User:Lisbk/MAC Initiative

The Management and Administrative Computing (MAC) Initiative was a national initiative set up by the University Grants Committee (UGC) in 1988 with the intention of promoting the '.. widespread development of improved management and administrative computing systems in universities' [1]. UK universities were encouraged to form large consortia which were knows as 'families' to specify and purchase administrative software systems. Four families were established: Delphic, Powerhouse, Secqus and Ingres.

The MAC Initiative was funded for seven years, from 1988 to 1995 A total of £11 million was invested in the Initiative. Activity in the Families slowly ran down after the central funding ceased.