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The A_Z Learning Analytics workshop: 7 Nov 2017, Manchester, UK
2017-11-07 11:00 - 16:00 (Europe/Stockholm)
EUNIS Learning & Teaching Task Force and the BI Task Force are running a workshop:
The A-Z of Learning Analytics, Manchester, UK, 7th November 2017
The workshop will explore how we can make use of data to improve learning. Some of the things we will be talking about include:

Assessment analytics
Balanced scorecards
Curriculum design (data-driven)
Dashboards (student & institutional)
Ethics
Fitness apps for learning
Gaming approaches
… and much more

Read more and register here.
The event is free for HEIs who are members of EUNIS & UCISA as well as registered delegates at UCISA CISG-PCMG17 annual conference 2017.
This is a EUNIS event supported by UCISA.

EDUCAUSE Annual Conference
2017-10-31 - 2017-11-03
EDUCAUSE Annual Conference, October 31–November 3, 2017, Philadelphia, PA

EUNIS 2017 Congress
2017-06-07 - 2017-06-09 | University of Munster, Munster, Germany
EUNIS 2017 Congress will be held at the University of Münster, Germany, on 7-9 June 2017

EUNIS Pre-Congress workshop: Transforming the student experience: journeys and destinations
2017-06-06 10:30 - 16:30 (Europe/Stockholm) | University of Munster, Munster, Germany
6th of June 2017, Münster, Germany
EUNIS members and Congress delegates are invited to participate in a free pre-Congress workshop. We will explore the use of technology to transform the student experience both in terms of the student’s overall learning journey and the campus as a destination. Read more here and REGISTER for the event here.

EUNIS Pre-Congress workshop: European Student Card Conference 2017
2017-06-06 10:00 - 18:00 (Europe/Stockholm) | University of Munster, Munster, Germany
The EUNIS Student Card Task Force invites to the European Student Card Conference 2017 as a pre-Congress workshop on 6th June 2017 at the University of Münster, Germany.

Discover the vision, potential and practical implementation of a European student identity card at an international conference in the framework of the EU project “European Student Card” (ESC). The pre-conference workshop presents the current state in the technical development of a European student ID card that could give access to services as diverse as library use, student restaurants, copy machines, or local transportation – one card for different services and all this with cross-border functionality. Additionally to the comprehensive presentation of the idea of a European Student Card, the workshop focuses on the opportunities in Student Services, and looks at the challenges which might come along with its implementation. You will get an overview about the current state of development, the progress of the EU-project and you will have the possibility to see the first prototype of a European Student Card. A practical part of the workshop allows for the verification of technical requirements.
This pre-conference workshop is aimed at IT specialist and leaders in higher education who are interested in the digital future of student cards, and is particularly useful for directors of IT services or student services in European institutions of higher education.
The workshop will take place from 10:00 – 18:00. There is no cost to attend the event. More information and booking here.

TNC17
2017-05-29 - 2017-06-02 | Linz, Austria
The Art of Creative Networking
The TNC17 Networking Conference is the European research networking conference. It brings together decision makers, managers, networking and collaboration specialists, and identity and access management experts from all major European networking and research organisations, universities, worldwide sister institutions, as well as industry representatives.

15th Annual ECCA Conference
2017-05-21 - 2017-05-23 | Birmingham, United Kingdom
ECCA’s annual conference brings together a variety of campus card professionals from a wide array of disciplines. The conference has developed into the single most important opportunity to learn about the latest technological advances and business practices of implementing, operating and expanding a successful card program.

THETA 2017
2017-05-07 - 2017-05-10 | Auckland, New Zealand
t is a high-level forward looking conference, held every two years, with the aim of advancing higher education by promoting the intelligent use of information technology. The conference is unique in that it attracts a comprehensive range of practitioners and senior decision makers across the whole spectrum of Information Technology, Teaching and Learning, Library and Knowledge Management in tertiary education. It is run under the direction of CAUDIT, CAUL and ACODE and hosted by individual universities.

Webinar on Digital Assessment
2017-04-25 13:30 - 14:30 (Europe/Stockholm)
Digital Assessment: current and future developments across Europe
Webinar: Tuesday 25th April 13.30 CEST (12.30 UK time)
Join the EUNIS/Jisc webinar on digital assessment. Four presenters will share their experiences and discuss the future. Hear about national digital assessment initiatives in the Netherlands and Norway and the experiences of the University of Bergen who are using Canvas for continuous assessment and also aiming for 100% digital exams by the end of 2017.
Presenters: Prof Arild Raaheim (University of Bergen), Dr Robert Gray (University of Bergen), Ingrid Melve (UNINETT), Dr Annette Peet (SURFNet, NL).
Register here . Attendance is free. If you are interested but unable to attend, sign up anyway and we will send you a link to the webinar recording and slides.

EUNIS Workshop on Data Protection and IT Security
2017-04-21
Date: 21.04.2017
Location: Berlin
The event aims to address upcoming opportunities and challenges for Higher Education Institutions’ management and IT centers in the course of the introduction of the new EU General Data Protection Regulation. It will present the main ideas behind the new regulation, discuss the legal framework and tries to present diverse views on how to integrate the new requirements into existing data protection and information security policy frameworks. For the practical aspects, the workshop will have talks from organizations that already gained some experience while getting ready for the regulation.

Jisc Digifest
2017-03-14 - 2017-03-15 | Birmingham, United Kingdom
Jisc Digifest 14-15 March 2017
At this year’s Digifest we’ll be celebrating the power of digital, its potential to transform and its capacity to revolutionise learning and teaching. Read more here.

UCISA17 Annual Conference
2017-03-08 - 2017-03-10 | Celtic Manor, Newport, United Kingdom
The event is dedicated to leaders in IT from HE. UCISA booked a range of stimulating and high quality speakers addressing many of the issues we are all facing, as well as giving an insight into in areas that may not be familiar, but will hopefully provide you with food for thought.

BencHEIT Annual Workshop Trondheim 2016
2016-12-08 | Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
Information about the workshop and program.
The registration is open until 25th of November 2016!

euroCRIS Strategic Membership Meeting
2016-11-08 - 2016-11-10 | Athens, Greece
The euroCRIS Strategic Membership Meeting will take place in Athens, Greece, on 8-10 of November 2016.
Read more information on the event’s website.

Webinar: Online exams: migration or transformation?
2016-09-21 12:00 - 13:00 (Europe/Stockholm)
Join the webinar on research into the electronic management of assessment. This webinar will be run jointly between Jisc and EUNIS.
The webinar is dedicated to teachers, learning technologists, administrators, and staff with quality assurance responsibilities in the higher education, further education and skills sectors.
More information here.
Date: Wednesday, 21 September, 2016
Time: 12:00-13:00
Register for the webinar here

EUNIS 2016 Congress
2016-06-08 - 2016-06-10 | Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece
EUNIS 2016 will be held at Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece, 8-10 June 2016.
CROSSROADS WHERE THE PAST MEETS THE FUTURE
Registration for the Congress is available here and the programme here.

Pre-Congress IT Leaders Forum
2016-06-07 16:00 - 18:00 (Europe/Stockholm) | Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece
During the 2016 Congress in Thessaloniki, EUNIS will launch a new initiative dedicated to IT Leaders in Higher Education across Europe: the EUNIS IT Leaders Forum. IT Directors, CIOs and Heads of IT Departments are invited to join this exclusive Forum. It will be an excellent opportunity to learn about and discuss their roles, concerns and challenges across Europe and to share their experience and ideas. As well as offering excellent networking opportunities, the IT Leaders Forum will include presentations on the latest EUNIS’ activities that are specifically designed to support the decision making processes. The joint EDUCAUSE/JISC joint publication Defining the Strategic IT Leader and the EUNIS Board’s ideas on how to strengthen the European IT Leaders Community will also be articulated and discussed. More information here.

Pre-Congress Seminar on Business Intelligence and Data Mining – Master class
2016-06-07 13:30 - 18:00 (Europe/Stockholm) | Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece
EUNIS 2016 pre-congress Seminar on Business Intelligence and Data Mining, organized by the EUNIS Business Intelligence Task Force. The Seminar on Business Intelligence and Data Mining comprises two master classes on the topics of Data Mining and Data Visualization. More information here.

Pre-Congress Informal evangelist meeting on paperless student mobility
2016-06-07 11:00 - 13:00 (Europe/Stockholm) | Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece
We have the pleasure to invite you to an informal meeting for those working on or interested in digitalizing student mobility. More information here.

Pre-Congress E-Learning Task Force workshop: Operating in a Digital Framework
2016-06-07 10:00 - 14:00 (Europe/Stockholm) | Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece
More information on the workshop and the registration is available here

EUNIS 2016 BencHEIT pre-Congress workshop
2016-06-07 | Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece
A preliminary BencHEIT workshop programme is ready, and the registration is already open. The workshop is free of charge for the EUNIS members. Please come and listen to interesting presentations, and participate in inspiring discussions!
Programme:
· Introduction for newcomers
· National processes: how are different countries collecting and evaluating data?
· Transnational benchmarking; finding common indicators
· Benchmarking before and after a merger, differences and benefits
· Comparison between peers
· Most important indicators for CIOs
Register for the workshop here!

Webinar on Portal and Mobile
2016-06-01 13:00 - 13:30 (Europe/Stockholm)
Webinar on Portal and Mobile – a combined strategy to improve student engagement and retention
We invite you to join the webinar on Portal and Mobile – a combined strategy to improve student engagement and retention presented by Collabco who develop the myday user portal.

Would you like to find out how our myday student portal can help make your student’s days easier? Attend our webinar to find out more about our product and the many forward thinking universities who are using our product to facilitate this. Collabco are also delighted to be attending the EUNIS Annual Congress in Thessaloniki and hope to speak to you there as well.
The EUNIS webinar will be presented by Lisa Drakonaki, who works with academia to improve the user experience on behalf of Collabco.
Date: the 1st of June at 1 pm CET Duration: 30 minutes plus questions.
Presenter: Lisa Drakonaki, Collabco
Register for the webinar here. You will get the invitation two days prior to the event.

Webinar: University CIO reveals secret to IT Visibility
2016-04-21 14:00 - 14:40 (Europe/Stockholm)
While traditional models of the IT Service Desk remain focused solely on Incident and Reactive Problem Management, analysts will continue to manage down queues by addressing a single incident at a time; escalating problems only when they have affected a large number of customers. Using end user analytics LSHTM focus on what real matters – the end user.
Jon Faulkner, CIO, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine will focus on changing the questions asked:

Are users reporting any issues? becomes Are users experiencing any issues?
What is the status of our tickets? becomes What is the status of our network and services?
How many tickets have we resolved today? becomes How many tickets have we prevented today?

REGISTER for the webinar here. You will get the link to the webinar two days prior to the event.

Eunis 2016 Rectors' Conference
2016-04-14 - 2016-04-16 | Jagiellonian University, AGH University of Science and Technology, Krakow, Poland
This Conference entitled: Smart European University is a continuation of the previous ones (Prague, Helsinki) which have attracted many Rectors and decision makers from various Universities. The main goal of the Kraków Conference is to explain in which way IT may help European Universities in the changing landscape, through addressing the main challenges: decreasing number of young people in Europe, hard competition of US and Asian Universities, globalization, rapid development of mobile devices reshaping approach to learning and knowledge acquisition.

Benchmarking launch session
2016-01-22 14:00 - 15:00 (Europe/Stockholm)
EUNIS BencHEIT Task Force invites you to join the next round of benchmarking launch session on:
Friday, 22nd January 2016, 2 pm UTC (duration approx. 1 hour) (calculate the time in your country)
The video meeting is a great opportunity to hear the latest news and get important information about the benchmarking tools and process. You will also have the chance to ask questions, and get valuable tips from other benchmarking professionals!
Join the session here
Programme:

BencHEIT, what is it and why it is important? Kurt Gammelgaard Nielsen, University of Southern Denmark
First timer’s insight to the process. What did I learn about my organization and how did I use the results? Yiannis Salmatzidis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Comparison of my organization against others. Useful tips. Ole Langfeldt, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
The BM timetable, working space. What can you expect from the BM project group? Yvonne Kivi, University of Helsinki
Excel sheets and how to use them. Teemu Seesto, Network of Finnish Universities’ Chief IT Officers

The session will be a video meeting over Skype. It is to be recorded, so it can also be watched later.
If you have any comments or questions, please don´t hesitate to contact us on: bm-pg@eunis.org

Webinar on using virtualization to improve the student experience
2015-12-15 13:00 - 14:00 (Europe/Stockholm)
Sponsored webinar: Applications Anywhere – what, why, how?
The mission of EUNIS is to help member institutions develop their IT landscape by sharing experiences and working together. Besides the main events organised by EUNIS throughout the year and the activities of our Task Forces, starting from this year we decided to add another opportunity for our members to share their experiences and best practices, promoting and organising Webinars in collaboration with our partners. The first webinar will be presented by University of Wolverhampton in cooperation with Software2.
Date: the 15th of December at 14:00 CET for 30 minutes
Presenter: Nici Cooper, Asst Director, University of Wolverhampton
Register: Online
Overview: As part of a Digital Campus Transformational Change, Wolverhampton University aim to deploy software applications to staff and students anywhere, on-demand. With a large software portfolio and silo based structure the challenge to give better access to software was large.
The webinar will cover how Wolverhampton University answered the following;
– How to deliver a better experience for everyone
– How to address the issues of application virtualization
– How to ensure a successful virtualization project
There will be an opportunity to ask questions for around 10 minute after the webinar.
If you are interested, please register here to receive an invitation.

EUNIS workshop on Higher Education IT benchmarking
2015-11-13 | Poblenou Campus of the Pompeu Fabra University (Tanger Building), Roc Boronat, 138, Barcelona, 08018, Spain
2015 Workshop on Higher Education IT benchmarking, organised by the EUNIS BencHEIT Task Force: the 13th of November 2015, at Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona.
The workshop will be an opportunity for networking, discussion and sharing experiences. BencHEIT is the first initiative that aims at creating a survey that can be meaningful and useful in the whole European higher education sector. In order to reach the important goal of building up a tool to allow the comparison of costs and strategies related to IT activities among different European countries, Bencheit needs your contribution and expertise.
The final agenda, registration and more information here…
If you have any questions, or want to share ideas on topics you would like to discuss with us, please send an email to bm-pg@eunis.org.
Please REGISTER below by 30.10.2015

EUNIS Annual congress 2015
2015-06-10 08:00 - 2015-06-12 17:00 (Europe/Warsaw) | Abertay University, Dundee, United Kingdom
This year’s congress is taking place in Dundee, Scotland at Abertay University on the 10th to 12th of June.

Interoperability (RS3G) Task Force workshop
2015-06-09 14:00 - 18:00 (Europe/Warsaw) | Abertay University, Dundee, United Kingdom
Connecting to STORK2.0 for interoperability among Europeans Universities
The workshop will focus on offering a practical view of the potential applications of the STORK 2.0 infrastructure, and the benefits derived from the connection of services and attribute providers. The workshop will guide the assistants through the process of connection, offering an insight on the main issues that may be encountered, showing the capabilities of the infrastructure and proving its simplicity by performing live connection of a service to the infrastructure during the workshop.
The workshop will include both technical and administrative aspects of the infrastructure, and will also go through the process required by institutions belonging to MS not directly involved in the project for joining the infrastructure.
Read more
Book here

E-Learning Task Force workshop
2015-06-09 10:00 - 16:00 (Europe/Warsaw) | Abertay University, Dundee, United Kingdom
The workshop will explore how technology can be used to enhance assessment and feedback activities and streamline associated administration and how we might make use of assessment data to improve learning. We will look at some national initiatives exploring the workflows associated with assessment from a range of perspectives including pedagogy, business processes, supporting systems, legal and organisational issues. We will hear from projects offering practical solutions to common problems. There will be an opportunity to talk about current developments with system suppliers. We will investigate how the use of data from assessment processes in various forms of ‘assessment analytics’ might better support learning and teaching practice.
Read more
Register for the event
