Sarah Knight

Sarah Knight is director of digital transformation in higher education at Jisc (UK). Her team supports universities with their digital transformation agenda. This includes working with senior leaders to support their use of Jisc’s framework and maturity model for digital transformation in higher education. Sarah has been working with Jisc for over 20 years and has led several large national transformation programmes.


Sessies

11-11
11:35
45min
In the Lead: Connecting National Agendas with Local Action (ENG)
Christien Bok, Sarah Knight, Oliver Janoschka, Hanna Nordlund

Who is truly in the lead in digital transformation — and how does that differ across Europe? In this international panel, speakers from four national organisations — Sarah Knight from Jisc (UK), Hanna Nordlund from Digivisio (Finland), Oliver Janoschka from Hochschulforum Digitalisierung (Germany), and Christien Bok from SURF (Netherlands) — compare how governance, culture, and structure shape who takes responsibility for change.

Kunst van kennisdeling
Plenaire zaal
11-11
14:00
45min
European Perspectives on Generative AI in Education: What's next? (ENG)
Johannes Schleiss, Bram Enning, Sarah Knight, Oliver Janoschka

How are different countries integrating AI into education and what can we learn from each other’s experiences? In this international panel, we bring together a wide range of European perspectives to look into at European innovation with and around generative AI and how different educational futures are envisioned. We will dive into the challenges faced, lessons learned and explore what role European collaboration can play.

Digitaal fundament
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