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LSIS Funding: Up to £50,000 Available6 September 2010
LSIS is pleased to announce the opening of the fourth round of funding for Flexibility and Innovation Fund projects. The fourth funding closes on Friday 29 October 2010....
(Intended Audience: ACL, FE, WBL)
MyStudyBar Helps Organisations Save £500,00024 August 2010
MyStudyBar is an initiative supported by the JISC Regional Support Centres (RSC) and JISC TechDis. It is primarily designed to support learners with literacy-related difficulties, such as dyslexia, al...
(Intended Audience: Academic Staff, ACL, FE, HE, Learning Resources Staff, Managers, Technical Staff, WBL)
JISC Funding Opportunities24 August 2010
The Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) has recently published planned Grant calls and invitations to tender for the next academic year – August 2010 to July 2011....
(Intended Audience: Academic Staff, FE, HE, Managers)
Calling all FE Multimedia Users: EDINA Need Your Help23 August 2010
EDINA is working on a JISC-funded Scoping Study which is exploring what it means to have collections of metadata about images, films/videos and sounds, and considering the benefits and challenges asso...
(Intended Audience: Academic Staff, FE)
Regional Support Centres become part of JISC Advance23 August 2010
On 1st August 2010 JISC Regional Support Centres (RSCs), which guide and support the deployment of technologies for learning providers, became part of JISC Advance....
(Intended Audience: Academic Staff, ACL, FE, HE, Learning Resources Staff, Managers, Technical Staff, WBL)
JISC Digital Media Announce Training Programme13 August 2010
JISC Digital Media are now taking bookings for their new training programme which runs until December 2010....
(Intended Audience: Academic Staff, FE, HE)
Screencasting Workshop: 12th October9 August 2010
JISC Digital Media will host a one-day workshop on 12th October in Bristol on how to maximize the value of screencasting in presentation, demonstration and digital storytelling for teaching and learni...
(Intended Audience: FE, HE)
E-safety: Top Ten Tips5 August 2010
JISC Legal has produced an e-safety ‘Top Ten Tips’ guide for FE organisations....
(Intended Audience: Academic Staff, FE, Managers)
IFL case studies focus on technology and CPD5 August 2010
The Institute for Learning (IFL) has published six case studies as part of ‘Supporting the Workforce’ – a research project designed to help boost teachers and trainers skills in using new techno...
(Intended Audience: FE, WBL)
E-learning Design and Development Workshop: Book Now for a Reduced Rate4 August 2010
Netskills will host a workshop in London on the 27th-28th October on how to confidently create pedagogically sound e-learning....
(Intended Audience: FE)
JISCLegal Provide Guidance on Recording Lectures3 August 2010
JISCLegal has announced the release of its latest guidance ‘Recording Lectures-Legal Issues’. ...
(Intended Audience: FE, HE)
Latest Issue of RSC Newsletter Now Available16 April 2010
The Spring/Summer edition of RSC West Midlands’ Newsletter is now available in both print and electronic formats....
(Intended Audience: Academic Staff, ACL, FE, HE, Learning Resources Staff, Managers, Technical Staff, WBL)
JISC reviews its Intute service16 December 2009
JISC regularly reviews the services that it funds, to ensure they deliver value for money, quality products and to test their sustainability for the future. A services portfolio review takes place ann...
(Intended Audience: ACL, FE, HE, WBL)
JISC Funding Opportunities for 2009/1012 November 2009
JISC has issued roadmaps of the 2009/10 future Grant Funding opportunities. ...
(Intended Audience: Academic Staff, FE, HE, Managers)
Capital Funding for Attendance on Free E-learning Programmes4 November 2009
There are still places available for two e-learning programmes with the potential to claim a £700 capital grant per person, or a maximum of £2100 per organization (maximum 3 persons) to purchase ILT...
(Intended Audience: ACL, FE, WBL)
LSIS Host Ofsted Inspection Framework Events19 October 2009
The Learning and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS) will host a series of events to help learning providers prepare for Ofsted’s new inspection framework....
(Intended Audience: Academic Staff, ACL, FE, Managers, WBL)
New Sustainability Website for the Learning and Skills Sector11 September 2009
The new Sustainability Online Resource and Toolkit for Education (SORTED) is a new resource for sustainability issues in the learning and skills sector. Packed with a wide range of resources, SORTED h...
(Intended Audience: Academic Staff, ACL, FE, HE, Learning Resources Staff, Managers, Technical Staff, WBL)
RSC WM Launches Island in Second Life28 August 2009
The JISC RSC West Midlands is pleased to announce that it has recently bought an island in the virtual world, Second Life ™ for learning providers in the region to use....
(Intended Audience: ACL, FE, Managers, Technical Staff, WBL)
New Information: Evidencing Skills and Qualifications23 January 2009
The Standards Verification UK (SVUK) has released new information on their website for those delivering learning in the FE/learning and skills sector and wishing to gain licensed status: http://www.st...
(Intended Audience: ACL, FE, Managers, WBL)
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