Verena Weigert

Product and portfolio manager (research and innovation strategy)

Persistent identifiers blog feature

Persistent identifiers are now an established part of the research landscape, but realising their full value will depend on how effectively they are integrated across the research ecosystem.

What’s next for persistent identifiers in research?

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Director, digital leadership and transformation, Jisc

Sarah Knight

Power of collaboration blog feature

Global collaboration is helping universities navigate AI, digital equity and transformation while building more inclusive and accessible learning experiences.

The power of collaboration in a global digital community

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Director of networks

Neil Shewry

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Explore key thoughts and takeaways from Networkshop 2026.

Building secure, resilient and future-ready networks

Dan Hughes

Digital leadership and culture programme lead

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How do organisations move from frameworks and plans at leadership level to real impact in classrooms, services and student experience?

Turning digital leadership into student impact

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Head of business intelligence data analytics

Kathryn Heywood

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With the first pilot complete, analysis is moving beyond initial findings to explore how institutions are using early student insight to shape support, transition and learning.

From insight to action: what we’re learning from the pre-arrival questionnaire pilot

Rhys Daniels

Director, Wales at Jisc

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Our Welsh engagement forum brought together education leaders to discuss key themes including collaboration, financial pressures, and the role of AI in education.

Collaboration, capacity and how AI is in every conversation

Paul Knee

Head of protective services, Jisc

When is a SOC blog header

Security operations centres (SOCs) are a vital weapon for education, research and the public sector against the potentially devastating impact of cyber breaches, but a service marketed as a SOC may not be what it seems.

When is a SOC not a SOC – and how can you tell?

Becki-Vickerstaff

Higher education senior consultant, Jisc

Dr Becki Vickerstaff

Act now digital capability blog header

Start now to strengthen the teaching, learning and employability outcomes that will matter most for future TEF assessments, beginning with your next student intake.

Act now: building digital capability to support success ahead of TEF 2027

David Patterson

Head of international, Jisc

Digital sovereignty blog header

Digital sovereignty is a fast-growing concern for education and research – and an emerging topic at TNC26 last week where the international National Research and Education Network (NREN) community has been exchanging perspectives and approaches.

International approaches to digital sovereignty

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Head of research, Jisc

Sara Moverley

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UK universities face growing uncertainty in research infrastructure planning, where confidence in decision-making matters as much as the technology choices themselves.

Research infrastructure: why confidence, not technology is the real challenge

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Sarah Knight, our director of digital leadership and transformation, reflects on the key themes of the fourth series of our demonstrating digital transformation events.

Jisc's demonstrating digital transformation series: the importance of putting people at the heart of change

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Head of labour market intelligence

Charlie Ball

Graduate Outcomes blog header

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

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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

Nicola Arnold

A sector call blog header

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

Neil Sayer

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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

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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

David Batho

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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

Mike Cameron

Building digital skills for internship success blog header

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

Staying resilient blog header

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

Research management data blog header

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

Technical legacy blog header

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

Technical legacy: the burden the sector can’t afford to ignore

Michael Webb

Director of AI

Preparing for a post-web world blog header

We look at the actions institutions should start taking as artificial intelligence shifts from answering questions to taking action, and how systems and governance need to evolve in an agent mediated future.

Preparing for a post-web world: when AI becomes the interface

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Cloud managed services manager, Jisc

Richard Bailey

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Discover how governance, financial visibility and sector collaboration can turn cloud adoption into a strategic, cost-optimised institutional capability.

Are you getting the most from your AWS spend?

Paul McKean

Director of further education, skills and training

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At Jisc’s England engagement forum, senior HE and FE leaders came together to explore priorities, tackle challenges, and discuss how we can best support you and the wider sector.

England engagement forum: addressing needs and challenges in higher and further education

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Why we’re sharing this roadmap now, and how your insight will help us shape its next phase.

Introducing Jisc’s library portfolio roadmap

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UK managing director, further education and skills, nations, advice and training

Robin Ghurbhurun

Protecting what we love blog header

When colleges invest in people, they build the digital confidence, trust and partnerships that help their communities thrive in a rapidly changing world.

Protecting what we love: strengthening the communities at the heart of our colleges

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The opportunities and challenges of collaboration between institutions were a recurring theme at the recent Independent Higher Education (IHE) Annual Conference, sponsored by Jisc.

Should independent higher education institutions develop strategies to compete - or collaborate?

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Head of analytics, Jisc

James Hodgkin

Building a business case for learning analytics blog header

I’m concluding my two-part blog series reviewing what you need in the business case for your project, to make it an established part of your organisation’s business-as usual.

Building a business case for learning analytics: securing stakeholder engagement and ongoing support

Cyber security threat predictions blog header

Cyber threats affecting the UK education and research sector continue to evolve, but the pace of change is increasing, driven by geopolitical instability, rapid adoption of artificial intelligence (AI), and the growing professionalisation of cyber crime.

Cyber security threat predictions for 2026: what we’re seeing and why it matters

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Senior sector specialist (digital transformation)

Elizabeth Newall

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Insights from our sector-wide study of transnational education (TNE) show how digital access and student voice are central to delivering equitable global learning.

Delivering digital equity in transnational education

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Business intelligence and surveys consultant, Jisc

Dominic Walker

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Colleges and universities continue to invest in digital infrastructure, yet Jisc insight shows that confidence and capability now determine whether staff and students can learn, teach and work effectively.

Building digital capability: putting people before platforms across FE and HE

Building your business case blog header

Implementing learning analytics requires buy-in and resources across your organisation. I’ve worked with our sector experts on a two-part blog series to prompt the conversations for building your business case.

Building your business case for learning analytics

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Vice-chancellor, Swansea University (chair of Jisc's board of trustees)

Professor Paul Boyle

Cyber secure international travel blog header

International travel is necessary as UK universities and researchers continue to make their mark on a global scale, but it presents a heightened cyber security risk.

Cyber-secure international travel: why senior leaders need to take a role in mitigating this risk

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Head of learning and teaching - licensing, Jisc

Jonathan Hofgartner

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Head of learning technology and digital learning at NCG

Rob Wraith

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AI is reshaping how content is created, discovered and used, and that means the way we think about learning resources in FE needs to evolve.

What’s next for digital learning content in FE?

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Director of procurement and supplier management

John Shaile

Sector driven software procurement blog feature

Software procurement across higher education is becoming more complex by the month. Costs are rising, markets are consolidating, and institutions are being asked to do more with less.

Sector-driven software procurement

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Product manager, commercial - data analytics and student services

Scotty Dixon

Postgraduate demand blog feature

New HESA data shows a significant fall in postgraduate recruitment, especially among international taught students.

Falling postgraduate demand shows why universities need stronger evidence to shape new strategies

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Director of Jisc Scotland and Jisc Northern Ireland

Jason Miles-Campbell

Scotland engagement forum blog

Senior leaders from across Scotland’s college and university sectors gathered in December for our annual stakeholder engagement forum at Fife College’s new Dunfermline City Campus.

Challenges and opportunities – what leaders told us at our Scotland engagement forum

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Strategic leaders from across Northern Ireland’s FE and HE sectors came together in Belfast for our annual Northern Ireland stakeholder engagement forum.

Northern Ireland engagement forum – what members told us about their digital priorities

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Our director of security shares his key takeaways from the Association of Colleges (AoC) Governance Professionals Conference.

Cyber resilience: a strategic board-level priority

Henry Hughes

Chief technology officer

The UK government’s Cyber Security and Resilience Bill (CSRB) presents challenges and potential opportunities for the higher and further education and research sectors, as our chief technology officer Henry Hughes explains.

The Cyber Security and Resilience Bill – what institutions need to know

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