JISC RSC YH Exchange News

New Build Forum
Tuesday 1st July 2008
Calderdale College
10:00 – 14:00
The JISC RSC YH is responding to the need to share knowledge and foresight on college new build in a number of ways.
We will be facilitating a series of workshops/forums, the first of which will be held at Calderdale College. The intention is to hold them at [...]

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Becta has launched its Next Generation Learning campaign. The website is dedicated to outlining "the positive impact that technology can have in education, how it can help all learners fulfil their potential and build a better future for the nation".
Accompanying this, there is a checklist for practitioners on how to start realising the [...]

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The JISC RSC YH e-Learning Conference 2008 took place yesterday at the University of Bradford.
“Learning Excellence: Making It Happen” inspired a full house of delegates, with thoughtful and, at times, provocative keynote talks from George Trow (Principal & Chief Executive, Rotherham College of Arts & Technology), Laura Overton (MD, Towards Maturity) and Will Stewart (e-Learning [...]

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Becta has launched the Next Generation Learning Awards 2009 to seek out and identify all types of learning provider in the FE and Skills sector and to reward those across the whole system who are fully confident in the use of technology.
There are six sector awards and a special learner nominated award. Cash prizes [...]

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The results of the second phase of the Academic Misconduct Benchmarking Research Project (AMBeR) show that while HEIs vary in their application of plagiarism policies, there are clusters of consensus within groups of universities.
The details highlighted by the research will be used by higher education institutions to review and develop their individual plagiarism policies in [...]

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A new improvement body dedicated to the development of the further education and skills sector was officially named on Tuesday 10 June 2008. The new organisation will be known as the Learning and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS) – dedicated to development. LSIS will bring together the work of CEL and QIA to support leadership development [...]

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You might be interested to know that JANET Training are holding the following courses during July:

Basic Networking
4th July 2008
AMIRS, Birmingham
The main objective of this course is to provide delegates with a basic understanding of computer network technologies and concepts. Throughout the course, delegates are given practical exercises and are shown
demonstrations.
A full description of the course [...]

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Netskills highly successful two-day nationally accredited e-learning event will run again in July 2008. Delivered by professionals in the field, the "e-Learning Design and Development" 2 day event will run from the 2nd – 3rd July at the Netskills Training Suite at Newcastle University and you can book online now.
An innovative, practical training course that [...]

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Copyright Clearance for Print, Broadcast and Multimedia Production **NEW DATE**
Presenters: Alma Hales and Bernadette Attwell
Date: Monday 21st July 2008, 10.00 am – 5.00 pm
Another chance to attend one of the most popular courses run by the BUFVC. This is an essential one-day starter for those needing to use copy and manage existing third party [...]

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As part of their regional workshop programme Netskills are delivering the following web development workshops at Newcastle University in July:
1. Writing for the Web, 8th July
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What is so different about writing for the web?
The ability to write and re-purpose content for the web is an important skill. Visitors can abandon your site at the click [...]

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