Corporate Information Systems Group (CISG)

A group drawing on the experience and shared knowledge of staff in the areas of Business and Corporate Information Systems

UCISA-CISG comprises one person representing Corporate Information Systems interests for each UK Higher Education Institution that is a member of the Universities and Colleges Information Systems Association (UCISA). That person is nominated by the member institution either at the point of initial UCISA membership, or when renewing membership, and would normally be the most senior member of staff who is specifically tasked with managing Administrative and/or Corporate Information Systems within the member institution.

The AGM of the Group, normally held during an annual CISG Conference, elects a new UCISA-CISG Committee to serve for the following year, and where elections require a ballot, each member UCISA institution represented at the AGM is entitled to cast one ballot paper.

The Annual Conference for 2009 was held in St. Andrews and you can view presentations given at this event.

The Group carried out a survey of all UCISA member institutions in 2009 to establish a picture of the corporate information systems in use across the sector; the results of the 2009 survey are now available here.

The notes below summarise current and recent activity in the CIS area:

CISG Seminars

Upcoming seminars can be found on our events page.  Presentations at previous events are published as part of the programme and you can find these by moving back through previous years from the events pages.

JISC infoNet News

JISC InfoNet has provided three new infokit resources, Shared Services, e-Portfolios, and following on from a stimulating session at the UCISA CISG conference 2008, the fascinating Scenario Planning.

For further information, see the group's Business Plan that describes the Aims and Objectives of the Group over the next two years, effected through the UCISA-CISG Committee.

Hot Topics

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