{"id":1929,"date":"2023-12-08T12:06:17","date_gmt":"2023-12-08T12:06:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/digitalbuzzuoe\/?p=1929"},"modified":"2023-12-08T12:06:22","modified_gmt":"2023-12-08T12:06:22","slug":"my-first-panel-interview-at-the-jisc-demonstrating-digital-transformation-uoe-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/digitalbuzzuoe\/my-first-panel-interview-at-the-jisc-demonstrating-digital-transformation-uoe-event\/","title":{"rendered":"My First Panel Interview at the Jisc Demonstrating Digital Transformation UoE Event"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Last month the University of Exeter hosted the first event of Jisc’s<\/a> Demonstrating Digital Transformation 2023\/24 event series, focused around how the University of Exeter are turning our digital vision into reality. We have recently completed our first year of delivering our 2030 digital strategy<\/a> which focuses on becoming the most accessible and connected University destination for any user, so this event was the perfect opportunity for us to share our experiences to date and have meaningful, honest conversations with our industry peers to enable us to share and learn from one another. We covered a range of topics including design thinking, agile working, our data-led culture, and digital skills. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our Digital Performance Analyst, Rebecca Jeavons, attended the event and joined the Q&A panel to share her thoughts on digital transformation at UoE for her first ever panel discussion! Read this blog to hear about Rebecca’s experience at the event. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rebecca’s thoughts<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am the Performance Analyst in the Digital team, which involves tracking the performance of our products, creating reports to share these findings, and working alongside the Product Owners and Dev team to improve these products and services based on data. If you want to find out more about my digital career, there\u2019s a blog post all about it here<\/a>! This was my first Jisc event and first ever panel discussion – so my nerves were pretty high, but I was able to get to know the attendees and engage in lots of interesting discussions which enabled me to feel more comfortable for the panel later in the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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During the day I attended two round table discussions \u2013 \u2018Data-led culture\u2019 and \u2018The educator perspective on Digital Transformation\u2019 \u2013 both of these had a wide variety of attendees which enabled really interesting conversations and sparked new ideas to consider moving forward. I am already part of the Data Community<\/a> at UoE, so this round table allowed me to gain new perspectives on what a \u2018data community\u2019 can offer and why it is essential in a digital transformation.  <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

It was then time for the panel! As a recent UoE graduate, I was providing the student perspective on why digital transformation is important and how it plays a major role to improve the student experience. Part of my degree was undertaken during the Covid pandemic, so I experienced reactive digital transformation firsthand. This experience as a student really highlighted how crucial the need for effective digital transformation is in HE, and how much work is still needed until we reach a point within this sector where we are no longer catching up, but leading the way forward.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My three key takeaways from this event were:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n