Who we are
We are a community of IT Business Partners, Relationship Managers, and related professionals across the HE/FE IT community. We want to support each other by:
- Sharing knowledge and best practice about BRM as a professional activity
- Sharing collective insight into technology trends and how the sector is addressing common themes, challenges, and aspirations.
- Developing the strategic and operational value of BRM – why institutions should embrace BRM roles and practices.
- Creating networking opportunities through webinars, an active mailing list / Teams channel, and in-person events where these are of interest to the community.
- Creation of suggested templates/ frameworks/ models for use when implementing and continuously improving BRM functions in HE.
Teams Sites are to be used by members to discuss subjects of common interest. People entitled to join the Site are members of Full and Affiliate member institutions (ie not Corporate members). The Teams Site should not be used to advertise or promote Corporate member or non-members events/services/products. These should be posted via the UCISA-announce mail list. join MS Team site
Member Email lists
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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Useful Information
If you are interested in joining the Group's Teams site please contact membership@ucisa.ac.uk
Committee Members
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BRM Group Chair
- Richard Manley
- Strategic Business Partner
- University of the West of England
- Richard.Manley@uwe.ac.uk
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BRM Vice Chair
- Tara Lamplough
- Head of Business Partnering
- University of Birmingham
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- Katie Langford
- IT Business Engagement Manager
- Leeds Beckett University
- k.langford@leedsbeckett.ac.uk
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- Jo Mortimer
- Head of Business Relationship Management
- University of Reading
- j.e.mortimer@reading.ac.uk
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- Susanne Smith
- Deputy Director (Business Engagement & Strategic Delivery)
- University of South Wales
- susanne.smith@southwales.ac.uk
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