BCS Sussex Branch AGM - 16 Oct 2013 Roger Marshall, BCS President Follow me on

Topics  Strategic priorities and plans  Current activities and challenges  My Presidential theme  Recent changes in BCS Structure

Bridging the gap between education, practice and research Give practitioners the professional development and career support they need Informing public policy on how IT can contribute to society Ensuring everyone benefits from IT Mission To enable the information society Vision To be a world- class organisation for IT Championing the global IT profession Our strategy (the five pillars)

Strategic Plan –For young people to be educated with 21 st Century computing skills and motivated into further study and/or careers in IT –Driving the school curriculum changes –Training teachers through the Teaching Network of Excellence –Running the Computer Science Teaching Scholarships scheme for DfE –Support the Computing at School (CAS) movement Bridging the gap between education, practice and research

Strategic Plan –Promotion of the value of IT professionalism –Established career path for people entering the profession, new level 3 (and 7) qualifications –Encourage the use of Continual Professional Development –Increase membership significantly –World class communications, cohesion and engagement between BCS and its stakeholders –Improved level of engagement with students and young professionals –Member groups as a key channel for promoting professionalism Give practitioners the professional development and career support they need

Strategic Plan –The Institute should be perceived by key stakeholders as an authoritative source on matters relating to computing and IT –Develop use of the Policy Hub based on the input of expert members –Appoint working groups and spokespersons –Increased profile and political presence Informing public policy on how IT can contribute to society

Strategic Plan –Work to address the gender balance in IT (and the BCS) –Unconscious bias training to address inclusion and diversity in BCS –Actions on disability in IT –The business of IT is as important as the development and use of IT –Improve recognition in the digital community, entrepreneurs and SMEs –Drive activity and membership in those sectors Ensuring everyone benefits from IT

Strategic Plan –To strengthen our international reach –Increase business in growing markets –To establish CITP as the international benchmark of the IT professional –Ultimately the requirement for a licence to work in the IT profession Championing the global IT profession

Questions Does the strategy look right to you? What aspects should get more emphasis? What should get less emphasis?

Presentation to insert name here 10 What’s been happening… …in the past six months IMIS (Institute for Management Information Systems) has merged with BCS Funding for a new SFIA Level 3 qualification agreed New statutory curriculum for computing in England agreed Network of teaching excellence and scholarships established and funded Continual Professional Development recording tool PDP launched Cabinet Office Best Management Practice contract awarded to Capita (AXELOS) New professional development and digital literacy products First year of trading for BCS Learning and Development Institute cost savings (Member Groups not affected), Boards reduced from 5 to 4 Membership growing steadily External engagement improving in various sectors Web site improvements

Presentation to insert name here 11 What will be happening… …in the next six months New leadership team recruitment BCS board strategy development and performance monitoring Student engagement initiative Review of markets and product development AXELOS contract starts with BCS as Examinations Institute covering ITIL and PPM (project and programme management) ECDL development Targeted membership marketing Improved communications Policy Hub development Further initiatives in Diversity and Inclusion

12 Presidential theme “Engagement with students and young professionals” Working party on student engagement last year Set up student chapters in universities (subject to the results of a pilot) Doing more for younger members, such as new CPD portal, mentoring and CVs, support for entrepreneurs Encouraging young people to enter the profession

Questions Do the actions on student engagement seem sensible to you? What will really motivate students and young professionals to participate in BCS activities? Do we have an image problem, how can it be addressed? Are we providing the right services to this community, what more is needed? What can Branches contribute?

Finally…  Please let me have your feedback on:  The strategic priorities and plans  My Presidential theme  Or anything else regarding the Institute

BCS Sussex Branch AGM - 16 Oct 2013 Questions and discussion Roger Marshall, BCS President 2013 – 2014 Follow me on