Current projects

The following table contains a list of current projects being managed within Exeter IT, followed by those managed within the Strategic Change Team. For further information about a particular project, click on the link to the project website where available, or contact the project manager.

Title	Summary
Contact Centre	To deliver a University-wide Contact Centre, capable of providing call flow and queuing functionality, speech recognition, call recording and automated payment services to teams and departments in Colleges and Professional Services. For further information contact Roger Snelling (Roger.Snelling@exeter.ac.uk).
ExeNet	The ExeNet project will deliver a reliable, technologically advanced network offering enhanced wired, wireless, mobile data and telephony services across the Streatham and St Luke’s campuses. For further information contact Ruth O'Neale (Ruth.O'Neale@exeter.ac.uk).
Firewall and Traffic Shaping project	A project to replace our existing firewall and traffic shaping appliances with carrier class, high throughput devices, capable of supporting the 10Gbit connections required for our JANET internet link. These will provide sufficient throughput capacity for the increased growth in the network infrastructure and the gradual increase in use of Unified Access Control which will utilise the firewall. For further information contact Roger Snelling (Roger.Snelling@exeter.ac.uk).
CRIATE (Course Related Information AT Exeter) (previously iPaMS)	This project aims to build upon previous work by the JISC funded iPaMS (Integrated Programme and Module System) project, which developed a generic toolkit to allow the production, management and publication of programme and module information. CRIATE will build upon the toolkit to develop a production course information database, based on the iPaMS schema, and gather course information for all courses at the University of Exeter from a variety of sources. For further information contact Sam Daly (S.Daly@exeter.ac.uk).
MyTimetable	The MyTimetable project aims to produce a new web representation of a personal timetable to replace the current grid output. This will be the first such installation at a UK university. For further information contact Ian Tilsed (I.J.Tilsed@exeter.ac.uk).
Server Data Backup Service Replacement	The project aims to increase the capacity and throughput of the University Backup Service. It is a technology update to an existing service. For further information contact Steve Grange (S.L.Grange@exeter.ac.uk).
Symplectic: Research Publications Management System	The delivery of a web-based research publications system for the Research Office, complete with comparative analysis modules and integration with the institutional repository. For further information contact Ian Tilsed (I.J.Tilsed@exeter.ac.uk).
Unified Access Control	To deliver a flexible, granular network access control system for user-connected devices (PCs, laptops, mobile devices) to support and protect the core network infrastructure. Project currently on hold. Following a review of the UAC proof of concept and the risks and benefits of continuing with the UAC deployment across campus as planned, it has been decided to put the rollout on hold pending a review of other technical solutions and a review of processes within Exeter IT. If you have any queries about this please contact Ruth O’Neale (Ruth.O'Neale@exeter.ac.uk).
CS1K Campus IP Telephony Upgrade and Maintenance	The CS1K Upgrade project will effectively upgrade the universities production IP telephony system onto a maintained level of software and support. For further information please contact Roger Snelling (Roger.Snelling@exeter.ac.uk).
Upgrade ELE 1.9 to VLE v2.2 (Moodle 2)	The current version of ELE is v1.9 which is being de-supported from summer 2012. This project will deliver the upgrading/migration of ELE to the new version Moodle 2 (to v2.2). For further information please contact Ruth O'Neale (Ruth.O'Neale@exeter.ac.uk).

An Exeter IT developments schedule is also available (for University of Exeter users only).

In addition, there are a number of projects being managed through the Strategic Change team, and their current projects are listed below. Click on the project links for further information.

Title	Summary
EPOS System	A project to replace all stand alone cash registers with a campus wide Electronic Point Of Sale (EPOS) system.
FM System	A project to procure and implement a single Facilities Management (FM) system that supports the business activities of both Campus Services (‘CaS’) and Estate Development Services (‘EDS’).
Forum (link to separate Forum web pages)	An exciting new development for the heart of the Streatham campus to create an inspirational mix of outside and inside space.
Forum Retail	This project aims to bring together a high end retail experience with value for money initiatives. The Forum Retail offer will be a mini department store selling a varied selection of products for all budgets. There will be a modern approach to store design, following a flexible model which is easy to adapt.
Forum Student Services Centre (link to separate Forum web pages)	A significant part of the Forum project is the delivery of a Student Services Centre, bringing together 12, currently separate, student services in a one-stop-shop approach. The project aims to ensure efficient enquiry resolution and an improved student experience across all the services that will be represented. This will be done through use of software and by revising process and organisation.
Invoice Process Automation (IPA)	Information on this project will be added shortly
Legal Matter Management System	To procure a legal matter management system to assist with case management.
Key Information Sets	To coordinate the data that will be published to inform the choice of prospective students from September 2012.
My Career Zone (PGR & LTHE)	A project to enable postgraduate research and learning and teaching in higher education events to be managed through My Career Zone.
My PGR	This is a two phase project running over two years to develop an online system for the monitoring and management of postgraduate research students.
UKBA PBS Tier 4 Attendance Monitoring Review	To review the current arrangements and identify a preferred model that is legally compliant and fits with existing systems.
Workload Planner	The Workload Planner project will roll out a University-wide system to increase the availability and consistency of workload data for academics.