1. Title of Committee: Information Technology Committee
2. Status of Committee: Standing Committee of the Academic Board
3. Frequency of meetings: termly
4. Responsibilities delegated to the Committee:
4.1: To agree and monitor IT strategy, ensuring that it conforms to and supports the strategic priorities of the School.
4.2: To advise the Academic Board, the APRC, the Director of Information Management &Technology and others as appropriate about the School’s IT strategy.
4.3: To consider the implications for IT strategy of strategic decisions made by other bodies in the School.
4.4: To ensure that IMT policy initiatives are consistent with the strategic objectives of the School and to monitor their delivery and lessons learned.
4.5: To consider initiatives and innovations in use more widely across HE and their potential for use within the School.
4.6: To consider resources required to implement the agreed strategic objectives for IMT consistent with LSE’s strategy, including consideration of value for money, and make recommendations to APRC
4.7: To report on IT strategy matters and relevant issues to Academic Board on an annual basis.
4.8: To invite other committees to make recommendations to it in order to link together IT issues and implications for other developments taking place in the School.
4.9: To receive regular reports from its two sub-committees, the IT Portfolio Board and the Information Security Advisory Board.
4.10:To receive regular reports from IT user groups including the Academic Support User Group and Services Division Advisory Group.
4.11: To advise the Director of Information Management & Technology on any matters he wishes to draw to its attention as appropriate.
4.12: To approve IT policies and procedures relating to information security.