How Are University CIOS Trained in 2025? The French Touch

8 pages•Published: November 6, 2025

Bertrand Mocquet, Fabrice Moutte, Stuart Mclellan and Emmanuelle Vivier

Abstract

This communication “How are university CIOs trained in 2025? The French Touch” presents a detailed analysis of the training of university Chief Information Officers (CIOs) in France in 2025. This study, on the evolving role of CIOs in higher education within the French context, highlights the role of training in the transformation of university CIOs between September 2018 and May 2025 in the France, with an emphasis on the need to develop managerial skills, and present the integration of competencies in digital strategy, cloud, user-centric services, and operational efficiency has become critical. Several aspects are addressed, including the organization of training programs, key stakeholders involved, and the pedagogical methods used.

Keyphrases: digital transformation, managerial skills, training of cios, university cios, university digital strategy

In: Laurence Desnos, Raimund Vogl, Lazaros Merakos, Carmen Diaz, Janina Mincer-Daszkiewicz and Stuart Mclellan (editors). Proceedings of EUNIS 2025 annual congress in Belfast, vol 107, pages 70-77.

Links:	https://easychair.org/publications/paper/nvNS
	https://doi.org/10.29007/g1ft

BibTeX entry

@inproceedings{EUNIS2025:How_Are_University_CIOS,
  author    = {Bertrand Mocquet and Fabrice Moutte and Stuart Mclellan and Emmanuelle Vivier},
  title     = {How Are University CIOS Trained in 2025? The French Touch},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of EUNIS 2025 annual congress in Belfast},
  editor    = {Laurence Desnos and Raimund Vogl and Lazaros Merakos and Carmen Diaz and Janina Mincer-Daszkiewicz and Stuart Mclellan},
  series    = {EPiC Series in Computing},
  volume    = {107},
  publisher = {EasyChair},
  bibsource = {EasyChair, https://easychair.org},
  issn      = {2398-7340},
  url       = {/publications/paper/nvNS},
  doi       = {10.29007/g1ft},
  pages     = {70-77},
  year      = {2025}}

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