UK Access Management Federation for Education and Research:
Policy and Advisory Board

The UK federation Policy and Advisory Board represents the member community within the UK federation in matters relating to policy and advises the UK federation and JISC on future directions.

The UK federation Policy and Advisory Board forms an integral part of the structure of the UK federation. As described in the Rules of Membership: “The Policy and Advisory Board is ultimately responsible for maintaining effective governance of the Federation. It discharges this responsibility by defining the policies governing membership of the Federation and for the responsibilities that Federation membership entails.”

The current membership of the UK federation Policy and Advisory Board is as follows:

Chair

Mark Toole, University of Stirling

Members

Paul Harwood, JISC Collections
Brian Gilmore, University of Edinburgh
Ian Griffiths, Nottingham Trent University
Mike Kendall, EMBC
Sara Marsh, University of Bradford
Iain Stinson, University of Sussex
David Utting, JISC
Austen Okonweze, DFE

Here are the terms of reference for the Policy and Advisory Board.

To support its work, the Policy and Advisory Board has developed a strategy document.

If you would like to find out more about the Board, please contact m.williams at jisc-collections.ac.uk

The Policy and Advisory Board meets quarterly. Summaries of each meeting until July 2011 can be found here.

Summaries of meetings since August 2011

UK Federation Policy Board 24th October 2011 agenda here minutes here

UK Federation Policy Board 1st February 2012 agenda here