For institutions where the work is already live and needs continuity rather than another review.
Outcome: sustained senior input across decisions, stakeholders, pilots and adoption, with the practical momentum that keeps live programmes moving.
Written for digital education leads, senior leaders, assessment and registry teams, programme boards and project teams coordinating academic, professional services, technical and supplier stakeholders.
What a fractional partner is
Some assessment and feedback projects do not need a full-time hire, but they do need continuity, senior thinking and practical momentum. Fractional support gives your institution an experienced external partner who can help shape decisions, translate between stakeholder groups, support implementation and keep the work moving.
The work sits at the intersection of academic practice, assessment operations, digital platforms and implementation. It connects the strategic and practical sides of change so that assessment, feedback, Moodle, AI and platform decisions become usable in real institutional contexts.
Who this is for
Fractional support is useful for:
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digital education teams delivering assessment or platform change;
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assessment, registry, quality or academic development teams working across complex processes;
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project teams moving from review into pilot or rollout;
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senior leaders who need constructive external perspective and practical support;
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institutions coordinating academic, professional services, technical and supplier stakeholders.
What this can include
Depending on scope:
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strategic advisory input and stakeholder facilitation;
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assessment, feedback and Moodle workflow review;
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decision papers, briefing materials and requirements review;
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pilot planning, adoption and training support;
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supplier and platform conversation support, with momentum between meetings.
Typical outputs
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Regular advisory sessions and stakeholder workshops.
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Decision papers and monthly priority summaries.
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Workflow and requirements review.
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Pilot and implementation planning.
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Adoption guidance, training and communication support.
Typical timeline
Usually 1 to 3 days per month for 3 to 6 months, depending on need.
The arrangement can also be shaped around a specific programme, pilot, procurement process, implementation window or adoption phase
What collaborators value
“Naomi brings energy and calmness to everything she does, engaging at level with external exec stakeholders whilst building immense trust with the people reporting to them.”
Anders Krohn, Co-founder and CEO, Aula Education
Across previous education, edtech and partnership contexts, feedback has named: the ability to complete complex work on time and with professionalism, trust-building across executive stakeholders and internal teams, calm facilitation of collaborative processes, ownership of complex workflow and quality-improvement work, and the ability to turn diffuse ideas into structured, useful experiences.
This matters for fractional support because the role is not only advisory. It depends on trust, continuity, careful judgement and the ability to keep different groups moving together.
What makes this different
Table 1: What makes this support different?
Need | How I support it |
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Academic and operational translation | Connect academic expectations, assessment processes, Moodle and platform realities, and professional services requirements. |
Workflow judgement | Look at where effort is being lost, where decisions are unclear, and where human judgement needs better support. |
Practical implementation | Support decision papers, requirements, pilots, adoption planning, staff guidance and training materials. |
Cross-stakeholder confidence | Work across educators, professional services teams, senior stakeholders, students and suppliers to keep the work coherent. |
AI-era clarity | Respond to AI pressure without treating AI as separate from assessment design, workflow, evidence and adoption. |
What this is not
This is not interim leadership and it is not a project management contract.
It is sustained senior input shaped around the live work, with the time, judgement and continuity to keep complex programmes moving across months rather than weeks.
Related work
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Discuss fractional support
If your institution needs ongoing support across a live assessment, feedback, AI or platform-change programme, I’d be glad to hear more.