JISC RSC YH Exchange News

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 – [...]

[Read more]

Erica’s students text messages in class. James lets his learners play video games. Sophie’s learners are chatting on Facebook.
And the result?
Erica receives instant feedback from students. James’s learners with disabilities have improved co-ordination. Sophie knows when her learners are struggling with coursework.
Do you know someone using technology to make an impact [...]

[Read more]

Becta has launched the exciting Next Generation Learning Awards: Technology Excellence in FE & Skills.
Now in their second year, they will look to reward all types of learning provider in the FE and Skills sector and seek to identify those across the whole system who are fully confident in the use of technology.
Not only will [...]

[Read more]

Entries are now open for the Next Generation Learning Awards for the Further Education (FE) and Skills sector. The awards recognise and reward colleges and training providers that use technology in outstanding ways that benefits learners.
Now in its second year, the awards are set to showcase the contribution and impact of technology in further education. [...]

[Read more]

Across the Board: Autism support for families, a Leeds library project which helps local families whose children have autism has won the CILIP Libraries Change Lives Award 2009.
Children with autism have difficulty with social communication and interaction. This can result in unpredictable behaviour and means that parents of autistic children may not see libraries as [...]

[Read more]

The Learning and Skills Improvement Service hosted its third Leading the Learner Voice Awards ceremony in London this month. More than 100 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.
Congratulations go to Bradford College in our [...]

[Read more]

The Learning and Skills Improvement Service has announced the shortlist for its 2009 Leading the Learner Voice Awards. Now in their third year, the Leading the Learner Voice Awards celebrate the achievements that individuals and organisations in the further education and skills sector have made in embedding the learner voice.
Joe Martin, strategic coordinator, learner and [...]

[Read more]

Epigeum Award for the Most Effective Use of Video 2009
The purpose of this prize is to give credit to those practitioners who are exploiting video to enhance learning. There will be four criteria when judging entries: Creativity, wisdom of technological choices, fit-for-purposeness of production, and effect on student learning. Submissions must relate to video components to either online [...]

[Read more]

Are you a practitioner, service provider, organisation, developer or manufacturer doing something innovative or transformational in learning, teaching or training using mobile computing technologies?
Do you know of someone or an organisation that is?
The Handheld Learning and Innovation Awards 2009, otherwise known as the “Handys”, are looking for nominations.
There are award categories for

primary learning
secondary learning
tertiary & [...]

[Read more]

Nominate your star of Further Education for an LSIS STAR Award!
The deadline to make your STAR Awards nomination is fast approaching, so if you know someone who deserves recognition for the outstanding work they do in the further education sector, then make sure you don’t miss your chance to reward them by submitting your nomination [...]

[Read more]