Data is changing the world at an incredible pace and the ability to manage and assure data operations is a core organisational competence. But as our expectations of data continue to increase, the growth in the size, speed and complexity of data has hit organisational structures and processes in a way that is often reactive and tactical rather than strategic.
In this paper, strategic data advisor, Andy Youell, sets out the case for data governance in further and higher education institutions and considers what a coherent and pragmatic approach to data governance looks like.