Oakland Everything Data is supporting the University of Leeds in transforming data across the university.
Working closely with Cathy Arnold, the university’s head of data services, Oakland has supported the university in developing a clearer understanding of its data landscape, aligning activity with its broader academic and organisational strategy.
“Oakland has supported us with mapping our current student and curriculum data landscapes and helping us prioritise work to improve how we manage and use data to enhance insight and analysis of the student experience,” said Arnold. “Through our lighthouse projects, we have been able to develop repeatable patterns for data products, making the rollout of new and innovative solutions more efficient as we build up our catalogue.”
Over the past two years, the University of Leeds has built an enterprise data platform and developed a range of data products supporting student experience, research and health data work.
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Implementing a data strategy to “organise the intellectual, operational, digital and physical assets to enable our talented, diverse, digitally-literate, collaborative and empowered community to deliver our academic ambition, and underpin our sustainable societal impact.”
Oakland is continuing to support Leeds University in understanding the balance needed between people, process and technology as it moves into the next stage of digital transformation, and the data literacy agenda.
Libby Plowman, Oakland data consultant, added: “We’re so proud to be working with the University of Leeds on their data strategy, governance, and modelling, helping them to create ‘a single version of the student’ that delivers trusted insights to shape student success. Our close partnership, strengthened by our shared roots in Leeds, has enabled genuine collaboration. The University has also been a key supporter of The Data Crowd, helping to cement Leeds’s position as a leader in digital and data innovation.”
Leeds-based Oakland is a consultancy focused exclusively on liberating and activating data to help transform and grow businesses by giving them access to the latest skills and technology. It works with data, IT, and business leaders from VC-backed start-ups to some of the UK’s largest organisations.
