Member stories
How leadership turned digital ambition into organisation-wide action at Suffolk New College
A need to develop a policy around the use of AI emerged as part of a wider review of Suffolk New College’s overall digital offer.

Building a national testbed for next‑generation telecoms research
Our specialist network infrastructure is the power behind a groundbreaking project that is bringing together researchers working on the next generation of telecoms – on Earth and beyond.

Driving digital transformation: how Adult Learning Wales used our digital elevation tool
Using our digital elevation tool, Adult Learning Wales engaged managers, tailored assessments and continues to advance digital transformation across its organisation.

Driving technology transformation at The College Merthyr Tydfil using Jisc’s digital elevation tool
Our digital elevation tool is helping accelerate digital transformation, strengthen cyber security, enhance teaching and learning, and secure funding, while empowering staff and improving the student experience.

Supporting student success with learning analytics at Abertay University
Learning analytics and attendance monitoring have become an established part of timely and proactive engagement for Abertay students at risk of leaving.

From two universities to one digital culture: City St George’s transformation journey
City St George's embarked on a people-centred approach to digital transformation that prioritised building digital culture and engagement alongside foundational technology projects.

Building skills in virtual reality: how NCG is preparing students for the world of work
Virtual reality has opened up new ways for students at NCG to build employability skills, offering safe, immersive experiences in industries such as construction and nursing without leaving campus.

How City College Plymouth achieved award-winning productivity gains
Google’s standard workspace tools helped City College streamline their teaching observation process, save a thousand hours a year, and win an AoC Beacon Award.

Co-designing global approaches to digital transformation
An ALT-Jisc award-winning project from Liverpool John Moores University and Phu Xuan University in Vietnam has fostered new digital approaches and strengthened bonds across different continents.

Purpose, people and process: the University of Chester's recipe for co-designed digital transformation
The University of Chester discovered that successful digital transformation is about much more than the technology - it's about purpose, collaboration and really listening to people's wild dreams.

Scaling digital heights: Bath Spa's transformation journey
How Bath Spa’s collaborative working ethos has informed its approach to digital transformation.

Open access and academic equity: the journey to publication with the University of Manchester
Dr Ellie Gore's recent publication with the University of Manchester underscores the impact of open access publishing on the academic community and beyond.

Making generative AI work for learners and staff at Nottingham College
Philippa Armstrong, learning technology coach at Nottingham College, discussed their approach to generative AI live at Digifest 2025 for our Beyond the Technology podcast.

Go try, fail fast, try again: how Queen’s University Belfast is embracing AI
Queen’s University Belfast is taking a positive, proactive approach to AI – and using Jisc’s digital transformation toolkit has helped bring the whole community on board with its AI strategy.

Two strands, one goal: advancing open research and data management
Our digital preservation consultancy provided crucial guidance when Liverpool John Moores University embarked on a project to rethink open research and research data management.

Digital learning and dynamic spaces: How e-books are transforming the student experience at Itchen College
When Adrian Waters stepped into the role of head of student support at Itchen College over two years ago, he joined a team committed to reshaping how students accessed learning resources.

Start with people: Sheffield Hallam University’s digital learning transformation project
Giving staff and students the digital skills and capabilities they need has been at the centre of Sheffield Hallam’s digital learning transformation project.

Global access and seamless support: Digital assessment at Vienna University of Economics and Business
Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU Vienna) has enhanced its accessibility for international students taking assessments while ensuring academic integrity and cost savings.

Digital preservation – more than just storage
When the University of Aberdeen started to look at information management and consider how best to manage its collections, Jisc’s digital preservation consultancy provided essential support.

Discovery to delivery: the University of Suffolk’s data quality journey with attendance monitoring
Data quality was a vital requirement when implementing attendance monitoring at the University of Suffolk and along the way they uncovered a wealth of benefits for their students and staff.

A bot named Winnie
Like many others across the sector, Windsor Forest Colleges Group hit a crunch point where it became clear that the use of artificial intelligence (AI) was inevitable.

Digital transformation at a global university
Heriot-Watt is a distinctive university: Scottish in its heritage and global in its footprint. So how does digital transformation work across such a geographically scattered institution?

By design and delivery: embedding flexible learning at the University of Manchester
The University of Manchester has committed to delivering blended learning by default for all on-campus students with its innovative flexible learning programme.

People, place and partnership at Ulster University
How one of the most complex universities in the UK is transforming digitally to make technology work harder at bringing people together.

How an AI ‘study buddy’ is providing support for the University of London’s students
The university successfully piloted an intuitive AI study buddy to provide support for distance learning students

University of Hertfordshire's new route to procurement
After discovering their institutional repository couldn’t keep up with evolving needs, the team at the University of Hertfordshire explored a new route to procurement.

Unlocking the future with Remote Labs
The University of Edinburgh has been using Remote Labs to revolutionise the way students access engineering and promote curriculum change.

Navigating generative AI with Copilot at South Staffordshire College
18 months into their journey with generative AI, the benefits of Microsoft Copilot are being felt in the classroom and beyond at South Staffordshire College.

Activate Learning's mission to redefine remote learning
With their innovative learning philosophy flipping the traditional paradigm on its head, Activate Learning developed an award-winning online programme to empower adult learners.

Bridging the connectivity gap in rural clinical settings in Powys
Cardiff University and Powys Teaching Health Board had been searching for a solution to give students a fully supported, rich experience of life off campus. A new device, extending eduroam, proved to be the solution.

From scoping to implementing: insights and guidance from Newcastle’s learning analytics journey
The learning analytics project team from Newcastle University share their experience implementing data explorer and study goal.

A RAAC race against time: connecting a sixth form at speed
Imagine finding out, just days before your sixth form students are due to start their courses in September, that the school building is unsafe for use and there is nowhere for them to learn…

Scrums and squads: how Exeter’s agile culture is paying off for digital transformation
Scrum master, squads, fortnightly sprints, backend developers… These might not be everyday terms in most UK universities but they’re behind the approach powering digital transformation at the University of Exeter – and it’s working.

Using the power of collaboration to demystify open monographs
Elaine Sykes, head of open research at Lancaster University, explains how the last twelve months have seen their library team work tirelessly to bring open monographs to the forefront of planning.
