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Head of labour market intelligence

I am the in-house specialist on the graduate labour market. I research and analyse all things to do with post-18 employment, including regional economies, skills supply and demand and postgraduate issues, usually with a careers and employability perspective.

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The graduate labour market hasn’t fallen off a cliff. It’s simply adjusting to a slower, more constrained economic environment.

A cooling not a collapse: Graduate Outcomes 2023/24

Liam Earney

Managing director HE and research, and executive director of digital resources

I am managing director of higher education and research at Jisc and lead HE member engagement through and with Jisc’s account management team.I am accountable for our HE and research strategies and their implementation. This includes engaging with senior sector stakeholders and, internally, working closely with Jisc’s product directorates to ensure we meet sector needs. Alongside my role as managing director I am responsible for Jisc’s digital content and software negotiations, its provision of discovery services and its work in open research. My particular interest in the development of partnerships and collaborations at Jisc has seen me work with tertiary education, funders, cultural bodies, international organisations and the health sector to improve access to knowledge and information to support education and research.

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For a decade, our annual leadership survey has tracked how the sector’s challenges are evolving and how leaders perceive our role in responding to them.

What we learned from our tenth higher education sector leadership survey

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Chief financial officer

I have responsibility for the finance and procurement teams who work across all areas of Jisc.

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In 2024, we joined other higher education and research sector bodies in a call for support from software suppliers in the face of mounting financial pressures on the sector. Nicola Arnold, Jisc CFO, reports on progress.

A sector call to software suppliers for collaboration: an 18-month update

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Head of technical delivery, cloud and cyber, Jisc

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We can help you realise the full potential of your cloud platforms to reduce both costs and risk.

How addressing the cloud maturity gap can strengthen your institution

Phil Richards

Chief technology officer, Data

Phil is a pioneer of new national data-driven Jisc services, such as learning analytics. He is a skilled deliverer and plays a key role in helping to transform the Data Futures programme with HESA. He is a national thought leader, contributor and steering group member to the APPG Data Analytics report ‘Trust, Transparency and Technology...’, and among the first to recommend a national AI register.

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Findings from the Know Your Student survey highlight progress and ongoing challenges in using data to support student success and wellbeing. Includes discussion of suicide.

Seeing the whole student: what the Know Your Student survey reveals

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Director of sector security, Jisc

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A year after launching our security operations centre (SOC), David Batho, our director of security, reflects on the anniversary and looks ahead.

A year of Jisc's SOC – what we’ve achieved and learned through 12 months of protecting the sector

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Senior consultant, digital capabilities, Jisc

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How can universities use insight to help students develop the digital skills they need to succeed in virtual internships and the graduate job market?

Building digital skills for internship success in a changing graduate landscape

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David Batho, director of security at Jisc, shares advice for tertiary and research institutions and their leaders on staying resilient in uncertain times.

Staying resilient in uncertain times

Verena Weigert

Product and portfolio manager (research and innovation strategy)

I am a product and portfolio manager and work on the implementation of the Jisc research and innovation sector strategy.

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What recent sector discussions highlighted about the role of master data management.

Improving the reliability of research management data across the sector

Victoria Moody

Director, higher education and research

I focus on the design and delivery and implementation of Jisc’s higher education and research strategic themes, supporting Jisc to deliver a sustainable support and services across higher education and research supported by diverse revenue streams and partnerships. My role involves senior engagement across Jisc, and with higher education, research and professional leaders in the UK and internationally. I’m also co-investigator and deputy director of the UK Data Service.

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Why addressing long-standing technical legacy is now essential to the higher education sector’s resilience, efficiency and ability to innovate.

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