The Digital Services team
Digital Services are a key enabler to the success of the University strategy, supporting teaching and learning with systems and services, that make up the Digital University. We are a skilled and experienced team led by the Director Ben Barry.
"The Digital University: inspiring student, staff and academic success with digital solutions and services."
Our eight departments are:
- DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION - using digital technologies to create and transform our services, specifically workflows, business processes and digital confidence.
- DIGITAL OPERATIONS - delivering and continually improving our services and customer support, performance reporting and service management maturity.
- DIGITAL ARCHITECTURE - delivering a clear, unified and strategic architure plan.
- DATA MANAGEMENT & INTEGRATIONS - data strategy and support for key University projects on data quality and management information.
- INFORMATION SECURITY - ensuring information security is a “golden thread” through everything we do. Working towards Cyber Essentials +.
- DIGITAL PROGRAMME - the Programme Management Office delivers the strategic digital projects and their governance.
- BUSINESS AND SUPPLIER PARTNERSHIPS - managing the relationships with our University stakeholders, as well as our external partners.
- USER EXPERIENCE AND ENGAGEMENT - delivering operational, strategic, service and project communications to the University community and external partners.
Please take a look at our Digital Strategy 2025 (this is a PDF).
Our organisational structure is designed to support the delivery of the Digital Strategy 2025.
Meet the leadership team:
BEN BARRY DIRECTOR OF DIGITAL SERVICES |
NICI COOPER DEPUTY DIRECTOR DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION |
MAT FLOWER ASSISTANT DIRECTOR DIGITAL ARCHITECTURE |
SHARON D MCKOY ASSISTANT DIRECTOR DIGITAL OPERATIONS |
GARETH KIRK ASSISTANT DIRECTOR DIGITAL PROGRAMME |
STEPHEN HILL HEAD OF INFORMATION SECURITY |
CATH SODEN HEAD OF DATA MANAGEMENT AND INTEGRATIONS |
BALLY SHOKER HEAD OF BUSINESS AND SUPPLIER PARTNERSHIPS |
EMMA BARWELL HEAD OF USER EXPERIENCE AND ENGAGEMENT |
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