JISC is sponsoring an award this year which will showcase the most innovative and potentially far-reaching ICT initiatives across the UK. The award, one of the Times Higher’s 2007 Awards, will ‘recognise and reward an institutional ICT initiative which has demonstrated an innovative and strategic use of ICT in support of the goals of that institution.’

JISC sponsors Outstanding ICT Initiative of the Year Award

 

JISC is sponsoring an award this year which will showcase the most innovative and potentially far-reaching ICT initiatives across the UK. The award, one of the Times Higher’s 2007 Awards, will ‘ recognise and reward an institutional ICT initiative which has demonstrated an innovative and strategic use of ICT in support of the goals of that institution.’

The award, for which all higher education institutions, teams or departments in the UK are eligible, is now open for entries until 29 June 2007. The award will be presented at an event on the 29 November 2007.   

The judges of the award are:

  • Alison Allden Deputy Registrar & Director of Information Services, University of Bristol and Chair of JISC's Integrated Information Environment committee (JIIE)
  • Professor David Baker Principal of the College of St Mark and St John and Chair of JISC's Content Services committee (JCS)  THES institution of the year 2006
  • Sarah Porter Head of Development, JISC
  • Norman Wiseman Head of Services and Outreach, JISC

Speaking to the Times Higher this week, Professor Baker said: 'There is a need for good practice and examples of innovation to be more widely shared. With the THES awards having quickly become a showcase for some of the best and most exciting work being done in higher education, we hope this ICT award will likewise bring to wider attention examples of innovative and far-reaching uses of ICT.’

Gerard Kelly, Deputy Editor of the Times Higher and Awards director, thanked JISC for their sponsorship of the ICT award, saying: ‘Our principal aim was to raise awareness of and reward the huge contribution British universities make to the economic and cultural health of the country, one that in our view had gone largely unheeded. I am delighted to say that, with your participation and the backing of leading figures in Government, business and the higher education sector, we have begun to shine a light on a few of the many achievements that have made UK universities among the best in the world.’  

For further information on the Outstanding ICT Initiative of the Year Award, and to enter, please go to: THES Awards 

See also: ICT Award

For further information, please contact Philip Pothen

 

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