Higher Education Consulting
brightspot, Buro Happold’s higher education consulting group, is on a mission to make colleges and universities more engaging and equitable.
From strategic conversations that set a new direction to implementing and assessing changes, we help institutions adapt to social, economic, technological, and demographic change and prepare for an uncertain future.
Together with our clients, we increase student success, improve research support, and enable staff productivity while making institutions more efficient and effective.
brightspot and Buro Happold’s interdisciplinary perspectives and independent advice enable clients to better analyze, plan, and operate their spaces, services, staffing, and systems.
Our Higher Education Consulting services include:
- Visioning and Strategic Planning
- Research and Engagement
- Space Programming and Planning
- Masterplanning
- Service Design
- Operational Planning
- Organizational Design and Development
- Change Management
- Student Experience Snapshot
- Communications Strategy
- Post-occupancy Evaluation
Putting student experience at the heart of our higher education consulting
We work closely with our clients, providing specialist services such as conducting research, developing strategic plans, designing student services, analyzing spaces and services, and programming and planning buildings and campuses. We also integrate complementary skills and services from Buro Happold in economics, analytics, technology, sustainability and engineering.
From work with nearly 100 colleges and universities, brightspot has developed expertise in the academic workplace, arts and culture, innovation labs, libraries and learning spaces, professional schools, and student services.
Our practical process combines quantitative and qualitative data, uses a participatory approach so people shape their own future, and enables continuous learning by applying design thinking to prototype, pilot, and scale up ideas.
To solve complex problems, our team brings together diverse disciplines, skills, backgrounds, and perspectives: space, social science, design research, business strategy, brand strategy, technology, and organizational change.
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