Universities information governance in a time of COVID-19

Without a shadow of a doubt, 2020, will be remember for the impact of COVID-19, lockdowns, deaths and hospitals stretched to the limits. For Australia, the pandemic also followed the worst drought in a century and the worst bushfires in recorded history. This has had a profound impact on one of Australia’s largest exports, valued at over trillion dollars, education. Universities across Australia have been impacted in so many ways, which have pushed their systems to their limits. It has highlighted the importance of data and technology and the crucial importance of information governance. Issues In April 2020, I was interviewed by GRC Professional journal on the risks to universities (before COVID-19 had taken a grip, but once Chinese student visas were cancelled). I was asked “What are some the broad risks that universities face?” My reply was the current risk in Australian universities is, without doubt, the impact of […]