DURHAM UNIVERSITY

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY STRATEGY COMMITTEE

23 June 2005
Present:

Professor P Jones (Chair), Mrs L Beddie, Mr AJ Heesom, Dr PJ Heslin, Dr KJ

Orford, Professor IA Stewart with Mrs MJ King.

MINUTES
10.

MINUTES
Approved: the Minutes of the Meeting of the Information Technology Strategy Committee
held on 10 February 2005. (Document ITSC04-10 filed with the Minutes).

11.

REPORT FROM SENATE

Reported: that at its meeting on 8 March 2005, Senate approved the IT Strategic
Framework 2005-08.

12.

REPORT FROM THE DIRECTOR OF THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICE

Received the following reports:
(a)

progress with the Strategic Framework 2005-08 from the Director of the Information
Technology Service. (Document ITSC04-11 filed with the Minutes).

(b)

issues other than Strategy. (Document ITSC04-12 filed with the Minutes).

(c)

Strategy issue updates. (Document ITSC04-13 filed with the Minutes).

Noted:
(a)

relating to the IT Strategic Framework, that all proposals for additional sums stated
in the Framework were included in the budgetary planning round 2005/06 through
the ITS/Registrars Division.

(b)

that Deans had proposed staff representatives as appropriate to act as members of

project teams.

(c)

that the work of the Governance programme would address some of the concerns
held by the Internal Audit team about the ability of the University to have a complete
audit of IT.

(d)

that with respect to the Mitre contract, the governance arrangements have been
modified to provide improved budgetary information and planning capability and that
an Exit Plan for the termination of the 5 year contract in 2010 has been outlined.
The University would need to have made a decision on and plan for how it would
take forward its MIS provision by the end of 2007/8 academic year.