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GOETEC

Championing digital transformation through collaboration

GOETEC Consortium champions digital transformation in Higher and Further Education through collaborative strategic partnerships.  GOETEC is a well-established, non-profit partnership comprised of the IT and Digital Services departments at Canterbury Christ Church University, University of Greenwich, University of Kent, East Kent Colleges Group, MidKent College and North Kent College, as well as Kent County Council. The Consortium is hosted at the University of Kent and works closely with KPSN, Kent Connects, Jisc and UCISA.

GOETEC’s key areas of work include maintaining and improving network connectivity and resilience, representing the interests of its member organisations within the sector, sharing best practice amongst the professional community, facilitating development opportunities and offering a full programme of member forums, knowledge exchange workshops, training and an annual conference.

GOETEC aims to:

  • To advocate on behalf of, and promote, the activities of a community of skilled public sector IT and related professionals on a local, regional, and national level.
  • To support this collaborative community enabling them to implement meaningful digital transformation to deliver their corporate objectives.
  • To facilitate mutually beneficial collaborative working, along with the sharing of good practice and learning opportunities, connecting to like-minded professionals in related sectors.
  • To identify additional opportunities to expand the community, increasing its impact and resilience.

GOETEC has a strong history of collaborative working over the last 20+ years and works closely with Jisc and the Kent Public Service Network (KPSN), to ensure all connected member sites in the region enjoy reliable network service and work together to maximise individual benefit.  In addition the members have worked together on improving cyber security, identification of professional development opportunities for IS/IT staff, a programme of digital events, knowledge exchange workshops and identification and sharing of good practice among the IS/IT community and beyond.

GOETEC offers its members the benefit of an established collaboration focused on HE/FE and the broader public sector. GOETEC ensures access to an effective whole area infrastructure fit for purpose and gives a platform to leverage benefit from collaboration and meaningful relationships between members and the broader public sector.

Paul Butler, Chair of GOETEC