Letter from the Director

Dear Colleagues:

Universities are a critical component of the shift to a knowledge-based economy. Staff working in information technology and information services in universities have a special obligation to maintain their skills at the highest levels. Increasingly, these staff require an understanding of management issues and need to acquire new techniques to deal with challenges outside their area of technical expertise.

CAUDIT (the Council of Australian University Directors of Information Technology) has joined with EDUCAUSE (the peak USA organisation associated with IT and higher education) to develop and present a staff development program.

The CAUDIT-EDUCAUSE Institute endeavours to develop present and future leadership in information technology and information services in higher education through a curriculum that focuses on a balance between technical, managerial and leadership concepts and skills and enhances participants' knowledge of trends in higher education.

The Institute program is designed for high quality and intensive interactions among attendees and between attendees and faculty (the Institute's name for the facilitators) chosen for their knowledge, experience and enthusiasm for their profession. The number of attendees is limited to 40. Time for reflection and renewal is an integral element of the Institute program.

If you are interested in your professional development, in your career, in becoming a more valuable contributor to your institution, in remaining current in key areas of management theory and technique specifically focused on higher education, please join us at the 2005 CAUDIT-EDUCAUSE Institute at the Calypso Plaza, Coolangatta, Queensland from Sunday 28 August to Thursday 1 September 2005.

Gerrit Bahlman, Director, CAUDIT-EDUCAUSE Institute

Nick Tate, Chair, CAUDIT