UCISA's Digital Capabilities Community promotes the dissemination of experience and good practice in IT training and skills development for both staff and students in UK higher education institutions. The Digital Capabilities Community organises events including conferences, for example the annual virtual Spotlight conference, webinars, reports and key surveys, such as the Digital Capabilities Survey that informs the development of digitally capable students and staff. Membership, which entails contribution to the business of the group, is open to anybody in the academic community with an interest in the provision and management of IT training and user skills development. The recordings and presentations from our most recent conference Spotlight26 all members via the UCISA Connect Portal. The Community is open to anyone involved in IT training and user skills development in UK higher and further education institutions. Speak with like-minded colleagues and peers, make connections and share best practice. To take part, join the Infrastructure Community's email list hosted by JISCmail. If you are interested in being a committee member, please contact Annette Webb (Chair) or Alison Waters (Vice Chair).Who we are
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Useful Information
The recordings and presentations from Spotlight26 are available to all members via the UCISA Connect Portal.
Committee Members
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DCG Chair
- Alison Waters
- Digital Capabilities Manager
- Cranfield University
- a.k.waters@cranfield.ac.uk
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DCG Deputy Chair
- Timothy Smale
- Digital Skills and Training Manager
- Keele University
- t.smale@keele.ac.uk
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Secretary
- Agnieszka Jackowska-Moore
- Team Leader of Programme Administration and Support Service
- York St John University
- a.jackowskamoore@yorksj.ac.uk
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DCG Communications Officer
- Joanna Szpunar
- Digital Education Support Analyst
- Imperial College London
- joanna.szpunar24@imperial.ac.uk
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- Jane Mooney
- Chair in Educational Development & Digital Capability
- University of Manchester
- jane.mooney@manchester.ac.uk
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- Tamsyn Smith
- Senior Learning Designer Team Lead
- University of Southampton
- t.m.smith@soton.ac.uk
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- Sarah Grayston
- Learning Technologies Manager
- Queen Margaret University
- SGrayston@qmu.ac.uk
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- Carmen Miles
- Digital Education Strategic Lead
- De Montfort University
- carmen.miles@dmu.ac.uk
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- Carlene Barton
- Digital Learning Manager
- University of Manchester
- carlene.barton@manchester.ac.uk
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- Fiona Handley
- Director of Teaching and Learning Innovation Centre
- Goldsmiths University of London
- f.handley@gold.ac.uk
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- Thomas Bennett
- Head of Learning and Teaching
- Health Sciences University
- thomas.bennett@hsu.ac.uk
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- Stuart Gill
- Digital Skills Officer
- University of Wales Trinity Saint David
- s.gill@uwtsd.ac.uk
