Jisc has announced a new appointment to its leadership team - Karen Foster. Karen will lead a new data analytics directorate as executive director, effective September 17.
Karen joins Jisc from the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA), with 22 members of her team. Jisc and HESA have a long-standing and successful relationship and the new directorate will build on existing services such as Heidi Plus and Community Dashboards to deliver business intelligence for HE providers, the public sector and charities.
The integration of HESA’s data and analytics team into Jisc builds on the recommendations of the 2017 Bell Review for sector agency efficiency. HESA will continue to fulfil its role as the designated data body in England and in providing the collection, assurance and dissemination of data across the UK.
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