Colleges ‘waste money’ on services_3
18 July 2012
Higher education’s £5 billion support-service budget is often poorly spent and presents huge scope for efficiencies, according to the author of a new report.
Robert Holmes, a former director of purchasing at the University of Glasgow who has been drawing up guidance for the Joint Procurement Policy and Strategy Group (JPPSG), told SM the sector had relatively poor standards of support-service buying.
Many universities are eight years behind best practice in the private sector, he added.
Guidance on the...