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As part of the ongoing commitment to the implementation of federation access management within the further and higher education and research sectors, JISC has confirmed the support arrangements for institutions.
The UK Access Management Federation provides the first port-of-call through the JANET helpdesk, which is fully supported by a team of access management technical experts. [...]

The US Congress has given the go-ahead for a new centre to explore ways advanced computer and communications technologies can improve learning.
The National Center for Research in Advanced Information and Digital Technologies will focus on "bringing education into the 21st century."
Supporters said classrooms have failed to keep up with technology innovations.
For the full BBC report, [...]

The Royal National College for the Blind (RNC) is a specialist residential College of further education and training, working with people from the age of 16, who are blind or partially sighted, to promote their independence and potential. RNC provides a range of full time programmes and short courses designed to prepare people for progression [...]

UK FEDERATION REGIONAL EVENT – LEEDS
Explore your options and share experiences with your peers!
JANET (UK) will be hosting a regional UK Access Management Federation event on the 28th October 2008, at Weetwood Hotel and Conference Centre, Leeds.
The aim of the event is to provide an opportunity for delegates to identify and discuss the anticipated challenges [...]

NTI have announced their new programme of courses for Summer 2008, covering project management, creative media and web development. All courses take place in the Old Broadcasting House in Leeds. Prices include lunch, refreshments and course materials and the courses do not attract VAT.
Courses include Adobe Dreamweaver, InDesign, Flash and Photoshop.
For more details, visit [...]

As part of their regional workshop programme Netskills are delivering the following workshop at Newcastle University in September:
CSS: A Complete Web Style Toolkit, 18th September
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This workshop and offers a complete, practical guide to the use of Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) to deliver professional-looking, accessible and cost-effective web content. If you are familiar with the basics [...]

Virtualisation - An Online Primer
Friday 10th October 2008
Venue: Your Desk! (Online event)
14:00 - 15:00
Virtualisation aims to maximise the use of resources by hosting multiple virtual servers on one or more physical servers. The benefit of this can be in reduced costs through less power consumption, less required space, and less frequent purchase of hardware.
This [...]

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 [...]