Prioritise systems integration to improve your financial health
A recent TimesHigher article exposed concern over the financial health of UK universities. Andrew McConnell, BUFDG chair is quoted as saying ‘There aren't many areas of our income that won't be of concern at the moment. You can look at every category and say there's an issue here that needs to be addressed in the next 12 months.’ Universities are... >>
Developers value to higher education
There is a great William Gibson quote, ‘The future is already here, it's just not very evenly distributed.’ I believe that working with developers to share experiences, ideas and expertise will help distribute those slices of the future that are carved out by innovative developers in individual institutions. Dev8D is Jisc's annual event for software developers working in higher education... >>
Partners raising our game, here on internationalisation
Sarah Porter gave account of the strategic pressures upon institutions in the Winter Edition of Jisc Inform . There is much to challenge us all, but Sarah’s message is clear, collaborate and make use of the technology potential. The 2011 Leadership Foundation summit, ‘Leading Internationalisation: Raising our Game’ emphasises the need to collaborate to achieve long term success in the... >>
Five factors for survival
First Browne, then the Comprehensive Spending Review, and with more reviews and uncertainty to come it’s easy to feel like the distraught lover in L'Âme Immortelle’s song – “life will never be the same again.” While this is de facto true it is certainly not the end! Higher education and research have been well funded over the past decade but... >>
Research in a climate of cuts
At a time of unprecedented budget cuts, what role do digital technologies play in securing a future for research? That was the key question posed by Jisc’s ‘Future of research?’ held at the Congress Centre in London last month. The headline answer to emerge was: by facilitating collaborations and by enabling more efficient and effective research. Some of the keynote... >>
An uncertain future: can technology help?
New politics, fragile economy, ageing student market, a society rapidly absorbing new technologies. Any one of these presents challenges to our sector, but together these form the complex reality of our working lives. So what? How can we respond to these pressures? What’s going to help us cope? Better still, how can we succeed? At Jisc we’re thinking about big... >>
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