JISC RSC YH Exchange News

Access Grid is a collaborative video conferencing tool where multiple sites from around the UK (or even around the world), can communicate and collaborate together in a single virtual location, called a virtual venue. This can be thought of as meeting in a video chat room on the internet.
Collaborative Tools for Teaching Workshop and Demonstration
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One of JANET’s activities is to monitor and, where possible, influence developments in legislation that affect universities, colleges and schools as operators of large computer networks. A new blog has been launched that will provide updates on developing areas of law and regulation.
The blog will mostly be concerned with changes and developments: areas of [...]

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New research conducted by Ipsos MORI shows how academic library and IT services are budgeting for today’s economic conditions, but are in need of help to scenario plan for the long term impact of the recession.
‘The impact of the economic recession on university library and IT services’ report, commissioned by JISC, SCONUL and UCISA, contains [...]

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Congratulations to Matthew Rhodes, Technical Services Manager at Freeman College, on winning a £100 Amazon gift voucher, courtesy of the JISC Regional Support Centre for Yorkshire & Humber!
Matthew completed the national JISC RSC customer satisfaction survey over the summer and was randomly chosen as the winner from the Yorkshire and Humber region.
The customer satisfaction survey [...]

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The JISC invites tenders to conduct a review of Using Cloud Computing for Research.
The aims of the review are:

To document the use cases for cloud computing in research;
To provide advice and guidance on the governance, legal and economic issues around using cloud computing for research;
To make recommendations to the JISC on further useful work that [...]

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The National Grid Service is inviting people to a workshop to help determine the e-infrastructure requirements for UK participation in a series of major European research infrastructure projects over the next two decades.
The European strategy forum on research infrastructures (ESFRI) identified the projects as essential to maintaining Europe’s research competitiveness in the future.
The NGS would [...]

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Netskills will be running the following workshops at Newcastle University this autumn:
Programming for Web Developers, 15th September
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Now you can finally get to grips with the fundamentals of web programming and add exciting, dynamic functionality to your web site. Having picked up the skills required to present web content using HTML and CSS, many developers find [...]

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Spaces are left at this free event:
Implementing Green IT – Cutting ICT-related Costs and Carbon
Monday 24th August 2009
Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh
Topics to be addressed by speakers from Edinburgh Napier University, Norwich City College, SusteIT and others include:
• Identifying cost-effective and easily achieved  improvement opportunities
• Persuading managers and colleagues that Green IT  is feasible and worthwhile
• How automatic powerdown [...]

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The ICT Energy and Carbon Footprinting Tool has been updated (August 2009) to provide a more user-friendly way to help estimate the energy and carbon footprint of an institution.  At its simplest users need only input the number of ICT devices.  The tool is free to use, but a condition of use is that results [...]

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You might be interested to know that JANET Training are running the following one-day courses during August:
Computers, Privacy and the Law
5th August 2009
Peter House, Manchester
The main aim of the course is to enabling organisations and staff to work lawfully, protect user privacy and run a professional system/network/service. This course provides an introduction to the privacy [...]

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