Consultancy

Our members have access to advice from our sector experts across Jisc, but sometimes you might need additional specialist input with a critical issue. 

Impartial advice and extensive hands-on support can enable you to identify issues, select solutions and find an optimal outcome.

As a member you can access inclusive practical support from our team of subject specialists.

This is designed to give you an informed, impartial insight into your current situation and practical recommendations to get you moving in the right direction.

Strategy

• Digital strategy review
  Assess digital strengths across your organisation as a first step to transforming student experience
• Developing a digitally-inclusive organisation
  Meet the digital needs of all students by putting inclusivity at the heart of your digital strategy
• Information law, data protection and governance
  Stay on top of the legal landscape - specifically designed for the needs of the education sector

Infrastructure

• Infrastructure review
  Ensure your IT systems can support your organisation’s vision.
• IT support skills audit
  A practical and impartial audit to help ensure you have a balance of skills in your IT team
• Applications review
  An in-depth assessment of your enterprise systems environment to help you target investment and deliver a digital vision
• Enterprise security review and risk assessment
  Get a wide-ranging overview of information security risks on your IT estate to spot gaps in your security and processes

Digital practice

• VLE review
  A strategic review of your VLE to help you take steps to improve the student experience
• Supporting the delivery of apprenticeships
  We can help identify your strengths and opportunities to improve the provision of digital technology to deliver apprenticeships

We can provide flexible, client-focused, mentoring-based support for times when a project calls for you to think in new ways about unfamiliar concepts.

Tap into the expertise of our subject specialists over an extended period of time to help you achieve your goals. 

Retained expertise
An expert critical friend and mentor, at hand when you need a guide, whilst keeping you firmly in the driving seat. Flexible and affordable support to suit your budget and needs 

We can offer specialist expertise in the technology that underpins education and research.

Cloud consultancy
Helping you use the cloud to achieve wider digital goals

Cyber security financial X-ray
Helping you assess levels of protection and identify vulnerabilities

Financial X-ray
Through detailed benchmarking against peers, compare and analyse the full cost of your IT services

Trust and identity consultancy
Targeted, bespoke support to help you make the most of our trust and identity services

Specialist training designed to help you develop in-house expertise.

See what our subject experts are talking about on our Jisc Involve blogs.

• Accessible organisations - a Jisc involve blog
  Supporting learning providers in creating inclusive teaching and learning experiences
• Inspiring learning - a Jisc involve blog 
  The world of technology as seen by Jisc's digital practice subject specialists