Timetable & Curriculum
Timetable Demand Analysis
Interrogate how effectively teaching space and staff resources are used across the academic year to surface cost inefficiencies and scheduling pressure points.
Optimising Performance Through Institutional Metrics Analysis (OPTIMA)
Our OPTIMA tool generates frequency, occupancy and utilisation figures from annual timetable data. By quantifying use across timeframes and institutional variables such as department and space type, it provides the interrogable evidence needed to challenge inefficient practices and balance estate demand with current supply.
OPTIMA breaks down estate usage by week, day and time and then by spacial categories to identify precisely when and where underutilisation or strain occurs. By pairing this with cost and energy data, institutions can develop targeted cost-saving and carbon-reduction strategies that align with broader sustainability goals.
You can't optimise what you can't see. Leverage our live-integrated connectivity with your existing timetabling software via API for real-time and historical analytical reporting. Tracking performance metrics moves you beyond guesswork and straight to the exact pressure points and spaces of latent potential where strategic interventions will drive the greatest reduction in estate costs.
Data-driven visualisations challenge practices that harm efficiency. Whether used standalone or as part of a wider strategic review, OPTIMA enables your institution to refine scheduling practices and policies, ensuring that resource allocation is smarter, fairer and most financially resilient.
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Project timeline
- Institution provides timetable & estate data Escentral provides guidance on required fields/format
- Analysts process the data
- Results report Power BI format; accessible on Escentral's Datahub platform (no license required)
- Results presentation Optional
