According to the official website, JISC (historically, the acronym stood for ‘Joint Information Systems Committee’) “offers leadership and support to UK educational organizations at a local, national and international level” providing “resources, knowledge and expertise that colleges and universities would struggle to source individually due to cost and resource”. JISC is funded by further and higher education funding bodies in the UK as well as the Research Councils. In tough economic times, when institutions are struggling with reduced budgets and with students facing increased tuition fees, it could be argued that Martyn Harrow, the new Head of JISC, has taken on an unenviable challenge, one that many others would have shied away from. It seemed an opportune moment for Insights to speak to him about his new role.
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