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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, [...]

ALT-C 2008: Rethinking the digital divide
9-11 September 2008, Leeds, UK
*ALT Conference 2008 - booking deadline extended to Friday, 22 August 2008 at 12 noon BST*
To book a place to attend the conference:
http://www.alt.ac.uk/altc2008/registering.html
This conference will explore and extend the debate over the digital divide, providing an opportunity to develop both thinking and practice. The premise to [...]

The JISC e-Learning Programme will be running its third international Online Conference Innovating e-Learning 2008 between 4th – 7th November. The theme for this year’s event is Learning in a Digital Age - Are we prepared?
Theme 1: Embracing the future now asks us to assess how prepared we really are for models of learning and [...]

Edexcel Policy Watch is a service that aims to provide anyone with an interest in education and skills with regular, easy to read and simple summaries of education developments.
If you would like further information, would like to be removed from, or would like anyone added to this mailing list at any point, simply send an [...]

Learning Lab Showcase Event: a journey through the world of mobile and emergent learning technologies
Date: Wednesday 17th September 2008, 2.00-6.30pm
Venue: Learning Lab, Telford Campus, University of Wolverhampton, Priorslee, Telford. TF2 9NT.
The Learning Lab is pleased to introduce its first Showcase Event, designed to offer delegates an insight into current and emergent learning technologies and how [...]

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 [...]

ALT-C 2008: Rethinking the digital divide
9-11 September 2008, Leeds, UK
*Bookings close Friday, 15th August 2008 - book soon to confirm your place!*
This conference will explore and extend the debate over the digital divide, providing an opportunity to develop both thinking and practice. The premise to be explored in the conference is that the digital divide [...]

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 [...]

The University of Bolton have contacted us with details of a new Masters in Learning with Technology, developed in the new Institute for Educational Cybernetics (home of the JISC-CETIS service).
The degree is innovative in taking a work-focussed approach to maintain the highest possible relevance to students’ practice. The expectation of an exhibition as a final [...]