Presentation of current EUNIS activities and proposal to follow-up the joint EUNIS-euroCRIS survey aiming to collect data on the information systems currently in use in Europe to support the Research Area.

1. EUNIS-euroCRIS initiative for
analysing the role of CRISs within the
Higher Education IT ecosystem
Lígia Ribeiro, lmr@fe.up.pt
euroCRIS Strategic Membership Meeting
November 20-22, Bratislava, Slovakia

2. EUNIS
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www.eunis.org

3. What is EUNIS today?
100+ institutional members
25 Organisations and partners
Corporate members
Members by correspondence + honorary + personal members
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4. 25 Organisations and partners
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5. EUNIS main initiatives
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Annual Congress
Biennial Rectors’ Conference
Learning & Teaching Task
Force
Students Mobility
Benchmarking
BencHEIT
Webinars
Business Intelligence
Events Task Forces ERAI
Journal
Analysis
Surveys
Blog
Articles
InfoSec
Student CardWorkshops

6. Upcoming events
• 2017
Registration open till 24th November 2017
Registration open till 24th November 2017
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7. Upcoming events
The Data Protection and IT Security
workshop, organised by the InfoSec Task
Force, aims to address the GDPR further
implementation from a HE practical point
of view and focus strongly on solutions
that will help us in becoming compliant.
EUNIS BencHEIT annual meeting is a
great opportunity for networking,
discussion and sharing experiences
between institutions that have been part
of IT benchmarking projects.
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12 Dec
13 Dec

9. Talking about Research…
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10. EUNIS Congress 2018
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Organised
together
with AMUE,
CSIESR and
MNHN
PC Chair:
Yves
Epelboin

11. BencHEIT Task Force
• Our mission
– to implement a European level survey on ICT costs and the use of ICT
technology in higher education institutions
• Current activities
– Results for the 2016 survey published to participants: 57 organisation in
12 countries
– Co-operation within the CHEITA group
• What’s next?
– December 2017 (Lisbon, Portugal)
– Ongoing recruitment for new participants
– Preparations for the next round
• Chair: Ilkka Siissalo
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You may look at the survey results of those
participants which gave permission to publish their
data on BencHEIT website:
http://www.eunis.org/task-forces/benchmarking/

12. Summary of BenchEIT survey
2016
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http://www.eunis.org/task-forces/benchmarking/results/

13. Business Intelligence Task Force
(BITF)
• Our mission
– Promote the creation of a European collaboration network
to exchange and share knowledge and experiences on
business intelligence in HE institutions
• Current activities
– Focus on learning analytics
• What’s next?
– The A-Z of Learning Analytics, Manchester, UK, 7th
November 2017 (EUNIS BI & Learning Analytics workshop)
– Edition of an issue of EUNIS journal dedicated to BI (2017)
• Chair: Elsa Cardoso
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14. Information Security (InfoSec)
Task Force – new 2017
• Our mission
– The InfoSec Task Force aims to share knowledge
about information security development and
compliance, as well as solutions to support the
implementation of the GDPR from the information
security point-of-view
• What’s next?
– InfoSec workshop on GDPR in December 2017,
Lisbon, Portugal
• Chair: Anne Hintzell
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15. Learning and Teaching Task Force
(LTTF)
• Our mission
– To enhance learning and teaching by the exchange of ideas
and sharing of good practice
• Current activities
– focus on assessment and feedback - workshop and piloting
of tools & resources developed by member organisations
– e-learning award 2017
• What’s next?
– webinars with key suppliers
– The A-Z of Learning Analytics, Manchester, UK, 7th
November 2017 (EUNIS BI & Learning Analytics workshop)
• Chair: Gill Ferrell
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16. Student Mobility Task Force
• Our mission
– To work on improving the exchange of academic information in
electronic form by promoting standards and testing them in real
projects; and to help the community to stay interconnected and
aware of developments in many fora
• Current activities
– EUNIS Students Mobility Task Force members are involved in
project supporting student mobility, among others in EMREX and
EWP
• What’s next?
– Keep our participation in projects and networks like the
Groningen Declaration
• Chair: Carmen Diaz
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17. Student Card Task Force – new
2017
• Our mission
– to pool at European level reflections on matters that concern the
uses and services related to the multiservice student card. Its
focus is to aggregate various studies and feedback and to be
proactive in projects affecting or representing an interest at
European level
• Current activities
– Studies on the deployment of the student ID card at European
level
– Participation in projects, as the European student ID card project
– Cooperation with ECCA
– Organization of training courses and events
• Chair: Frédérick Bigrat
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18. EUNIS Research and Analysis
Initiative (ERAI)
• Our mission
– To provide a platform to share good practices, surveys, interviews
and insight into the current situation of the European higher
education IT sector.
• Current activities
– European Journal of Higher Education IT is in place (7 issues so far)
– ERAI blogging; ERAI specific articles have been published
• What’s next?
– Continue publication of articles, surveys, interviews and case studies
– Continue building the network and plan future thematic work
– Explore funding opportunities
• ERAI Project manager: Johan Bergström
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19. euroCRIS @ERAI
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20. EUNIS-euroCRIS CRIS/IR survey
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21. Survey on RIM Practices
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22. New joint initiative
• Analysing the role of CRISs within the Higher
Education IT ecosystem
– Following-up the joint survey CRIS-IR
– In liaison with ERAI
– Based on based on concrete studies and best
practices
– May benefit from conclusions of the worldwide
survey on RIM Practices
– Added-value for Open Science initiatives
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23. New joint initiative – next steps
• Joint EUNIS-euroCRIS working group
• Description of Work (DoW)
Aiming for a white paper to be ready until the
end of 2018 to publish in ERAI
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24. Thank you!
Lígia Ribeiro, lmr@fe.up.pt
www.eunis.org