Information Services creates and maintains a number of policies and documents relating to IT and Library services and information compliance. All current approved policies are listed in the document register. Draft new and revised policies offered for consultation are available from this web page prior to their approval and inclusion in the register.
Document register
The register lists all current documents created by ISD which have managed review and update cycles. This includes documents of the following types: strategies, policies, procedures and guidelines. For each document, the title, description, web link, authorising body, review status and latest version and approval date are listed.
Draft policies offered for consultation
The following draft policies are offered for comment. Use the supplied email link to give feedback.
| Name |
Description |
Version |
Link |
Close date |
Comments |
| Research data management policy |
The University's policy on the management of research data. Based on the principles that publically funded research data should be made openly available, and good data management improves research |
0.2 |
Research data management policy |
31/12/2012 |
Email |
New and recently approved policies
The following approved policies have recently been added to or updated in the document register.
| Name |
Description |
Version |
Link |
Approval date |
| Environmental Information Regulations |
Policy on the application of EIR to activities at the University |
1.0 |
Environmental Information Regulations Policy |
1/2/13 |
| Freedom of Information |
Policy on the application of FOIA to activities at the University |
3.0 |
Freedom of Information Act policy |
1/2/13 |
| GISP24 |
Systems management and development. A new policy statement on the need to agreed and implement an inactivity timeout period |
2.0 |
GISP24 |
1/2/13 |
| IT security policies |
Summary of changes proposed to IT security policies following review |
1.0 |
Summary |
8/11/12 |
| General information security policy |
The University's general policy on information security |
Various |
GISP |
8/11/12 |
| High level information security policy |
The University's high level policy on information security |
1.0 |
HLISP |
8/11/12 |
| Exchange Mobile Devices Security |
Staff and PGR students syncing their devices with Exchange must set a passcode. [Now part of the revised GISP] |
1.0 |
Mobile device security |
8/11/12 |
| Information Classification and Data Management |
Policy on the handling of information based on its information classification (public, internal, confidential, or secret). Includes guidelines on assessing the suitability of third party tools |
2.0 |
Information Classification Policy |
12/6/2012 |
| Conditions of Computer Use |
The conditions of computer use apply to all computer users at the University. Each year they are reviewed and updated in time for the start of the next academic year |
AY 12/13 |
COCU |
12/6/2012 |
| Data Protection |
Policy on the application of DPA |
1.0 |
Data Protection Policy |
12/6/2012 |