Membership 

UCISA is a registered charity and does not aim to make profits, setting fees only at a level sufficient to carry out its business.

Certain events, such as conferences, carry an additional charge. Membership fees are reviewed annually at the Annual General Meeting, along with the budget and business plan. There are three membership categories:

Full membership

 
This category is for universities, colleges and other educational institutions. Full members:

• Have priority booking at all events and training courses
• Pay lower members’ rates at events and training courses
• Have access to most protected areas of the UCISA website including detailed statistics
• Have full access to the UCISA Directory
• Have full access to mini surveys
• Receive UCISA Update, other communications and reports
• Are eligible to be Officers, Group Chairs, Elected members of the Executive, and Group members
• Are entitled to vote in elections and at General Meetings (two votes per institution)
• May register the names of up to three people as their UCISA Contacts
• Are entitled to join UCISA mailing lists including Directors, Announce and various Group lists.

Affiliate membership

This category is for FE colleges (whose business is predominantly in the FE sector), other educational, not for profit organisations, overseas universities and educational bodies. Affiliate members:

• Have access to certain protected areas of the UCISA website including summary statistics
• Have full access to the UCISA Directory
• Have full access to mini surveys
• Receive UCISA Update and other communications
• Are eligible for cooption to the Executive Committee
• Are eligible to be Group members
• May attend General Meetings
• May register the name of one person as their UCISA Contact
• Are entitled to join UCISA mailing lists including Directors, Announce and various Group lists.

Corporate membership

This category is for commercial organisations. Corporate members:

• Have priority booking for exhibition space and events, paying lower members’ rates
• Have full access to the UCISA Directory (this includes named contacts within each Full member institution)
• Have the opportunity to partner our Full and Corporate members presenting at our events
• Have the opportunity to publicise a number of activities or case studies via the UCISA website
• Have company details displayed on the UCISA website
• Receive UCISA Update and selected other communications and reports
• Have limited access to protected areas including summary statistics (many Corporate members find these very useful to give them a feel for trends within the sector)
• Have automatic membership of UCISA’s Announce mailing list
• Have access to the Top Concerns survey (a survey of Full members identifying their key issues which enables Corporate members to respond accordingly)
• Have the opportunity to submit Case Studies into the newsletter, Update,
• Have the opportunity to use the UCISA member and Working with UCISA logos on your own website and publicity materials

UCISA represents almost all the major UK universities and higher education colleges and has a growing membership among other educational institutions and commercial organisations interested in information systems and technology in UK education.

Joining UCISA

If you are interested in joining UCISA please follow the links below. Contact Sue Fells (admin@ucisa.ac.uk), the UCISA Business Manager, with any questions.

If you would like to pay for you membership online using a credit or debit card, please use the online form.

•  Membership Form 2010 - online version

If you would prefer to pay by Purchase Order please complete the printed form.

•  Membership Form 2010 - printed version

Annual subscriptions cover the calendar year (1 January – 31 December). However, if an organisation wishes to join halfway through a year, we will accept a pro-rata payment for the current year as long as the following year's subscription is paid (at the appropriate rate) at the same time.

All prices are exclusive of VAT.  

*If you are unsure of your institution's JISC Banding, please see http://www.jisccollections.ac.uk/jisc_banding/collection_banding_he1.aspx