JISC RSC YH Exchange News

There are still some spaces available on the following workshops that Netskills are running at Newcastle University in July:
1. Writing for the Web, 8th July
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The ability to write and re-purpose content for the web is an important skill. Visitors can abandon your site at the click of a button if they are not enticed by [...]

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There are still places available on the following one-day JANET Training courses:

Using Logiles for Security
29th July 2008
Learning South West, Bishops Hull House, Taunton http://www.ja.net/services/training/venues/learningsouthwest.html
This course provides a hands-on guide to the use of intrusion prevention and detection systems in conjunction with logfile analysis. Participants will get practical experiences of detecting attacks against IT systems; knowledge [...]

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Title:                             UCISA-SDG Professional Skills for Advisory Staff
Date:                             16 – 19 September 2008
Venue:                            University of East Anglia
Booking deadline:            Friday 29 August 2008
Professional Skills is aimed at computer professionals who have been working in an HE Computing/ Information Service for at least a year.
Working on the assumption that participants have the technical skills to do their job, [...]

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HEAT: Higher Education Assistive Technologies Scheme
The JISC TechDis Service is pleased to announce a third round of the HEAT scheme. The aim of this scheme is to provide staff working in HE or HE in FE in England, Wales and Northern Ireland with technology (including hardware and software, mainstream and specialist) with which to develop [...]

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Visit this new EU website for teachers and technology. As well as giving guides and information about subjects such as blogs and wikis, there are interesting features in the ‘current issues’ section on:

cyberbullying
searching the internet
privacy and personal safety

There is also a jargon buster and various other resources, including facts and figures answering questions [...]

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For too long, success in vocational qualifications has gone without the recognition and national celebration it deserves. But 23rd July 2008 is the first ever VQ Day – a celebration of the people who gain vocational qualifications every year, and those who help them achieve this success.
DIUS, AoC, ALP and many individual colleges and providers [...]

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The second in the series of three snapshots of UK Higher and Further Education activities in Second Life is now available.
This report summarises an investigation into the use and uptake of Second Life (SL) by UK Higher and Further Education. The research, carried out in the period up until May 2008, had four main goals:

to determine [...]

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Researching Work Based Learning: Constructing an Evidence Base
Date: 9 July 2008
Location: Austin Court, Birmingham
The Higher Education Academy (HEA) and fdf are hosting a one-day event focusing on current research which contributes to the construction of an evidence base to inform the development of, and policy for, work based learning (WBL). The event will provide an [...]

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Becta are having two workshops to help develop new advice and guidance on ‘acceptable use policies’ (AUPs) in September.
They produced the publication ‘Safeguarding Children in a Digital World: Toolkit for developing an LSCB e-safety strategy’ [http://publications.becta.org.uk/display.cfm?resID=35446] at a similar workshop last year.
Invitations are open to those who work at authority level and have expertise [...]

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Has your institution signed up for the British Library’s online resources? They are offering two major digital resources: Archival Sound Recordings and 19th Century Newspapers. Funded by the JISC, licenses are available for free to UK higher and further education.
Archival Sound Recordings provides access to music, spoken word and environmental sounds from the British [...]

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