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Gareth Edwards
Department of Engineering
Science, University of
Oxford
20th May 2015
“What are the challenges of leading the
provision of IT in a world leading
science, teaching and research
environment?
How would you develop
strategies to achieve these?”
SourcesAnd
Approach
PeersExperience
Understanding of context
5 Challenges
3 Cross-cutting
solutions
Based onexperience
Challenges
Scale
… of the academic endeavour.
Scale
How it manifests:- Physical
space- Technolog
y- Organisati
on
Scale
Challenge:- Keeping
up to date- Working
together- Being
responsive
External Factors
- Funding body rules
- Commercial agreements
External Factors
- Regulatory
- Information Security
The Student Experience
- Sector changes
- Competition
- Expectations
The Student Experience
- Quality of facilities
- Changing approaches to teaching
The Pace of Academic Change
- Supporting cutting-edge science
- Curriculum
The Pace of Academic Change
- Academic staff focus
- Invisible vs Proactive IT
The Pace of Change in IT
- Knowledge & skills
- Not just technology, methodology!
The Pace of Change in IT
- Cutting edge IT benefits a cutting edge organisation
ScaleExternal Factors
The Student
ExperienceAcademic
ChangeTechnology
Change
Strategies
Strategies
Communication
Organisation Improvement
Communication
Communication with
colleagues
- Formal and structured
- Informal
- Skills needed
Communication with
colleagues
- Cope with scale
- Awareness of changes
- Enables proactivity
Communication(external /
liaison)
- Department / Divisional
- Collaboration & awareness
Communication(external /
liaison)
- Funding bodies
- Commercial partners
- Sector Organisations
Communication internally
- Shared direction
- Collaboration
- Can be technology driven!
Organisation
- To realise the value of information
- Service oriented approach
Organisation
- Consistent methods
- Project Management
- Service Planning
Organisation
- Feedback part of practice
- Standards: i.e. resilience, BYOD
Improvement and
Innovation
Communication +
Organisation=
Improvement Programme
Improvement and
Innovation
- Innovation & community feedback
- Encourage new ideas
Improvement and
Innovation
- Professional Development
- Conferences & networking
- Celebrate success
In Summary
Thank you
Gareth Edwards 14 t h May 2015