Online Course
Timetabling Basecamp
Level 2
Ready to take the next step in your timetabling career? Then you’re in the right place!
Join us for a series of live and interactive workshops exploring timetabling best practice. You’ll problem-solve in real-time under the guidance of our experts, meet fellow timetablers and share expertise. Get ready to take your timetabling career to new heights.
The details
Course Timetable
See what's in store
Day 01
- Meet your fellow course attendees.
- Discuss approaches to timetabling policy.
- Explore ways of managing a team.
Day 02
- Dive into communication between you and your stakeholders.
- Focus on you, your team and how you fit into the big picture.
Day 03
- Understand curriculum data and its usage.
- Explore the complexity of curriculum structures.
Day 04
- Learn all about scheduling exams.
- Dissect different timetabling techniques.
- Unpack data collection best practice.
Day 05
- Understand data quality checking.
- Explore data auditing.
- Learn about different data reporting techniques
Day 06
- Focus on scheduling plan know how.
- Explore different allocation strategies.
Day 07
- Focus on timetabling publication.
- Learn about tackling post-publication changes.
Day 08
- Understand how to apply what you’ve learned to real-life situations in your role
- Create an action plan you can take away and implement

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Dates for your diary
Meet your facilitators
Amy Wareing
Amy has over 15 years experience in higher education timetabling and exam scheduling and have been a key participant of multiple projects. She enjoys creating straightforward solutions to complex problems. Amy is keen to share her knowledge and upskill timetabling teams so they are able to manage complex scheduling and problem solving
Lara Taffer
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Lara has over 5 years of experience working in the higher education sector, specifically within a Russel Group university, where she was focused on evolving, managing, and delivering the central timetabling service. She enjoys problem-solving and driving change where it will help institutions enhance student and staff experience, teaching delivery and institutional efficiency.
Louise Smith
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Being a Timetabling Basecamp alumna herself Louise knows her way around our courses. She's joining us this time as a facilitator to bring her wit and passion for data to our workshops. She's an experienced timetabler, data analyst and consultant. Always ready for a challenge, Louise is a force to be reckoned with.
Poliana Tavares
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With 15 years of timetabling experience Poliana is keen to share her own knowledge with others in the sector. A wizard when it comes to all things curriculum she loves a challenge as is a well praised team manager. She's a key member of the Escentral facilitators team and has been contributing to the success of out timetabling course portfolio as well as the Academy.
Samantha Kouchakji-Allen
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Sam has over a decade of experience in higher education timetabling, with half that decade spent managing a timetabling team. She consults on a wide range of timetabling and space planning projects, with a keen focus on developing strong stakeholder relationships in order to promote best practice and positive change within the timetabling environment. She enjoys problem solving and working collaboratively to create robust timetabling processes.
Svetlana Khalif
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Following her 28 years of timetabling and education management experience, Svetlana has a keen interest in creative solutions for complex problems. Acting as a link between the academic community, facilities management and other parts of the university administration, Svetlana is incredible at breaking down stereotypes and silos, and helping people to build positive and respectful working relationships at all levels in an organisation.
Take your timetabling skills to new heights!
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