Thanks for this comment and the discussion it’s generated! I’m afraid I don’t have time to give as detailed response as I would like, but here are some key considerations:
In terms of selecting focus universities, we mentioned our methodology here (which includes more than just university rankings, such as looking at alumni outcomes like number of politicians, high net worth individuals, and prize winners).
We are supporting other university groups—see my response to Elliot below for more detail on CEA’s work outside Focus universities.
You can view our two programmes as a ‘high touch’ programme and a ‘medium touch’ programme. We’re currently analysing which programme creates the most highly-engaged EAs per full-time equivalent staff member (FTE) (our org-wide metric).
In the medium term, this is the main model that will likely inform strategic decisions, such as whether to expand the focus university list.
However, we don’t think this is particularly decision-relevant for us in the short term. This is because:
At the moment, most of our Focus universities don’t have Campus Specialists.
You don’t need to have gone to a Focus university to be a Campus Specialist.
So we think qualified Campus Specialists won’t be limited by the number of opportunities available.
Thanks for this comment and the discussion it’s generated! I’m afraid I don’t have time to give as detailed response as I would like, but here are some key considerations:
In terms of selecting focus universities, we mentioned our methodology here (which includes more than just university rankings, such as looking at alumni outcomes like number of politicians, high net worth individuals, and prize winners).
We are supporting other university groups—see my response to Elliot below for more detail on CEA’s work outside Focus universities.
You can view our two programmes as a ‘high touch’ programme and a ‘medium touch’ programme. We’re currently analysing which programme creates the most highly-engaged EAs per full-time equivalent staff member (FTE) (our org-wide metric).
In the medium term, this is the main model that will likely inform strategic decisions, such as whether to expand the focus university list.
However, we don’t think this is particularly decision-relevant for us in the short term. This is because:
At the moment, most of our Focus universities don’t have Campus Specialists.
You don’t need to have gone to a Focus university to be a Campus Specialist.
So we think qualified Campus Specialists won’t be limited by the number of opportunities available.