JISC RSC YH Exchange News

Learning providers have always had a duty of care for their learners at the heart of their policies and practice. Now that duty of care needs to be extended to the safe use of technology. Organisations have a key role in helping learners to develop the skills they need to keep themselves safe, secure and [...]

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The UK can only maintain its worldwide reputation for quality research, if researchers take advantage of the digital revolution, says JISC.
Today, JISC is launching a year-long campaign called ‘Research 3.0 – driving the knowledge economy’, to debate how digital technologies are changing not only what research we do, but how it can be carried out.
Professor [...]

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JISC ITT: SYNTHESIS ON OUTCOMES FROM AND BENEFITS OF DIGITISED RESOURCES
The JISC invites tenders to undertake a synthesis study to collate evidence relating to the development and use of digitised resources, articulating both the benefits of such resources and the broader outcomes arising from their creation. The study should be primarily considered in the [...]

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For those new to writing and developing strategy, a new JISC briefcase of resources is launched today to support people through the increasing scale of challenges facing learning providers.
http://www.jiscinfonet.ac.uk/infokits/strategy
The ‘strategy infokit’ produced by the JISC-funded advisory service JISC InfoNet covers all aspects of the strategy process: from articulating your institution’s vision and the characteristics of [...]

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With a £280m budget, the Grundtvig programme is a significant funder of adult education. It funds training opportunities for adult education organisations, staff and learners. Adult educators can be involved in structured courses, conferences and even job shadowing. Organisations can take part in exciting partnerships to share innovation and good practice with [...]

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The winners of the Association of Colleges Beacon Awards 2009/10 were announced at the AoC Annual Conference in Birmingham this week and our region was successful in many categories!
Regional winners were:

Award for Excellence in the Use of Technology – Wakefield College
Award for College Engagement with Employers – North Lindsey College
Award for Equality and Diversity – [...]

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The Centre for Learning and Performance Technologies has announced the final Top 100 Tools for Learning 2009 – created from the contributions of 278 learning professionals worldwide.
Topping the list is Twitter, followed by Delicious and YouTube.
Jane Hart, who compiled the list, said:
“I think this year’s list, once again, is a great demonstration of how learning [...]

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Engagement with business and the community has gone on in FE and HE for some time, often under headings such as ‘outreach’, ‘knowledge transfer’ or ‘enterprise’ for example. However, this activity has usually been carried on separately from core administration and services. Relationships with external contacts are becoming increasingly important strategic priorities, so guidance on [...]

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The latest case study from our region has gone live on the Excellence Gateway!
Pennine Camphill Community College: Improving network efficiency for small organisations
Ideal for any small organisation, Pennine Camphill Community College found an open-source solution to an overloaded network that, at the same time, solved issues surrounding e-safety and e-security. Its solution increased the efficiency [...]

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The latest case study from our region has gone live on the Excellence Gateway!
T-centrix: A solution to digital signatures
T-centrix has created secure digital signatures. For the first time, online items can be reliably authorised by a signatory. Learners’ work can be securely assessed online and administration processes can become paper-free.
To read more, go to www.excellencegateway.org.uk/259958
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