JISC RSC YH Exchange News

E-Learning news and events from the JISC Regional Support Centre for Yorkshire & Humber

Digital Images for Education: Community Call

January 7th, 2009 · No Comments

The Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) and JISC Collections invite proposals from the academic sector and publicly-funded institutions, with a goal of life long learning, to provide still and moving images to support education across five broad subject areas:

History (UK, European and world history)
Social Sciences (including politics, economics, education and environment)
Science, Engineering and Technology
Art and Creative [...]

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Tags: Funding · Higher Education

E-books for FE Colleges – new two-year licensing initiative announced

September 16th, 2008 · No Comments

JISC Collections would like to thank the 250 colleges that responded to the recent consultation to assess the demand for e-books in the FE sector.
Following the excellent response, the Learning and Skills Council provided JISC Collections with funding to procure a core collection of e-books, and to host the collection on an e-books platform, specially [...]

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Tags: Further Education · Resources