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Change is all around us in the education sector. The pressure for change comes from all sides: globalisation, government initiatives, doing more with less, improving the quality of student learning and the learning experience, and the pace of change is ever increasing. Living with change and managing change is an essential skill for all.

Change is also difficult. There are many different types of change and different approaches to managing change. It is a topic subject to more than its fair share of management fads, quick fixes and guaranteed win approaches. Finding an approach that suits you and your situation goes to the heart of being an effective and professional manager in the education sector.

Introducing the new resource, Dr Gill Ferrell, Director of JISC infoNet, said: ‘Change is inevitable but it is still something that most people fear.  The JISC infoNet approach is based on the old saying “Tell me and I’ll forget, show me and I may remember, involve me and I’ll understand” and we’ve tried to highlight practical approaches people can use to create a change robust culture within a college or university setting.’

The latest infoKit on Change Management aims to help you in this challenge. This new resource, free to the education sector, is now available from the JISC infoNet website at: Change management infokit