JISC RSC YH Exchange News

BIS have asked Becta to initiate a discussion about the future funding of Informal Adult Learning via the Learning Revolution social networking site. This is your chance to influence future policy.
They are interested in your thoughts on the future funding of informal adult learning. Rather than give you a prescriptive list of questions, they want [...]

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Staff at the Open University (OU) want to hear from colleagues and organisations in HE and FE who have used social software tools in teaching, or for any initiatives that enhance learner engagement, community building and student retention.
Contributions will form part of a JISC-funded social software case study project. The OU team are particularly interested [...]

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As part of the government’s consultation to gain opinions and views on its higher education debate, JISC will be hosting a blog on its JISC Involve platform.
The Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS), John Denham launched a debate on Higher Education in February 2008 when he announced the intention to develop a [...]

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The newly-revamped Excellence Gateway now features case studies on good practice in e-learning in post 16 teaching and learning.
Areas focused on are:
1. Improving teaching and learning
2. Improving responsiveness
3. Improving institutional effectiveness
New case studies are featured in the News section of the website: http://excellence.qia.org.uk/
The first case study from our region is now online. [...]

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