09 July 2014 
Dominic Fryer, Managing Director
The Higher Education Procurement Academy has worked with the City of Glasgow College to develop a series of online learning courses, specifically aimed at procurement. These courses are a great, cost effective way to develop the skills of a central procurement team and staff who are not part of the central team, but who have procurement in their role. On 30th July we will be launching 5 new e-learning courses:
1. Introduction to HE procurement
This course looks at the importance of effective procurement, processes and the spectrum of activities in HE, how to manage competition issues, the support mechanisms and considers how an HEI can focus strategically on procurement.
2. Legislative Changes – the Bribery Act
The key elements of the Bribery Act 2010 will be covered whilst looking at the type of potential corrupt practices that can impact on procurement, compliance issues, fraud and corruption best practices, anti-fraud policies as well as some case studies.
3. Supplier Due Diligence & Risk Management
Here we will concentrate on defining what is ‘due diligence’, the importance of reputational analysis and corporate social responsibility, then move on to look at commercial risk management within a procurement context and the fundamentals of post contract management.
4. Cost Modelling
Working round a typical procurement cycle, we consider the cost models and the range and benefits of each, we ask why understanding cost is so important, look at the cost models in relation to supplier delivery and finally at value chain analysis.
5. Spend Analysis - graphs to max/impact findings
In this course we look at the why, what and how of spend analysis, the different approaches to analysing spend, the key tools and techniques and how to present information on spend to internal stakeholders.
Each course is delivered in an interactive way, with a combination of slides, audio, video, interactive quizzes and links to valuable resources. It will be a great resource to any central procurement team but also anyone who has procurement in their role.
You see a selection of images from the course on the Bribery Act below:
What does it cost?
A 12 month institution licence for each module costs £160 and to purchase all 5 modules will cost £800 – please note this a licence for your institution, not per individual - meaning you can allow any number of your colleagues to access this tool. We hope that this allows as many people as possible who work with procurement to have access to this great learning resource.
There is also a special launch offer which giving you access to all 5 courses for the price of 4. This means your 12 month licence for all 5 modules will cost £640, but this offer is only open until 30th September 2014, so be sure to sign up now.
When can I access it?
The courses will become available on 30th July, but you can place your order now.
