FBMH Collaborative Timetabling 2023/24

How will collaborative timetabling work?

Collaborative timetabling is being introduced through the University's Timetabling Project to align various timetabling processes across the three Faculties to produce a consistent, fair, clash free timetable for both students and staff.

The Faculty Scheduling Team will work closely with FBMH Schools to determine the structure of taught activities for our programmes and with People and Organisational Development to gather data on flexible working arrangements. Once this information is combined, the Faculty Scheduling Team will determine when and where a taught activity can be scheduled, taking into account other factors such as the University estate. The aims of the project include:

• Giving all students and staff complete, accurate and up-to-date personal timetables
• Greater utilisation of our available Estate and fairer access for all areas
• Ensuring a clash-free timetable for staff and students which reflects current working arrangements and minimises travel between classes
• Delivering a finalised and settled timetable earlier in the year and reducing the number of unnecessary mid-term changes to timetables to minimise disruption for students
• Creating a repository of timetable data to be used each year to reduce the amount of time required to be spent on data input by Teaching and Learning staff

As the project progresses, faculty specific details on processes, timelines, guidance, FAQs and contacts will be published here on the FBMH Collaborative Timetabling page.