UIS internal weekly e-news - UIS Update

Publication date: Every Friday with the exception of public holidays

Deadline for submissions: Thursday 12:00 noon

Contact: comms@uis.cam.ac.uk

Content features and topics

Business news:

• Services news: share any milestones, challenges, impressive stats or important upgrades. Name people who have gone the extra mile to resolve a service problem. We publish service status reports monthly.
  
  
• Project updates: share significant milestones, thanks to colleagues who have played an important role. Best practices and challenges through the project activity.
  

 Staff news:

• Staff moves: inform Comms and the Admin Office of any team staff changes including, secondments, shadowing, 'acting up' roles.
  
  
• New staff: inform Comms and the Admin office of any new joiners, including temp and short term contractors.
  
  
• Staff 'shout-outs': share praise and thanks for a team or individual to recognise a piece of work, this could be a small achievement or a gesture of goodwill. We'll share where space permits.
  
  
• Team news: as above and in addition, we have a 'meet the team feature' which gives the opportunity to introduce and your team, explain roles and responsibilities.
  
  
• Staff personal interests, hobbies and achievements: it's great to understand colleagues life outside of work. Have you completed a fun run, embarked on an interesting past-time, are part of a band, or have become a landscape gardening, poet, or artist during lockdown? Share your achievements accompanied with photo or video evidence!

Events:

• UIS workshops, Business Briefings, seminars/staff talks: If you're facilitating a meeting or workshop which may be useful to others we may be able to add these to our events section.
  
  
• University events: forward any relevant university events or training opportunities.

 Jobs:

• Internal secondments, temporary positions, shadowing opportunities: these can be listed in our jobs section and further details on the jobs intranet page. 

UIS bITe-size bulletin

The bulletin is a monthly round-up of UIS news that is relevant to the wider IT community.

Publication date: Usually the last day of the month 

Deadline for submissions: approximately the 23rd day of the month 

Contact: comms@uis.cam.ac.uk

Content features and topics

Services updates: important upgrades, decommissioned services and new services. 

Project updates: milestones reached or indeed delays; new projects and any relevant updates.

Events: IT-specific events or training opportunities can be listed. Engagement events to keep the IT community informed on UIS activities 

Jobs: The jobs section is often a popular feature to our readers. Get in touch if you have a technical position to fill.