Our Team

Kim Coles is the University's Digital Capabilities Officer, and is supported by the Digital Capabilities Action Group. The Action Group meets monthly, and consists of a group of interested parties from Academic Schools and Directorates. The aim of the group is to advise on project activities, outputs and proposals, and to support the communication and dissemination of relevant information across the University.

Digital Capabilities Action Group members

Kim Coles

Kim joined the University of Reading in 2018 as an Academic Liaison Team Manager in the Library, supporting students' information literacy skills development through in person and online workshops, and supporting academic staff in the use of Talis Aspire online Reading Lists. In 2021/22 Kim spent a year working as part of the TEL team; contributing to the design and delivery of training on the updated Blackboard Ultra VLE. 

• Takeshi Adachi 

  Language Learning Technologist, ISLI

• Gordon Connell 

  Academic Liaison Team Manager, Library

• Steve Gough

  Director of Cyber Security and Digital Assurance, DTS

•  Vicki Holmes

  Head of Technology Enhanced Learning, TEL

• Emese Lazar 

  Professor of Finance, Deputy School Director of Teaching and Learning, Henley Business School

• Graham Philpott 

  Head of Careers Consultancy, Careers Service

• Sharon Sinclair-Graham

  Associate Professor in Law, School Director of Teaching and Learning, School of Law

• Brian Turner 

  EAP Lecturer, School Co-Director of Academic Tutors, ISLI

• Nick Venables 

  Business Relationship Manager, DTS

• Kerry Webb

  Associate Director (Academic Liaison and Support), Library Services