Overview

Accommodation Catering and Events provide a wide range of services for students, staff and the general public. These include:

  • Catered and self-catered residential accommodation for around 6500 students, together with a variety of advisory and support services
  • Catered and self-catered accommodation for up to 3500 guests during the summer and spring vacations
  • Year-round B&B accommodation for visitors at Salisbury Green Hotel and the Kenneth Mackenzie Suite
  • Catering outlets, serving staff and students, in key locations across the University
  •  Conference and meeting venues and associated services
  • Banqueting and outside catering services, including an internal University delivered catering service

IS work in partnership with Accommodation Catering and Events to support the IT services which underpin this key business. Our current programme includes a range of projects to deliver new services, improve integration with University Finance and Procurement systems and deliver 24*7 service availability to staff and students. This programme is part of the Corporate Services Group (CSG) portfolio.

Further information about Accommodation Services is available at: http://www.accom.ed.ac.uk/.

Contacts

 

Name Role Contact Details
Andrew Glass Programme Owner Andrew.Glass@ed.ac.uk
John Dawes Programme Manager (IS Applications) John.Dawes@ed.ac.uk

If you have any questions or comments about this programme please contact either of the above or email the Project Services team at: apps-projects@lists.ed.ac.uk

Current Programme status

Report Date RAG
November 2024 GREEN
Code RAG RAG Date Manager Status Stage
ACS035 Booking Agent Interface April 2016 Chris Lawford Withdrawn Close
ACS033 Student Application System - Enhanced Student Data Feed to Accommodation Services BLUE April 2016 Colin Forrest Closed Close
ACS034 Uniware Cashless Catering Feed BLUE November 2015 Andrew Stewart Closed Close