Joining UCISA

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

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.

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:

• pay lower members’ rate 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
• recieve reports and other communications
• 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 five people as their UCISA Contacts
• are entitled to join UCISA mailing lists including Directors, Announce and various Group lists.

Affiliate membership

This category is available to FE colleges (whose business is predominantly in the FE sector), any organisation that is a separate legal entity (or part of one) to its host institution, 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
• pay the lower members' rate at events and training courses
• have full access to the UCISA Directory
• have full access to mini surveys
• 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
• have the opportunity to draw attention to case studies, press releases, invitations or other advertising material via our mailing lists (up to 3 times per annum)

Individual membership

Individual membership is available to those who have worked in the sector and who wish to retain a connection with UCISA and its membership and is at the sole discretion of the Executive Committee. It is not available to employees of organisations that might otherwise be UCISA Corporate members

Individual members:

• pay the lower members’ rate at events and training courses
• have access to most protected areas of the UCISA website including summary statistics
• have full access to the UCISA Directory
• have full access to mini surveys
• are entitled to join UCISA mailing lists including Directors, Announce and various Group lists but may not use the lists for marketing purposes.
• may attend General Meetings (but not vote).

The cost is £400 + VAT.

Corporate membership

 This category is for commercial organisations. Corporate members: 

• have the opportunity to partner our Full and Corporate members presenting at our events
• can add links from relevant Case Study’s or White Papers on your corporate website that are specifically related to the subject of our events 
• have full access to the UCISA Directory (this includes named contacts within each Full member institution) 
• have automatic membership of UCISA's Announce mailing list 
• have limited access to protected areas of the website (including summary statistics which many members find very useful to give them a feel for trends within the sector)
• access to the Top Concerns survey (a survey of Full members identifying their key issues which enables Corporate members to respond accordingly)
• opportunities for UCISA representatives to speak at supplier events and give briefings to outline the concerns and issues facing the community
• attend our events at the member rate
• have priority over choice of location at our exhibitions
• the opportunity to use the UCISA member and Working with UCISA logos on your own website and publicity materials 
• If you wish to draw attention to case studies, press releases, invitations or other advertising material, we are happy to assist with this via our mailing lists (up to 6 times per annum) if you upload them to your own website and provide a URL in the text of the message.  Please submit the message you wish to distribute to Sue Fells (admin@ucisa.ac.uk) for approval and circulation.  Permission must be obtained from a partner institution mentioned in a Case Study or Press Release before we will release a message so please arrange for this to be sent to us.  Email attachments are not permitted.
• Be on our Focus On section on the UCISA home page.  Hit the refresh button on your browser a couple of times to see the result.  To facilitate this we require a 50 word company profile, your company logo and a link to your website.  Each company is selected at random every time a user visits the UCISA website.

We have developed a course specifically for our IT Corporate partners, Selling IT to universities.  Understanding of this unique business environment is key to establishing a successful supplier/purchaser relationship.  This workshop considers the factors that influence these relationships and the framework mechanisms that govern them.

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 2011 - online version

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

  Membership Form 2011 - 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.

Membership Type	2011	2012
Affiliate	£640	£640
Full Member - Band Z (JISC Banding A, B and C*)	£2560	£2560
Full Member - Band Y (JISC Banding D and E*)	£2240	£2240
Full Member - Band X (JISC Banding F, G, and H*)	£1600	£1600
Corporate	£1920	£1920
Individual	£400	£400

All prices are exclusive of VAT.  

*If you are unsure of your institution's JISC Banding, please see 

http://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/Help-and-information/JISC-Banding/HE-banding-list/