12-02, 09:30–10:15 (Europe/Berlin), Stage 2, Einstein-Saal, BBAW
Keynote Speech by James Clay
Over the last three decades, the UK higher education sector has invested heavily in information technology, online solutions, digital services, resources and content. The aim has been to enhance, improve, and reframe the student experience, to reimagine learning, teaching and assessment, and to transform the infrastructure, the university estate to enable and enhance this digital transformation. Across this, Jisc, the UK national research and education network, has been proving the infrastructure, security, advice and guidance to the UK higher education sector. In his keynote, James Clay Head of Higher Education and Student Experience at Jisc, will explore what we mean by digital transformation, what it means for students and why the UK higher education sector needs to deliver on their digital transformation journey. He will present the UK experience over the last few years and discuss how this has helped to accelerate the digital transformation journey. Part of the talk will be a showcase of exemples from across the UK university sector. He will discuss further how Jisc is supporting UK higher education and what the plans are for future regarding digital transformation and what colleagues and practitioners can learn from the UK higher education sector.
James Clay is Head of Higher Education and Student Experience at Jisc, the UK NREN, where his role is to ensure Jisc’s HE strategy meets the needs of our higher education members and UK wide funders. He has worked in the education sector since 1993 and has extensive experience in the use of technology to enhance and enrich learning. He has been a CIO, a teacher, a project director, TEL manager, libraries manager, an IT director and a senior manager. He has contributed and managed a range of projects over the years in various roles, including the intelligent campus.