Who we are
Chaired by the CEO, the Council is made up of the chairs of ucisa’s special interest groups, chairs of the regional groups and a number of co-opted members. Other members of ucisa staff attend on an ex officio basis.
What we do
The purpose of the ucisa Leadership Council is to define and propose activities that meet ucisa’s charitable purpose, in line with the agreed strategy and direction as determined by the ucisa Board of Trustees and membership, to act as a focal point for engagement between ucisa and its members and to maintain relationships with other relevant organisations in the UK and abroad.
Information currently under review
Group email list or MS Teams
Group discussion lists are to be used by members to discuss subjects of common interest. People entitled to join the list are members of Full and Affiliate member institutions (ie not Corporate members). The lists should not be used to advertise or promote Corporate member or non-members events/services/products. These should be posted via the ucisa-announce list.
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Committee Members
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Leadership Council Chair
- Deborah Green
- CEO
- ucisa
- ceo@ucisa.ac.uk
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Chair of Board of Trustees
- Drew Cook
- Director of ICT Services
- University of Lincoln
- dcook@lincoln.ac.uk
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CISG Chair
- Gareth McAleese
- Head of Corporate Applications
- Ulster University
- gareth@ulster.ac.uk
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DCG Chair
- Kerry Pinny
- Senior Academic Technologist
- University of Warwick
- k.pinny@warwick.ac.uk
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DEG Chair
- Richard Goodman
- Learning Technology Team Manager, IT Services
- Loughborough University
- r.goodman@lboro.ac.uk
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DIG Chair
- Mat Flower
- Assistant Director and Head of Digital Architecture
- University of Wolverhampton
- m.flower@wlv.ac.uk
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EA CoP Chair
- Lex Wilkinson
- Enterprise Solutions Architect
- Sheffield Hallam University
- alexis.wilkinson@shu.ac.uk
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HEIDS Chair
- Brian Henderson
- Director of Digital and Information Services
- University of Aberdeen
- b.henderson@abdn.ac.uk
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ucisa London Chair
- Trevor Baxter
- Director of IT Innovation
- King's College London
- trevor.baxter@kcl.ac.uk
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PCMG Chair
- Sally Jorjani
- PMO Manager
- University of Stirling
- sally.jorjani@stir.ac.uk
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SSG Co Chair
- Andy Scott
- Service Desk Manager
- Durham University
- andrew.scott@durham.ac.uk
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SSG Co Chair
- Lisa McDonald
- ITIL Manager
- University of Edinburgh
- lisa.mcdonald@ed.ac.uk
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Co-opted
- Elaine Swift
- Head of Digital Learning and Teaching
- University of Worcester
- e.swift2@worc.ac.uk
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Chair Software and Software Procurement Group
- Tina Pask
- Associate Director Business Services
- University of London
- tina.pask@london.ac.uk
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WiT Vice Chair
- Carla Thornley
- Head of Service Desk
- University of Oxford
- carla.thornley@it.ox.ac.uk
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