Who we are
The Board of Trustees is made up of four Office holders, three trustees from full member organisations elected at each Annual General Meeting by the membership. It also includes three co-opted trustees appointed by the Board.
What we do
The Board of Trustees is constituted to lead direct and govern the activities of UCISA to ensure that its mission and objectives as a charitable organisation are met. The Board will ensure the development of an appropriate strategy founded on a set of objectives and values designed to benefit the UCISA community. The Board will approve all current and future strategies and business plans. The Board oversees the regular review of UCISA governance and ensures adherence and compliance to regulatory and legislative requirements The Board establishes and oversees the implementation of all necessary policies.
Member Email lists
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Useful Information
The UCISA Strategic plan 2022-2027 'Building on Success' has been launch
Details of UCISA, the company (Company no. 09349804) including Articles of the Association
Details of UCISA, the Charity (Charity No. 1161218)
Committee Members
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Chair
- Emma Woodcock
- CIO
- York St John University
- e.woodcock@yorksj.ac.uk
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Deputy Chair
- James Crooks
- CIO
- Durham University
- james.d.crooks@durham.ac.uk
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Treasurer
- Sarah Cockrill
- Director of Digital Strategy and IT
- Canterbury Christ Church University
- sarah.cockrill@canterbury.ac.uk
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Secretary
- Mat Flower
- Assistant Director and Head of Digital Architecture
- University of Wolverhampton
- m.flower@wlv.ac.uk
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- Vipin Ahlawat
- Director of IT Services
- Loughborough University
- v.ahlawat@lboro.ac.uk
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- Karen Bates
- Deputy Chief Digital and Information Officer
- London Business School
- kbates@london.edu
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- Nathalie Czechowski
- CIO
- University of South Wales
- nathalie.czechowski@southwales.ac.uk
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- Nick Gilbert
- Chief Information and Digital Officer
- University of Surrey
- n.k.gilbert@surrey.ac.uk
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- Mark Johnston
- Director of IT
- University of Glasgow
- mark.johnston@glasgow.ac.uk
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- Iain McCracken
- Assistant Director, IT Infrastructure
- University of Sussex
- i.mccracken@sussex.ac.uk
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- James Smith
- Chief Information Officer
- Birkbeck, University London
- jg.smith@bbk.ac.uk
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