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A nationally co-ordinated approach to technology in education allows learners and researchers to adopt new technologies faster, according to an international JISC study.
Led by JISC in the UK and SURF in the Netherlands, co-ordinated national initiatives and central funding structure in the two countries have meant that the benefits of Web 2.0 are felt right [...]

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The UK Access Management Federation would like to invite people working within the education or research community to take part in an expert working group.
The group will look at defining best practice guidance for web-based portal services for discovery in federated access management for those involved in deployment solutions as part of their participation in [...]

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UK federation in Practice - A cross-sector event to help organisations learn from the experiences of others
The UK Access Management Federation is pleased to announce that it will be running a federated access event on 14th October 2009 at the ICO in London.
The event will focus on a number of cross-sector case studies that have been [...]

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UK Federation in Practice - A cross-sector event to help organisations learn from the experiences of others
The UK Access Management Federation is pleased to announce that it will be running a federated access event on 14th October 2009 at the ICO in London.
The event will focus on a number of cross-sector case studies that have been developed [...]

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*** See www.rsc-yh.ac.uk/technical/techoffers for details on how you could get this training free***
There are still places available on JANET Training’s Introduction to the UK federation course on the 29th June in Manchester.
Course Overview
The aim of this course is to provide an overview of what’s required of organisations wishing to join the UK Access Management Federation. [...]

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You might be interested to know that JANET Training are running their three federation based courses at Peter House in Manchester:
Introduction to the UK federation
29th June 2009
The aim of this course is to provide an overview of what’s required of organisations wishing to join the UK Access Management Federation. The course will include suggested ways [...]

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JISC Legal is conducting research into “Institutional Consent Management Policy and Processes Supporting Personalisation”.  The JISC-funded study is intended to assist the use of technologies which, for data protection or other legal reasons, require the consent of a user as to the release of their personal data. The project complements work being done on access [...]

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FAM Fair: The Options Explored
4 Mar 2009
York Minster Conference and Banqueting Centre
 
Should you implement Federated Access Management?
Federated Access Management (FAM) has been the buzzword since the JISC’s announcement of support last summer.
FAM allows students and staff access to a wide-range of resources by using a single username and password, rather than having multiple logins. But is [...]

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As part of its ongoing and long-term commitment to the implementation of federated access management across the education and research sector, JISC today announced new appointments to key roles to ensure that the sector continues to receive the support and guidance it needs.
The Policy Board of the UK Access Management Federation is to be reconstituted [...]

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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 [...]

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