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06 — Flagship project

Excellence Cells

An Excellence Cell is not a project IPEC runs inside an institution. It is a standing capability the institution owns.

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Stage
Pilot
Geography
Geography to be confirmed
Partners
No partner announced
Domains

Lifecycle position

  1. 01

    Idea

  2. 02

    Research

  3. 03

    Pilot

  4. 04

    Implementation

  5. 05

    Measurement

  6. 06

    Knowledge Capture

  7. 07

    Publication

  8. 08

    Scaling

01 — Problem statement

What this project exists to address.

External improvement programmes end. The capability they created usually ends with them.

Institutions need a permanent internal home for improvement work — with named people, a meeting rhythm, a project portfolio and an annual account of what changed.

02 — Objectives

What the project sets out to achieve.

  • 01Establish self-sustaining Excellence Cells across schools, colleges, universities and research institutions
  • 02Train institutional coordinators
  • 03Facilitate the institution's own improvement projects
  • 04Conduct institutional assessments and support benchmarking
  • 05Document best practices and build regional networks
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Target beneficiaries

  • Schools
  • Colleges
  • Universities
  • Research Institutions
  • Teacher Education Institutions
  • Healthcare Institutions
  • Libraries

06 — Measurement

How progress on this project will be judged.

These measures are defined before implementation, so that the project can be evaluated on its results rather than its activity.
  • Excellence Cells established
  • Coordinators trained
  • Improvement projects completed by cells
  • Annual institutional excellence reports published
  • Institutions participating in regional networks

Awaiting publication

Impact data will be published as implementation progresses

The Council does not attribute outcomes to a project until they have been measured against a defined baseline. When results exist for this project, they will appear here and on the Impact page — including any that fall short of what was hoped for.

07 — Resources

Publications and downloads from this project.

The Knowledge Hub
  • Excellence Cell Establishment GuideIn preparation
  • Coordinator HandbookIn preparation
  • Institutional Assessment TemplateIn preparation
  • Annual Excellence Report TemplateIn preparation

Photographs and video

Awaiting publication

Programme photography

Documentation photography from this project will be published here, with the consent of participating institutions and in accordance with the Council’s Child Safeguarding Policy.

Awaiting publication

Recordings

Session recordings and explainers will be published in the media library as they become available.

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Collaborate

Work with IPEC on Excellence Cells.

Institutions, government departments, CSR partners, researchers and volunteers all have a route into this work.

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