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Call to institutions to ‘bring to wider attention examples of innovation in the use of ICT’

Entries for the JISC/THES ‘Outstanding ICT Initiative of the Year Award 2007’ close this Friday, 29 June 2007. JISC is sponsoring the award 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 is open to all higher education institutions, teams or departments in the UK and will be presented at an event on the 29 November 2007.

The judges of the award are:

• Allison 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) 
• Sarah Porter - Head of Development, JISC
• Norman Wiseman - Head of Services and Outreach, JISC

Speaking to the Times Higher in May, 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.’

To submit an entry for the award, please go to: THES Award   

See also: Outstanding ICT Initiative  

For further information, please contact Philip Pothen