprise Course Planner tool (ECP) which is used… Continue Reading
In this post, Graeme reflects on his experience as an Assistant Business Analyst with the MAfS team. We would like to congratulate Graeme for his new role and thank him for his invaluable contribution to the MAfS projects. We will… Continue Reading
All good things must come to an end, but I would be remiss to leave City this Friday without stopping to express my gratitude towards everyone I encountered during my time here. I figured it would be interesting to start by reflecting on… Continue Reading
In September 2019, we rolled out the Personalised Timetables (PerTi) and Student Engagement and Attendance Monitoring (SEAM) projects to more students across City as part of a second pilot. In September 2020, we had planned to extend the projects to full rollout, encompassing all undergraduate and some nominated… Continue Reading
MAfS team members know that summer is the perfect time to go for a walk on the beach, head out to a beer garden, finally build that DIY shed and… yes, user acceptance testing (UAT). While other summer activities may be disrupted by social distancing,… Continue Reading
We are happy to introduce John who has joined the Modernising Administration for Students team from the CLS for a period of 6 months, where he was the course officer for the Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL) and Graduate Entry… Continue Reading
The MAfS team often uses workshops as a tool to tap into the collective wisdom of a project team or a group of stakeholders involved in a project. While we usually rely on face to face workshops and make use of flipcharts, pens and… Continue Reading