Bid writing for the Jisc FE and Skills Programme Nigel Ecclesfield Programme Manager FE and Skills

Some statistics from Phase 1 100% of bids that were deemed out of scope had not consulted their RSC about the bid 100% of bids that scored below 50% had not consulted their RSC about the bid 100% of bids scoring over 70% had consulted their RSC 100% of successful bids had consulted their RSC

Issues Not reading call and responding to the detail e.g. Only 10% of bid for capital expenditure Insufficient attention to the context of the call e.g. Government policy documents Poor descriptions of how the work will be shared and relevance to other providers Not responding to each criterion or insufficiently clear as to why only one had been chosen Insufficient detail of activity and/or expenditure plans

Contacts Your JISC Regional Support Centre Find your RSC - http://www.jiscrsc.ac.uk/ Nigel Ecclesfield – Programme Manager nigel.ecclesfield@jiscadvance.ac.uk Mobile: 07508-531431 The Programme Wiki https://jiscsupport-feskillsdrp.pbworks.com/w/page/50869004/Overview (all current resources can be obtained from links to this page – you do not need to register to use or download anything on this site!) 4