UCISA and JISC announce partnership

UCISA and JISC (the Joint Information Systems Committee) have formalised their working partnership with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding.

This official partnership formalises the already successful collaboration between the organisations. It will help define projects and programmes of work, enabling JISC and UCISA to work together in an even more effective and complimentary way.

JISC’s executive secretary, Dr Malcolm Read, said: ‘It is essential JISC works in collaboration with professional and expert bodies to ensure our activities are well-informed, relevant and provide value for money and high impact. This partnership agreement is a tangible sign of this commitment and is very welcomed.’

UCISA’s Peter Tinson highlighted existing examples of UCISA’s collaboration with JISC, including the Information Security Toolkit – a set of guidelines designed to help institutions reap the benefits of ICT whilst protecting themselves from online threats. Several briefing papers have also been produced in tandem, including an overview on outsourcing email and data storage.

Tinson added: ‘UCISA and JISC have a long history of collaboration. I look forward to building our relationship further through this partnership and to working together to help institutions meet the challenges of the difficult times ahead.’

Published by  on 31 March 2009