The latest case study from our region has gone live on the Excellence Gateway!
Calderdale College: The end of the classroom?
Calderdale College is creating a radically different learning culture and environment, based on using the most appropriate space for each “learning event”.
To read more, go to www.excellencegateway.org.uk/247517
Links to examples of good practice in our region can [...]
New case study on learning space design
September 15th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Tags: ***HOT NEWS!*** - The must-read posts · Adult & Community Learning · Further Education · Higher Education · Resources · Specialist Colleges · Voluntary Sector · Work Based Learning
Foster Review of FE Capital Programme Published
April 3rd, 2009 · No Comments
The report of Sir Andrew Foster’s independent review of the capital programme in FE, has been published. In it he says “ the crisis was predictable and probably avoidable”.
Full details of the report and John Denham’s Written Ministerial Statement are available at: http://www.dius.gov.uk/news_and_speeches/announcements/fe_capital_programme
The response from the LSC is available at: http://www.lsc.gov.uk/news/latestnews/news-010409.htm
Tags: ***HOT NEWS!*** - The must-read posts · Further Education
RSC EVENT: Visioning Learning to Inform New Build
March 13th, 2009 · No Comments
The JISC RSC South East is delighted to announce the fourth seminar in its highly acclaimed New Build Suite of events aimed at Principals and Senior Managers. This crucial seminar will explore the teaching and learning models of tomorrow that should be influencing your critical new-build decisions today.
Title: Visioning Learning to Inform New Build
Date: 24th [...]
Tags: Events (All) · Further Education · Higher Education
RIBA Learning & Skills Sector Forum Conference & Further Education Building Design Excellence Awards 2009
February 27th, 2009 · No Comments
RIBA Learning & Skills Sector Forum Conference & Further Education Building Design Excellence Awards 2009
Building Colleges for our students’ future
RIBA, 66 Portland Place, London, W1B 1AD
Tuesday 31st March 2009
The RIBA Learning & Skills Sector Forum, in association with the LSN, will host its annual conference and award ceremony on March 31st 2009.
The Building Colleges for [...]
Tags: Further Education
Building Schools for the Future Events on New Build
February 5th, 2009 · No Comments
Forthcoming Building Schools for the Future events are open for booking. Please note that these events are arranged primarily with schools in mind – though those in FE & Skills may also find them useful.
ICT Conference
Tuesday 17 March 2009
Working together to deliver ICT that facilitates world class learning
The second annual ICT conference offers both strategic [...]
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New Build Forum (JISC RSC East Midlands event)
October 27th, 2008 · No Comments
For those unable to attend our Excellence in Learning Spaces forum, the JISC Regional Support Centre for East Midlands is hosting their New Build forum on 20th November at the Epic Project Centre in Lincoln.
The event is for managers with an involvement in New Builds and sustainability, starting at 10am and ending at 12.30pm with a [...]
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RSC YH EVENT: Excellence in Learning Spaces Forum (FREE)
September 15th, 2008 · No Comments
Excellence in Learning Spaces Forum
Tuesday 30 September 2008
York College
10:00 – 15:00
This FREE forum is for managers and others who have an interest in new build or are planning or in the process of a new build at their institution. We have held a successful inaugural meeting at Calderdale College in July and now plan to [...]
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New SusteIt events on New Build and Virtualisation
September 10th, 2008 · No Comments
The JISC-funded SusteIT project has set up three new, and FREE, events. One is focusing on the business and environmental case for virtualisation and shared data centres and will be held at the University of Bristol on November 3rd. It features a number of practitioner presentations.
The ‘Intelligent Campus’ event, at Birkbeck College, London on September [...]
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The Sustainable Desktop – FREE Event
July 23rd, 2008 · No Comments
The Sustainable Desktop?
Achieving Energy Efficient PCs in Universities and Colleges
2 September 2008
University of Sheffield
The JISC-funded SusteIT project is running a workshop on ‘The Sustainable Desktop’ at the University of Sheffield on September 2nd. The event focuses on ways of reducing IT-related energy consumption through computer powerdown; grid computing; procurement of low [...]
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RSC YH EVENT: Inaugural New Build Forum (FREE)
June 13th, 2008 · No Comments
New Build Forum
Tuesday 1st July 2008
Calderdale College
10:00 – 14:00
The JISC RSC YH is responding to the need to share knowledge and foresight on college new build in a number of ways.
We will be facilitating a series of workshops/forums, the first of which will be held at Calderdale College. The intention is to hold them at [...]
Tags: Events (All) · Events (RSC YH) · Further Education · Higher Education