RSC YH Exchange

The Centre for Excellence in Leadership hosted its second Leading the Learner Voice Awards ceremony in London on Thursday 3 July 2008. More than 150 learners, guests and sector representatives gathered to celebrate the achievements made by individuals and organisations in the further education and skills sector in embedding the learner voice.
Over 80 [...]

A new fund has been set up for FE colleges and training providers to help them connect with businesses in an innovative and collaborative way.
This fund has been created to help England compete in the global skills race putting the FE sector at the heart of improving the skills of businesses and individuals. It will [...]

As part of the government’s consultation to gain opinions and views on its higher education debate, JISC will be hosting a blog on its JISC Involve platform.
The Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS), John Denham launched a debate on Higher Education in February 2008 when he announced the intention to develop a [...]

Excellence in Inclusivity: Learning for Living & Work Dissemination Event
Wednesday 24th September 2008
Pavilion Hotel, York

09:30 - 15:30
Various colleges in the region have been involved in the ‘Learning for Living and Work’ Project, where they have purchased and used technology to enhance the learning experience.
This event will showcase some of these projects, detailing what has been [...]

Strategic Leadership for Enabling Learning: Technology in Pursuit of Excellence
A one day conference organised jointly by AoC NILTA and JISC RSC
Friday 12th September 2008
Heslington Hall, University of York
Your opportunity to get an update on leading edge practice.
This conference will focus on strategic leadership of organisations in the Further Education sector to embed technology as the [...]

The Centre for Excellence in Leadership (CEL) will soon be distributing their first e-newsletter specifically for work-based learning providers and their staff.
Sign up for this here.

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Our e-Learning Advisor (ACL), Kevin Wright has married and changed his name to Kevin Campbell-Wright.
Kevin’s old email address will remain active for three months so please use this time to update your records to reflect his new email address, which is K.L.CampbellWright@rsc-yh.ac.uk.
Kevin can still be contacted via our Support Line: 0113 343 1000.

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You might be interested to know that JANET Training are running the following course at Peter House in Manchester:
Technical Support for Videoconferencing
12th August
Within the context of national JANET services, this course will provide a useful introduction to the technical aspects of videoconferencing. It includes an overview of the components of a videoconferencing network, details of [...]

JANET(UK) would like to develop a portfolio of case studies on organisations which have deployed federated access management. The case studies would be done through a series of interviews with key individuals at the institutions and can be anonymous if the organisation wishes not to be named.
It is hoped that the case studies will [...]

You are cordially invited to the Leeds Girl Geek dinner on the evening of 13th August, at the Living Room in Leeds, close to the station.
Girl Geek Dinners were started in London three years ago as a way for women creatives, techies, scientists and programmers to meet up and socialise and not be outnumbered by [...]