The final blog from our ADG series. We missed out Blog#9-tooling as we're going to cover that off in more detail next year.

Interview#3of 12 our Data Tangle research project.: Sophie Crouchman. Strategic Projects and Research Manager at Universities Human Resources (UHR)

The eigth of ten summaries from our ADG webinar series that ran from Nov 2024 to Feb 2025.

The seventh of ten summaries from our ADG webinar series that ran from Nov 2024 to Feb 2025.

The sixth of ten summaries from our ADG webinar series that ran from Nov 2024 to Feb 2025.

One of the less fun parts of this job is reviewing failed data strategies mostly representing thinly disguised investment cases for big technology purchases. You know the ones — glossy decks filled with supplier logos, architecture diagrams that look like train maps, and a budget spreadsheet that reads like a supermarket sweep at a todays cloud provider of choice flagship store. These strategies don’t fail because the technology is bad. They fail because they start with techn

A link to a Podcast we did with Nicola Askham talking about The Data Tangle project.

Interview#2 of 12 our Data Tangle research project. Andrea Bowes , the Director of Digital Data & Technology at the University of Hertfordshire.

The fifth of ten summaries from our ADG webinar series that ran from Nov 2024 to Feb 2025.

Data Decoded is an event taking place in Manchester in October 2025.

The fourth of ten summaries from our ADG webinar series that ran from Nov 2024 to Feb 2025.

Interview#2 of 12 our Data Tangle research project. Linda Mason currently a consultant with Higher Futures, previously Director of Strategy and Planning at Sheffield Hallam University.

The third of ten summaries from our ADG webinar series that ran from Nov 2024 to Feb 2025.

Interview#1 of 12 our Data Tangle research project. Jo Knott- Director of Student Information and Planning at University of Hertfordshire.

The second of ten summaries from our ADG webinar series that ran from Nov 2024 to Feb 2025.

The first of ten summaries from our ADG webinar series that ran from Nov 2024 to Feb 2025.

I think we can agree, in an increasingly data dependant landscape, universities do recognise the importance of improving the quality,...

An introduction to our "Data Tangle" research project. A deep dive into the complexities and issues of data in UK Higher Education. This will include interviewing 12 different roles within a university and analysing the results. We also intend to respond to the issues raised with actionable suggestions on how to mitigate or partially mitigate without major resource or finance uplifts.

ADG Webinar series - why did we do it and what did we learn

The higher education sector has been navigating a period of immense disruption over the past five years, driven by multiple external and...