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How to recruit and retain great people into the HE digital sector?

Jon Faulkner, Shasa McCarogher and Carla Toomer, Domain7

Lynne Newbitt and Emma Woodhouse, ucisa Recruitment and Retention working party

Information on how to register

The message and mandate from the ucisa community to gain insight and guidance on recruiting and retaining great people has been heard. Through widespread community engagement activities, in person and on-line, a digital guide for potential recruits, those working within the sector and the employing universities is being designed and produced.  At the briefing you will get opportunity to hear about the journey so far, key insights, the digital engagement platform being used and then be invited to contribute your combined wisdom into this important collaborative activity.

in Exchange Room 1

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Leadership is everyone’s business

Nicky Moffat CBE

In the Charter Suite

What value we add

Panel session chaired by Claire Priestly, Director of IT, City University of London

Panel members are Bella Abrams, Director of IT, CiCS , University of Sheffield
James Crooks, Director of Learning & Information Services, University of Central Lancashire
Laura Dawson, Director, Data and Technology Services, London School of Economics

Refreshments

Digital strategies for the learner’s journey

Representatives from visiting Australian Universities join their UK counterparts to discuss the changing digital strategies needed to direct the learner’s journeys from the perspective of the staff that support them.

Chaired by Drew Cook, Director of ICT, University of Lincoln, Chair ucisa Board of Trustees, the cohort, brought together by TechnologyOne, will discuss the digital strategies that are being used to meet the challenges and create new opportunities in areas such as student retention, student interactions and student experience.

Sponsored by TechnologyOne

AGM

The fifth Annual General Meeting (the 'Meeting') of the Company, and the 27th Annual General Meeting of the association, will be held at 12:00 noon on Thursday 19 March 2020 in the Charter Suite at Manchester Central, Windmill Street, Manchester, M2 3GX

in the Charter Suite

Lunch

Student voice

New for 2020 and based on your feedback we have decided to bring the student voice to our leadership conference. In this session three students will share their very personal journeys and experiences of higher education and provide insight into the challenges they have faced and the obstacles they have overcome, demonstrating first- hand the transformational impact of higher education.

Penny Hindle, Recent graduate and software developer at X-Lab

Terri-Anne Hamer, BA HONS in Young People, Communities and society at Leeds Beckett University 

Abdi Hassan, Masters in IT Management, Sheffield Hallam University

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Institutional showcases

A range of university showcases providing real life examples of HE initiatives

Working in partnership with Haplo to build a Research Information Management System at the University of Westminster (Exchange Room 1)
Jenny Evans, University of Westminster

Voice, Chat and Innovation with Students as Co-Producers (Charter Suite)
Chris Dixon, Lancaster University

King's operating model journey - the search for a common approach (Exchange Rooms 2&3)
John Butterworth, Director, Office of the CIO, King's College London

Culture Change and Colleague Engagement (Exchange Rooms 4&5)               
Rob Moore, Leeds Beckett University  

The Transformative Impact of BI (Exchange Rooms 6&7)    
Gary Tindell, University of East London

Refreshments

Exhibition closes

Institutional showcases

A range of university showcases providing real life examples of HE initiatives

Moodle – A decade of ups and downs (Exchange Room 1)
Nadeem Ahmad, Hythrop College, UoL

Enhancing fitness for service  (Exchange Rooms 2&3)
Julie Christie, University of Dundee 

Projects to Programmes to Portfolio’s  - The challenges, pitfalls and successes of an IT Portfolio Management Office (Exchange Rooms 4&5)
Clive Green, University of Nottingham

Cyber Resilience - Selling it to the wider University (Exchange Rooms 6&7)
Bruce Rodger, University of Strathclyde 

Uncovering the real value of academic engagement – a strategic case study (Charter Suite)
Lorraine Spalding, University of Edinburgh

Roundtable sessions

A number of facilitated small group discussions on a range of topics.

In order to provide the best opportunity for the free exchange of ideas this session is open to delegates from HE and FE institutions only

In the Charter Suite

Conference dinner drinks reception

at the Midland Hotel

(Sponsored by AWS)

Conference dinner

at the Midland Hotel

Dress code: Black tie optional

5k run

Meet at the Jury’s Hotel reception
All welcome.

Led by Jim Nottingham, University of the Arts London

Panel discussion on our institutions' reactions to Covid-19, what actions CIOs and their teams are taking, and what we should be considering next

Fireside chat

Sometimes the best insight comes not from watching slides, or listening to talks but in the conversations we have at a meal, or over a glass of wine. In these conversations there is space for thought, for humour, even for constructive disagreement.

Join us as a fly on the wall and watch our chat around the fireside, as we look at perspectives from within and outside the HE sector. We think it just might be interesting...

in the Exchange Auditorium 

Refreshments

Bringing the rollercoaster to the classroom

Alex Denley, Director of Innovation and Transformation at London South Bank University

in the Exchange Auditorium 

Bouncing back

John Doe

Our closing presenter will share his story of transformation and how we can all deal with the challenges we get dealt in life. We guarantee you will remember this presentation for years to come.

in the Exchange Auditorium 

(Sponsored by Hewlett Packard Enterprise) 

Conference close