May 30

4 Reasons Why Timetabling Basecamp Will Supercharge Your New Starter's Progress

Has a new starter joined you timetabling team or are you thinking about adding a new team member to your department? Our Timetabling Basecamp  course will supercharge their journey to becoming an awesome timetabler!
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Timetabling is a balance between confidence and skills. With new timetablers on your team, it makes sense to give them a confidence boost with a course that introduces them to the challenges and complexities of timetabling but in a gentle and supportive way. 

Our Timetabling Basecamp is designed to do exactly that. Here's four reasons why it makes sense to sign up them to the next course!

#1 Master the timetabling principles

The complexities of timetabling are solved with the Timetabling Academy
For all timetablers, understanding the timetabling principles is key to making the right decisions and negotiating the best solutions. 

The course workshops have been created by experienced HE timetablers who continue to work within the sector today. 

Our facilitators guide each learner through the timetabling principles using collaborative activities. This method enables each learner to uncover the timetabling principles for themselves

All live workshops are recorded and supported by written guidance and along with fun quizzes, homework and presentation sessions, all students engage with a variety of learning solutions. We offer each a learner a complete learning experience, that will enable them to develop a detailed understanding of the key timetabling principles.

#2 Understand own ways of working

For new starters, learning how their new institution timetables is bewildering, especially if they are new to the HE world. 

Our facilitators understand this and will guide the learners through each topic. The self-led tasks that each learner completes between workshops focus on helping each learner to investigate their own institution's timetabling processes, relationships and deadlines. 

A great example of this, is the "Timetabling Cycle' homework task where each learner will be asked to map out their own institution's timetabling cycle using our Mural timetabling cycle template. They present this back to the group and field questions from other learners and the facilitator.

This type of active learning approach supercharges the learning process, enabling each learner to quickly gain a detailed knowledge on their own institution's ways of working.

#3 Communicate like a pro

Communication is key to timetabling success which is why a black telephone is in the image
Every timetabler must learn how to successfully communicate with a whole range of  personalities and seniority. This can be particularly daunting for those who are new to the timetabling and/or HE world!

Our Timetabling Basecamp training course includes workshops that focus on developing each learner's communication skills. During these workshops our facilitators will guide the learners through a range of activities, that will improve their understanding on how to effectively communicate, investigate and negotiate. 

#4 Learn from others

Timetabling professionals tend to work in a vacuum but at Escentral, we want to change that!

During the course, we use a range of interactive tools, such as Mural, as well as encouraging every student to get involved in every session. From smaller breakout groups to presentations, students share ideas around process know-how to best practice, to experience and problem solving.


And we keep this momentum! After the course is complete, the assignments assessed and the certificates sent out, we offer a Timetabling Basecamp catch up session. As well as reconnecting with their peers, students also engage with other students from previous cohorts. Guided by our expert facilitators, every student will walk away with something positive from these sessions.

And, we're developing a global community for timetabling professionals in the shape of The Timetabling Academy. This aims to connect professionals from HE timetabling from across the UK, Europe and beyond, as well as offering free-to-attend sessions for members that further support every timetabling professional, from new starter to super-experienced.

Ready to sign up?

If you're interested in enrolling your new starter on an upcoming Timetabling Basecamp course, you can do by visiting the course page (click here).

We are continually expanding our range of courses and enrolling online is simple and quick. Alternatively, contact our team [email protected]
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