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The latest JISC Inform is now available in an online version, Inform Plus, showcasing extra content, an interactive timeline, podcasts and videos as well as the usual spread of news from across JISC’s work.
This autumn edition looks at how digital technologies are helping learning providers reach out locally as well as internationally.  There is also [...]

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In 2008 John Denham, Secretary of State for the Department of Innovation, Universities and Skills launched a consultation called the Higher Education Debate, to seek expert thinking, fresh ideas and comments on the future of higher education for the next ten to fifteen years.
The new HE Framework – Higher Ambitions – was launched earlier [...]

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JISC needs help to continue making the JISC website better for the user community.
There have been changes this year:  you can now customise your JISC homepage, search for publications in a new way, navigate via topics, see the ‘most read’ content, and search for information across all of the JISC Services sites using the JISC [...]

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The UK’s first online commercial radio sound archive has been launched with JISC funding, preserving over 5,000 searchable recordings including the first hour of UK commercial radio in 1973, coverage of five UK general elections and the end of apartheid.
The collection is available online for researchers, lecturers and students at the LBC / Independent [...]

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JISC has issued roadmaps of the 2009/10 future Grant Funding opportunities. Aspects of activity covered include Research, Learning and Teaching, Organisational Support, Infrastructure and Resources. Eligability for funding varies (HE or HE in FE and between England and the devolved countries), so it is advisable to check this carefully before proceeding with any applications.
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/fundingopportunities/futurecalls/grant.aspx
The [...]

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He was ranked one of the top 30 management thinkers in the world by Accenture in 2005 and in 2007 as the outstanding innovation expert in the UK by the Financial Times.
Now Charlie Leadbeater, one of the most influential creative people in the world and adviser to companies, cities and governments, is set to open [...]

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Join Graham Attwell, Martin Weller (The Open University) and Rob Howe (University of Northampton), session facilitator, John Traxler, and other delegates in this year’s JISC online conference, Innovating e-Learning 2009 to debate the future of education on the 24th November.
As part of the pre-conference buzz, Martin Weller has produced a short video interviewing his [...]

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With Armistice Day fast approaching a JISC project team has taken an unusual approach to ensuring that people continue to learn about the First World War.
The First World War Poetry Digital Archive and the Learning Technologies Group at Oxford University have collaborated on an exciting new venture in the 3D virtual world Second Life to [...]

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A report published by the university think-tank million+ confirms the value of funding projects to advance the innovative application of digital technologies in UK universities.
The application of technology to enhance learning and wider university activities has been a source of interest not only to universities, their staff and the funding councils but also to Ministers [...]

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Figures showing everyday use of a university library are the unlikely stars of a JISC-funded competition showcasing innovative approaches to presenting library data.
The winning entrant, an undergraduate computer scientist, created an imaginative ‘book galaxy’ showing books as stars in the galaxy of library resources accessed by University of Huddersfield students and staff.
Explore the galaxy at [...]

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