JISC

JISC sub-committees members are individuals from the education sector who bring a practical knowledge of how ICT is used within institutions, what benefits its innovative use brings, and the issues to be addressed to support its future. 

• Content Services committee (JCS) responsible for building a collection of scholarly and educational online resources and the management of the systems that deliver these materials to users
• Integrated Information Environment committee (JIIE) ensures the continued development of an online information environment that provides secure and convenient access to scholarly and educational material
• Learning and Teaching committee (JLT) helps institutions promote innovation in the use of ICT to benefit learning and teaching, research and the management of institutions
• Network committee (JCN) charged with providing a pervasive, leading edge, network infrastructure
• Organisational Support committee (JOS) supports managers and administrators in institutions by identifying relevant areas of work appropriate to JISC
• Support of Research committee (JSR) supports the needs of researchers, particularly in the context of network infrastructure, authentication and data storage and retrieval

Terms of reference

Generic terms of reference for all sub-committees are to: Members handbook

• provide advice to policy makers and funding agencies in education and encourage strategic alignment
• advise other JISC sub-committees as appropriate and provide a report to each JISC meeting
• make provision for the appropriate dissemination of key outputs from work funded by the sub-committee
• undertake appropriate independent evaluation of the work funded by the sub-committee
• consider the financial implications and risk issues as they affect sub-committee decisions

Each sub-committee has additional terms of reference related to the specific activities it oversees.