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News archiveQAA publishes subject benchmark for Master's Degrees in ComputingFri 20th May, 2011 Setting the benchmark for postgraduate computing studyWhat does it mean to be a postgraduate computing student in the UK? New guidance from the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA) will support institutions that offer master's degrees in computing and information technology subjects. The new subject benchmark statement, published today by QAA, was developed following strong demand from the computing higher education community. ... Read moreHigher Education Academy - Teaching Development GrantsTue 10th May, 2011 The Higher Education Academy is offering bid-based development grant funding to stimulate evidence-based research and encourage innovations in learning and teaching that have the potential for sector-wide impact. Over the next year there will be a total of £1.5 million of funding available for individual grants, departmental grants and collaborative grants. ... Read moreUKeiG seeks the 2011 nominations for its Jason Farradane AwardTue 10th May, 2011 The UKeiG Jason Farradane Award is made to an individual or a group of people in recognition of outstanding work in the information profession. The Award embraces activities in the information profession in its widest sense, while the UKeiG Tony Kent Strix Award focuses more narrowly on information retrieval. ... Read moreHigher Education Academy job opportunitiesTue 10th May, 2011 The Higher Education Academy (HEA) is developing a new and ambitious strategy to support higher education institutions in their work to improve learning and teaching. To deliver this work, the HEA has created a range of exciting opportunities for innovative Call for 2011 LIRG/JIBS Student AwardsWed 13th Apr, 2011 2011 LIRG/JIBS Student Awards - closing date is 13 May 2011. The Library and Information Research Group (LIRG), in conjunction with LIRG offers the prize to promote a greater awareness amongst students of Nominations for 2011 Tony Kent Strix AwardThu 24th Feb, 2011 The UKeiG Tony Kent Strix Award is given in recognition of an outstanding practical innovation or achievement in the field of information retrieval. This could take the form of an application or service, or an overall appreciation of past achievements from which significant advances have emanated. The Award is open to individuals or groups from anywhere in the world. The deadline for nominations is Friday 26th August 2011. ... Read moreBAILER Infographic competitionWed 23rd Feb, 2011 BAILER – the British Association for Information and Library Education and Research – are pleased to announce a competition to design an infographic illustrating the value of libraries and challenging the logic of closures. The three best entries will win £100 in Amazon vouchers. Please see http://bit.ly/bailercomp for more details. ... Read moreHEA Wales announces new initiativesFri 18th Feb, 2011 Enhancement Fund 2011 JISC TechDis Subject Library Survey experiences in obtaining alternative formatsTue 15th Feb, 2011 Do you have experience of working with publishers to source or produce accessible texts for your students? JISC TechDis are seeking to produce a summary of publisher responsiveness to requests for alternative and / or accessible texts on a subject by subject basis. ... Read moreEngineering and Sustainable Development workshopsTue 8th Feb, 2011 http://www.engsc.ac.uk/events/engineering-and-sustainable-development Friday 25 Feb 2011, Queen's University Belfast Teaching in the Biosciences: an introduction for postgraduates and postdoctoral fellowsTue 8th Feb, 2011 http://www.bioscience.heacademy.ac.uk/events/ulster250211.aspx Friday 25 Feb 2011, University of Ulster, Jordanstown Campus
BCS - Innovative IT Recycling Competitions - the Art and Design Competition, and the Technical Innovation CompetitionWed 2nd Feb, 2011 National Teaching Fellowship Scheme 2011 - Call for nominationsFri 7th Jan, 2011 The National Teaching Fellowship Scheme (NTFS) Individual Awards 2011 call for nominations is now open. ... Read more John Campbell Trust: January 2011 callFri 7th Jan, 2011 The John Campbell Trust is currently accepting applications for
Call for papers ECE 2011Fri 26th Nov, 2010 We invite you to submit a paper/abstract to the 6th International Education in a Changing Environment Conference, Creativity and Engagement in Higher Education, to be held at the University of Salford from 6-8 July 2011. The program committee invites submission of full papers and of abstracts for Pecha Kucha, workshop, demonstration, performance or poster sessions. The proposal accompanying each paper/abstract should indicate how the work fits within one of the following three conference themes: Social Media: exploring how social media can be used to facilitate, engage, support or deliver learning. Learning, Teaching and Assessment: offering insights into creative ways of facilitating learning, teaching and assessment and enabling engagement with students. Networking and Partnerships: addressing engagement and creativity with external partners. Partners may include a broad range of stakeholders from other UK Universities, Schools and Colleges to international partners, community groups, and employers. This may include research in organisational learning and in work related learning. ... Read morePDP tool for Postgraduate StudentsTue 23rd Nov, 2010 Postgraduate students may be involved in teaching activities, and need support to help them in this activity. Institutions will normally provide training sessions and institution-specific guidance, but this is not always felt to be sufficient. HEA-ICS has conducted a survey of UK computing departments to ascertain what support materials are provided for PG students to develop personal development plans (PDP) to support their teaching activities. Update on the restructuring of the Higher Education AcademyTue 16th Nov, 2010 Dear Colleague As you may be aware, the future focus and structure of the Higher Education Academy (HEA) has been under review. On Wednesday 10th November 2010 the Board of the HEA agreed a revised, narrower focus for the HEA's work, which will concentrate on activity that supports institutions and their staff in improving teaching in higher education. This will be built around three aspects of the student learning experience - teacher excellence, developing academic practice, and institutional strategy. The HEA will continue to work with institutional leaders and with academics in their disciplines. The future of the HEA's work at the discipline level has been clarified; Subject Centres will be phased out by summer 2012. From 2012 work at discipline level will be led and coordinated centrally (from a restructured York office and smaller offices in Cardiff, Edinburgh and possibly, Northern Ireland), and delivered with the support of a network of associates, including subject experts, drawn from academic staff based in or linked to a wide range of higher education institutions. Subject Centres including Information and Computer Sciences will be funded for the remainder of the current academic year (to July 2011). From 1 August 2011 reduced funding will be provided for several months to support the involvement of Subject Centres in the development and delivery of services and projects for the Academy, and the transition to the new structure. ICS will endeavour to deliver on the Operational Plan as submitted to the HEA for the period up until July 2011. At the time of writing much of the detail relating to the operation of ICS during the transition to the new Academy structure is yet to be agreed. We will endeavour to keep our subject community informed and look forward to your continued engagement and support. In the meantime, please feel free to contact us on firstname.lastname@example.com ICS Subject Center. 16 November 2010 ... Read moreItalics Call for Papers Feb 2011 Issue - OPENFri 5th Nov, 2010
We welcome individual contributions on topics relating to the coverage of ITALICS. For themed issues please see the Call For Papers below; If you have an idea for a themed issue and are interested in acting as a guest editor, please contact firstname.lastname@example.com. Student Essay Competition 2011Fri 29th Oct, 2010 Are you a Computing or Library and Information Science student? Would you like the chance to win £300 and have your work published? If so, then take this opportunity to express your views on: "'Flexible learning' is a current buzz phrase; how do you envisage the perfect flexible learning course?" The Higher Education Academy's Information and Computer Science Subject Centre, is offering you the chance to submit your opinions and experiences in an essay or podcast/vidcast form. This opportunity is open to anyone studying Computing or Library and Information Science as part of their higher education course. International students studying at a UK institution are more than welcome to enter. However, UK or non-UK students studying at institutions outside of the UK are unfortunately not eligible for the award. To enter this competition all you need to do is write a 1,000-word essay or record a Full details on how to enter can be found at http://www.ics.heacademy.ac.uk/student_central/competition_essay_details11.htm ... Read moreOpen Educational Resources 2011 (OER11) ConferenceTue 19th Oct, 2010 Manchester Conference Centre Jorum e-review now availableMon 11th Oct, 2010 Jorum e-review is a monthly bulletin which aims to highlight some of the resources available in Jorum, in addition to news from the Jorum team. Jorum exists to provide a trusted source of free learning and teaching resources across all subject areas, saving academics time, showcasing institutions' efforts and increasing the visibility of their resources. Jorum supports the OER movement and those who want to find, share and discuss learning and teaching resources. You can follow Jorum on Twitter or via Facebook. From this month's Jorum e-Review: a new Jorum roadmap has been released; a presentation 'Depositing materials in JorumOpen' is available online; and in September the UKOER Phase 2 projects, which will be depositing their Open Educational Resources (OER) into JorumOpen over the coming year, were released. ... Read moreCfP:special issue of Research in Learning Technology on 'Theory in Learning Technology'Mon 11th Oct, 2010 This is a call for papers for a Special Issue of Research in Learning Technology, the Journal of the Association for Learning Technology (Volume 19, Number 3) on Theory in Learning Technology: http://www.alt.ac.uk/callforpapers_altj_theory.html Abstracts can be submitted to either of the guest editors for informal feedback until 1 December 2010. Papers should be submitted via the Manuscript Central online submission system at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/calt before 31 January 2011. ... Read moreReview of libraries & archives sector NOS / frameworksFri 8th Oct, 2010 Lifelong Learning UK (LLUK) is undertaking a review of the Information and Library Services, Archives Services and Records Management National Occupational Standards (NOS), working with the sector to ensure that the standards meet the needs of those who use them. NOS are practical resource tools with the ability to support staff at every level of the workforce and can be used to support the full range of human resource development activities including performance management, training and development, and recruitment and selection. Long term benefits can include increased effectiveness, reduced workloads, and a reduction in resource expenditure. A LAIS NOS Factsheet is available on the LLUK website which provides additional information on the process of revising the current NOS. Feedback on the revised draft of the NOS from those working in the sector across the UK is very important so we would encourage anyone from the libraries, archives and information services (LAIS) sector with an interest in refining and shaping the standards to take part. ... Read moreCfP: 6th Education in a Changing Environment ConferenceThu 7th Oct, 2010 The University of Salford's 6th Education in a Changing Environment Conference, Creativity and Engagement in Higher Education, will explore and discuss international best practice in teaching and educational research in higher education. Through themes of Social Media; Learning, Teaching and Assessment; Networking and Partnerships, the Conference will identify creative models for engagement in a shifting educational landscape. Call for papers deadline is January 14th, 2011 ... Read moreLatest ICS Newsletter availableWed 6th Oct, 2010 The latest issue of the HEA-ICS Newsletter is now available online: issue 20 - October 2010 ... Read moreHow To Do A Bibliometric Analysis Of Your HEITue 5th Oct, 2010 There has been a lot of publicity regarding bibliometrics in relation to the forthcoming REF in recent months. In this publication, the background to the use of bibliometrics in the REF is given, and then advice is given on how someone could carry out a bibliometric analysis on staff within their own HEI. http://www.ics.heacademy.ac.uk/publications/guides/ ... Read more JISC Infrastructure for Education & Research projectsMon 4th Oct, 2010 We're pleased to announce JISC Grant Funding 15/10: JISC Infrastructure for Education & Research: http://www.jisc.ac.uk/fundingopportunities/funding_calls/2010/10/grant1510.aspx There is a Briefing Day next Monday 11th October. Deadline for bids is Monday 15th November. ... Read more Digital Literacies SymposiumFri 1st Oct, 2010 The 11th ELESIG Symposium, sponsored by JISC, will take place in London on Wednesday, 6th October and report the work of the SLiDA Project that has been investigating how institutions are creating and enabling opportunities that promote the development of effective learning in a digital age. Funding announced for testing of the Strategic ICT ToolkitThu 30th Sep, 2010 JISC invites institutions to submit short structured expressions of interest to field test the Strategic ICT Toolkit – a new online resource designed to help institutions analyse, assess and develop their strategic use of ICT - and to report back their experiences. ... Read moreJISC Grant Funding OpportunitiesThu 30th Sep, 2010 JISC invites institutions to submit proposals for the following areas in support of its strategic objective to help institutions improve their efficiency and effectiveness, particularly with regard to their corporate and business systems, and to become more environmentally sustainable:
JISC seeks SWaNI FE proposals for e-learning programmeThu 30th Sep, 2010 JISC invites FE colleges, funded via SFC, DCELLS Wales and DEL Northern Ireland, to submit initial proposals for innovative projects in the e-learning domain, as part of its e-learning programme for 2010/11. Funding of at least £500,000 in total is available for these Learning and Teaching Innovation Grants within SWaNI (Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland) FE. ... Read moreJISC call for proposals for e-content programme in 2011Wed 29th Sep, 2010 JISC invites institutions to submit funding proposals for projects to be funded as part of its e-content programme for 2011. Funding of up to £840,000 is available within two strands: ... Read moreInvitation to Jorum user experience focus groupWed 29th Sep, 2010 The Jorum team is currently involved in some work to improve the user experience of Jorum, and as part of this, we would like to invite you to take part in an online focus group. ... Read more Report on 'Student Perceptions of Referencing'Wed 29th Sep, 2010 The challenge of referencing: a Write Now/LearnHigher funded mini research project Over the last two years Write Now has collaborated with the LearnHigher Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning by awarding mini research grants to the Referencing Learning Area of LearnHigher. This has enabled Colin Neville of the University of Bradford to conduct research on the perceptions of students toward referencing in assignments. During 2008-10, over 600 home and international students were contacted across 17 UK institutions of higher education, including students at London Met University. This led to two survey reports: 'Student Perceptions of Referencing', and 'International Students, Writing and Referencing'. The reports have been presented at two Symposia at Bradford, in 2009 and 2010 respectively, attracting on both occasions the venue maximum of 70 delegates from Britain and overseas. ... Read moreFuture of Informs and the Virtual Training SuiteWed 29th Sep, 2010 As you may be aware, central funding for both Informs and the Virtual Training Suite will be coming to an end in 2011. An online survey about the future of Informs and the Virtual Training Suite is available from: This survey is part of a consultation programme aimed at finding out whether those who currently use and recommend these products (as well as potential users) value them and whether there might be an opportunity to develop both products within subscription or membership models, possibly with new or enhanced features. ... Read moreCILIP Accreditation Board RecruitmentWed 29th Sep, 2010 Got an opinion of content of LIS degrees? Then consider joining CILIP's Accreditation Board Applications are invited from Chartered Members and Fellows of CILIP to serve on the Accreditation Board. This Board is responsible for assessing all applications from institutions of further and higher education for accreditation of courses in librarianship and information management at degree level. In addition the Board administers the CILIP Seal of Recognition which recognises relevant training and development programmes within the profession. ... Read moreFree Media-Enhanced Feedback workshop (Sheffield)Thu 23rd Sep, 2010 A free Media-Enhanced Feedback workshop which will take place in Sheffield on 27th October - details can be found at http://podcastingforpp.pbworks.com/Sheffield-Event The day-long workshop is a 'co-production' of the ASSET JISC Benefits Realisation project and the Media-Enhanced Learning Special Interest Group. The day will be a mix of workshops and presentations with sessions for beginners and experienced practitioners. ... Read moreLIRG and JIBS Student Awards Winners 2010Thu 23rd Sep, 2010 The Library and Information Research Group (LIRG) and JIBS are pleased to announce the winners of their 2010 Student Awards. LIRG offers its award to promote a greater awareness amongst students of the importance of research and to facilitate the dissemination of the results of outstanding projects. Each School of Library and Information Studies is invited to nominate one of their students' projects for the award. This year, for the first time, a parallel award was offered by JIBS. The JIBS competition focuses on the area of library information systems, bibliographic databases or other resource discovery technologies and how such resources or technologies are being developed or exploited. ... Read moreCall for abstracts: EBLIP6 (6th International Evidence Based Library & Information Practice)Mon 20th Sep, 2010 The International Programme Committee for the 6th International Evidence Based Library and Information Practice (EBLIP6) conference invites you to submit oral presentations and posters for the conference 'EBLIP6: Valuing Knowledge and Expertise' to be held at the University of Salford, Greater Manchester, UK from 27th-30th June 2011. Themes include EBLIP in the LIS curriculum. Submission is by a form which can be downloaded from the conference website at http://www.eblip6.salford.ac.uk/abstracts.php and emailing it to firstname.lastname@example.com by 3rd December 2010. ... Read moreOpen Day for students on information management coursesMon 20th Sep, 2010 Please forward to LIS students New to the profession? Studying information management? BIALL and CLSIG invite graduate trainees, first jobbers and student librarians to their joint annual Open Day on Thursday 28th October 2010.
Tony Kent Strix and Jason Farradane AwardsFri 10th Sep, 2010 UKeiG would like to remind you that there is still time – in fact until Friday 24th September – to nominate someone for either of these prestigious awards. The UKeiG Jason Farradane Award is made to an individual or a group of people in recognition of outstanding work in the information profession. The Award embraces activities in the information profession in its widest sense, while the UKeiG Tony Kent Strix Award focuses more narrowly on outstanding practical innovation or achievement in the field of information retrieval. Further details can be found from the UKeiG website at http://www.ukeig.org.uk/awards ... Read moreOER Pilot Programme Synthesis And Evaluation ReportFri 10th Sep, 2010 In June 2009, JISC and the HE Academy awarded funding to Glasgow Caledonian University to examine their jointly funded OER Pilot programme; bringing together and analysing the activity of all the individual projects to gain a greater understanding of the release of Open Educational Resources. The OER Pilot programme enabled the large scale release of OER with a view to the creation of a mass of released materials and sustainability of OER release. The final synthesis report includes recommendations to the funders and to the stakeholders represented in the three strands of the programme, and a version of the framework tool for use by the sector to audit progress towards more open practices around educational resources. ... Read moreJorum Launches new visual identityTue 7th Sep, 2010 The Jorum team are pleased to announce the release of a new visual identity, officially launched this week at the ALT-C 2010 conference. The Jorum service, which has seen numerous changes over the last year, began its transformation in January 2010 with the release of JorumOpen. As a result of this recent growth in resources available, and feedback received from our users, it is the perfect time to adapt Jorum's look - to further enhance the service, promote the resources, and highlight the value and benefits of Jorum. ... Read moreLILAC 2011: call for papersTue 7th Sep, 2010 LILAC 2011 will be held 18th - 20th April 2011 at the British Library in London. Further details and the call for papers are available on the LILAC website: http://lilacconference.com/WP/call-for-papers/ The themes of next year's conference are: * New to teaching * Creativity in IL * Supporting excellence in the research community * IL in society: making a difference * IL in the future * Evidence based IL We are looking for short and long papers, workshops and symposiums, posters and pecha kucha presentations. Please notes the call for papers closes on 1st November 2010, so please do consider submitting a paper. We look forward to welcoming you to LILAC 2011. Dr Jane Secker, LILAC Committee www.lilacconference.com ... Read moreSponsorship for CILIP chartership candidate at 10th Annual E-Books Conference (Scotland)Wed 1st Sep, 2010 Sponsorship of a CILIP chartership candidate at Working in a digital age: The 10th Annual E-Books Conference. Zetoc QuestionnaireWed 25th Aug, 2010 The producers of the Zetoc service http://zetoc.mimas.ac.uk/ are seeking postgraduates, researchers, and educators in HE who would be willing to talk to them about how they could develop and enhance the Zetoc service. The discussion will be informal and will focus on getting your thoughts about your use of the service. It is expected to take about 1 hour and 30 minutes, and in return for your time you will a £40 Amazon voucher. No travelling will be involved as the researcher will visit you at your convenience. ... Read moreJISC Funding OpportunitiesThu 19th Aug, 2010 JISC has recently updated the future calls section of its website and now shows planned Grant calls and Invitations To Tenders from August 2010 to July 2011.
Further information relating to the calls and ITTs will be posted to JISC Announce as these are issued. ... Read moreiConference 2011: Call for ParticipationThu 19th Aug, 2010 The goal of iConference 2011 is to create an unparalleled intellectual experience that focuses on information challenges and opportunities, while at the same time promoting excellence in research and building community. Our four-day format will include papers, posters, workshops and myriad alternative events. Also being organized is a Doctoral Student Colloquium and a Junior Faculty & Postdoc Colloquium, popular venues at past iConferences. All will be offered in a shared, onsite experience that fosters interaction, spontaneity, reflection, and forward movement. ... Read moreStudent survey shows high levels of satisfaction among undergraduatesWed 18th Aug, 2010 NSS 2010 shows continued high levels of satisfaction among higher education undergraduate students. The overall satisfaction rate for students studying at all types of higher education institution (HEI) and at further education colleges (FECs) in England remains high, with 82 per cent saying they are satisfied with their course in this year's National Student Survey (NSS).This year more students than ever were able to take part in the survey run by Ipsos MORI. Around 252,000 students responded – that is 30,000 more than last year. The overall response rate this year was 63.1 per cent. A total of 152 HEIs and 113 FECs from across the UK took part in the survey. To read this item in full visit: http://www.hefce.ac.uk/news/hefce/2010/nssresult.htm ... Read more The Google Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship: Europe, the Middle East and AfricaTue 17th Aug, 2010 The Google Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship (Europe, the Middle East and Africa) is an award open to female students who will be enrolled in a Bachelor's, Master's or PhD programme (or equivalent) in 2011/2012. Applicants must complete the online application and submit all requested documents by 1st February 2011. Multiple scholarships will be awarded based on the strength of candidates' academic performance, leadership experience and demonstrated passion for computer science. A group of female Bachelor's, Master's, and PhD student finalists will be chosen from the applicant pool. The scholarship recipients will each receive a €7,000 (or equivalent) scholarship. In June 2011, all scholarship recipients and finalists will be invited to visit Google's Engineering Centre in Zurich for a networking retreat. It will include workshops with a series of speakers, panels, breakout sessions and social activities, and will provide an opportunity for all finalists to meet and share their experiences. ... Read moreEBLIDA seeks a new DirectorWed 11th Aug, 2010 EBLIDA - the European Bureau of Library, Information and Documentation Associations - is looking to appoint a new Director at the latest from December 2010. The post is based in The Hague in The Netherlands. Details of the vacancy are at: http://www.eblida.org/index.php?page=vacancies ... Read more OCLC/ALISE LIS Faculty Research Grant ProposalsWed 11th Aug, 2010 OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. and OCLC Research, in collaboration with the Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE), invite research proposals for the 2011 Library and Information Science Research Grant Program (LISRGP). Awards of up to $15,000 are available to full-time academic faculty in schools of library and information science or related fields. Electronically submitted proposals for the 2010 OCLC/ALISE Library & Information Science Research Grant Program are due by midnight Wednesday, 15 September 2010. ... Read moreVirtual World Conference 2010 (in Second Life)Wed 11th Aug, 2010 We are pleased to announce The Virtual World Conference 2010, a unique event exploring the use of online virtual worlds for learning, collaborative work and business ventures, which will be hosted over a 24-hour period entirely in Second Life on 15 September 2010. The one-day conference, following the sun, will bring together 21 international speakers from around the world to share ideas, showcase innovations and applications, and hold debates with a world-wide audience. This is an excellent opportunity to get a snapshot of leading research and expertise in the field, as well as network with like-minded peers. ... Read moreJISC ITT: the impact of OER use on teaching and learningMon 9th Aug, 2010 Invitation to Tender: OER Phase 2: Strand B(i): Examination of the impact of OER use on teaching and learning The HE Academy and JISC invites tenders to conduct a study of the impact of the use of OERs on teaching and learning, the benefits that OERs can offer learners and those supporting the learner process and the pedagogical frameworks that enable effective use of OERs. ... Read moreALT-C 2010: "Into something rich and strange" - making sense of the sea-change *Booking deadline approaching*Fri 6th Aug, 2010 *Booking deadline approaching*: next Friday, 13 August Sustainable development projects in HEThu 5th Aug, 2010 Keeping pace with enthusiasm for sustainable development Eleven sustainable development projects in the higher education (HE) sector are being supported by a HEFCE funding initiative 'Leading sustainable development in higher education'. Full information about the projects is available at: http://www.hefce.ac.uk/news/hefce/2010/lgmsd.htm ... Read moreVacancy: Impact Research FellowTue 3rd Aug, 2010 A part time (0.5 FTE, fixed term for 6 months) Research Fellow post http://bit.ly/bcB9Tn is available, offering a unique opportunity to analyse the impact of a group of key social media projects in relation to business innovation and the growing field of transliteracy research. It is ideally suited to a scholar wishing to examine the importance of impact in relation to a substantial example of social media practice. ... Read moreSocial Media Will Play Major Role at IFLA 2010Mon 2nd Aug, 2010 This year IFLA will be using social media to help delegates make the most of their experience at this year's World Library and Information Congress in Gothenburg, Sweden (10-15 August 2010). The Conference website http://2010.ifla.org/ is the place to find all official IFLA news and can stay updated on the congress programme (highlights, room changes, etc.). ... Read more5th JISC international online conferenceMon 2nd Aug, 2010 Register now for the 5th JISC international online conference: Bringing innovation to life: From adversity comes opportunity. The online conference takes place from 23-26 November 2010, with a fee of £50 per delegate. Proceedings take place in an asynchronous virtual environment which can be accessed wherever and whenever is convenient to you. ... Read moreMSOR Network, School of Mathematical Sciences Assistant DirectorThu 29th Jul, 2010 Starting salary in the range of £37,839 - £43,840 a year (potential progression on performance once in post to £49,342). The post is fixed-term until July 2011. Iinvitation to help develop an Information Literacy assessment Question BankTue 27th Jul, 2010 See below for an invitation to participate in the development of a UK Information Literacy assessment Question Bank. Please contact firstname.lastname@example.com to receive a document outlining the project. The work proposed here will, using the CILIP definition of information literacy, develop questions for a UK Online Information Literacy Assessment Question Bank, and it is to this end that we invite information professionals to contribute to this initiative. ... Read moreCfP: 2nd International Conference on Computational CreativityThu 22nd Jul, 2010 A Call for Papers has been issued for ICCC-11, the 2nd International Conference on Computational Creativity, to be held from April 27-29, 2011 in Mexico City, Mexico: Book reviewers wanted for Journal of Information LiteracyWed 21st Jul, 2010 The Journal of Information Literacy is looking for new writers to contribute book reviews and help us stay abreast of the ever-expanding literature on the subject. Book reviews are usually between 500 and 600 words in length, and reviewers get to keep the books being reviewed. The journal is published twice yearly, with Summer (June) and Winter (December) issues, and past book reviews (and of course past articles) can be read at https://ojs.lboro.ac.uk/ojs/index.php/JIL/issue/archive. If you would be interested in contributing book reviews, please send me an email in the first instance (firstname.lastname@example.com) outlining your main information literacy interests (e.g. theoretical aspects, technological aspects, policy aspects, etc.) and, where appropriate, providing links to previous book reviews. ... Read moreSloodleWed 21st Jul, 2010 The Sloodle project has recently been awarded a Teachning and Learning Innovation Grant from JISC. Previously the project was funded for 2 years by and Eduserv grant which has recently finished. Sloodle is a project which integrates Second Life with Moodle. For more information: http://www.sloodle.org/moodle/ ... Read moreJorumOpen survey: summary of results now availableTue 20th Jul, 2010 Key themes from the JorumOpen survey results are now available to view on the Jorum Community Bay – go to item 2 at the following link: http://community.jorum.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=33 New WebPA Resource Pack available onlineTue 20th Jul, 2010 The WebPA Resource Pack has been designed to support those considering the adoption of WebPA. It captures the various deliverables generated from the JISC funded project in a usable guide and also helps to inform the implementation and embedding of the tool within a department and, ultimately, across an institution. All the experience and guidance within the pack is based on lessons learnt by the adopters of the WebPA tool and the project team. The pack is designed in a way that you can easily point colleagues to relevant sections or give them the handouts at the end of the pack. You can download the Pack from http://www.webpa.ac.uk/?q=node/495. Please bear with us as we finalise some of the links. 1 ... Read more IET Young Woman EngineerTue 20th Jul, 2010 The IET Young Woman Engineer Award is a prestigious award that honours the very best female engineers under the age of 30 working in the UK today. It seeks to highlight the achievements of women in engineering and to encourage others to enter the profession. The closing date for entry for the 2010 Award is 30th July - http://bit.ly/aSXonf ... Read moreCfP: Third International m-Libraries ConferenceTue 20th Jul, 2010 Papers and presentations are sought for the Third International m-Libraries Conference, which will take place from 11-13 May 2011 in Brisbane, Australia. The conference will explore and share work carried out in libraries around the world to deliver services and resources to users 'on the move', via a growing plethora of mobile and hand-held devices. Project Information Literacy updateTue 20th Jul, 2010 Project Information Literacy (PIL) http://projectinfolit.org has released a new research report entitled, "Assigning Inquiry: How Handouts for Research Assignments Guide Today's College Students" (41 pages, PDF, 2.14MB). ... Read moreThe Archives and Records AssociationWed 14th Jul, 2010 The Archives & Records Association (ARA) came into existence on 1 June 2010 and is the result of a merger of the National Council on Archives and the Association of Chief Archivists in Local Government with the Society of Archivists. This exciting new development seeks to provide coherent representation of the archives sector, a wider range of services to members and enable wider involvement in shaping debate in the sector. Their new website is (http://www.archives.org.uk/) ... Read more The Cyber Security Challenge UK launches in JulyWed 14th Jul, 2010 The UK's first Cyber Security Challenge – the hunt for future UK cyber security professionals - will officially open on the 26th July. The Cyber Security Challenge is a programme of national online games and face-to-face competitions that will test the cyber security abilities of individuals and teams from every walk of life. From 6th form leavers and undergraduates to seasoned security professionals, challenges are being set across the country for everyone with an interest in cyber security to demonstrate their skills. The Challenge is a new initiative to identify the future talent that will power and grow our national pool of cyber security professionals. ... Read moreDoctoral research opportunity at Edinburgh Napier UniversityTue 13th Jul, 2010 Applications are invited from candidates who would like to undertake a three-year funded PhD studentship within the Institute for Informatics and Digital Innovation at Edinburgh Napier University in the UK. The Institute comprises five research centres, of which the Centre for Social Informatics is one (http://www.csi.soc.napier.ac.uk/). ... Read moreTwo full-funded Librarianship PhD StudentshipsTue 13th Jul, 2010 The University of Sheffield is seeking PhD students to work on 2 fully-funded research projects in partnership with The British Library. Both projects have a collections focus and require experience of working in an academic or research library together with a Masters degree in librarianship or a related subject. Students expecting to obtain a Masters degree this summer may also apply. Only UK or EU residents are eligible. The positions are available from October 2010 and the awards cover tuition fees and maintenance grants of c£13.5K per year. ... Read more Discounted student places: Coming to London Conference 2010Tue 13th Jul, 2010 Archives for London are offering 6 student places at the subsidised price of £10 for their October conference, Coming to London. As a bustling centre of trade and commerce, London has always been a popular destination for the cultural diaspora. Through archives we can trace that London has attracted, and offered refuge to, millions of people from round the world. AfL's annual conference, Coming to London will explore how and why individuals and groups ended up in London, and how they changed it. From internal migration, through to the activities of the West African Students Union, the diversity of subjects covered is shaping up to offer a fascinating day of discovery.' For more details, and how to apply, see the website http://www.archivesforlondon.org/conference2010 ... Read moreThree LIS academic vacancies at CSU, AustraliaTue 13th Jul, 2010 Following a very successful round of recruitment last year, the School of Information Studies at Charles Sturt University (CSU) is advertising for three more academic staff (two continuing, one three-year contract), as it continues to grow. Appointments will be made at Senior Lecturer, Lecturer, or Associate Lecturer level. ... Read moreUKAIS 2011 Annual ConferenceMon 28th Jun, 2010 The UK Academy for Information Systems http://www.ukais.org.uk/ will be holding its annual conference between 10-13 April 2011 in Oxford, UK. Save the following dates in your diary! Key dates: * Call for conference tracks proposals - now open - please use the survey link below * Call For Papers will be announced end July 2010 * PhD Consortium 11 April 2011 * Conference: 12 & 13 April 2011 ... Read more PebblePad wins international elearning awardMon 7th Jun, 2010 eportfolio users may be interested to know that Pebble Learning and the University of Wolverhampton have won a prestigious international elearning award; an international panel of judges selected online personal learning system PebblePad www.pebblepad.co.uk for a Platinum Award for Global Learning Excellence – the highest available - at the IMS Global Learning Impact Awards held in Long Beach, California in May 2010. ... Read moreFunding Call for Open Educational Resources for Accredited Courses for Teachers in Higher EducationWed 2nd Jun, 2010 The HE Academy has released the next strand of Open Educational Resources funding: Open Educational Resources for Accredited Courses for Teachers in Higher Education – Call for projects
LIRG and JIBS Students PrizesFri 28th May, 2010 The Library and Information Research Group (LIRG) awards a student prize each year for a research-based projects .This year JIBS will also be awarding a prize. Both prizes will be for a Postgraduate dissertation or a final year Undergraduate project. The LIRG student prize will be awarded for a research based project on any LIS topic. The JIBS student prize will be restricted to the area of library information systems, bibliographic databases or other electronic technologies and how such resources or technologies are being developed or exploited, practical projects that exploit such technologies may also be submitted. ... Read more Space CompetitionTue 25th May, 2010 *OUR SPACE* Richard Garriott, British-born computer games pioneer and astronaut has made available a fantastic video library of science experiments he performed on his visit to the International Space Station in 2008, which we are encouraging pupils to use to create their own space adventure. ... Read more Thomson Reuters Outstanding Information Science Teacher AwardTue 25th May, 2010 The purpose of the award is to recognize the unique teaching contribution of an individual as a teacher of information science. ... Read more WebPA seminar: Peer Review of individual students in group projectsWed 19th May, 2010 Book now for the Closing the feedback loop in WebPA - Peer Review of individual students in group projects seminar- part of the the Evidence Based Practice Seminar Series 2010: Assessment and Feedback. The seminar will take plce pn Wed 9th June 2010 at Loughborough University: details at http://bit.ly/dffjbs . There is no charge for this event; however it is necessary to book (as places are limited). ... Read more2010 ALT Learning Technologist of the Year Award - Open for EntriesTue 18th May, 2010 http://www.alt.ac.uk/awards.html has links to the rubric and entry form for the 2010 ALT Learning Technologist of the Year Award, which is now open for entries. ... Read moreJorum Learning and Teaching CompetitionMon 17th May, 2010 Following on from last year's successful competition, which resulted in six highly creative and valuable resources winning places, we are pleased to announce that the 2010 competition is now open and accepting entries. The panel of judges will be looking for exciting and innovative resources created under a creative commons licence, and entries will be judged against a set of criteria - appropriateness, engagement, effectiveness and reusability. More info following the link below: http://www.ics.heacademy.ac.uk/projects/oer/competition.php ... Read moreGreen ICT Projects showcasedFri 14th May, 2010 Sustainable ICT projects in six universities and colleges have been shortlisted as part of the final stage of the annual Green Gown Awards. 6 universities and colleges have been shortlisted as part of the final stage of the annual Green Gown Awards The Green ICT category showcases initiatives with potential to cut energy consumption, carbon emissions, waste and other environmental impacts associated with ICT use, or are developing hardware and/or software with environmental benefits. ... Read moreCall for Nominations: UKeiG Tony Kent Strix AwardFri 14th May, 2010 UKeiG is now seeking nominations for 2010 for this prestigious award. The UKeiG Tony Kent Strix Award is given in recognition of an outstanding practical innovation or achievement in the field of information retrieval. This could take the form of an application or service, or an overall appreciation of past achievements from which significant advances have emanated. The Award is open to individuals or groups from anywhere in the world. The deadline for nominations is Friday 24th September 2010. Further details of the award together with the address to which nominations should be sent are given below and at http://www.ukeig.org.uk/awards/. ... Read moreWorkshop - Enhancing employability: Case studies of theory and practiceWed 12th May, 2010 The Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching (CELT) presents: Workshop - Enhancing employability: Case studies of theory and practice Wednesday 19th May, 1.30 - 4.30 pm in Edward Anwyl Building B10, Caerleon Campus, University of Wales, Newport Presenter: Jo Smedley is the Associate Dean for Learning & Teaching in Newport Business School. With an academic background in quantitative analysis and business information technology, she has led and worked on action research developments in the UK and Europe for over 25 years. Focusing on improving efficiency and effectiveness of practice in various academic and vocational scenarios, these initiatives have used appropriate blends of modern technologies to enhance the student learning experience and strengthen employability skills. Based on outcomes from these developments, Jo has published in the areas of knowledge management, business information technology and learning and teaching.. Her current interests focus on increasing the impact of applying technologies to training and development in professional practice. ... Read more Free passes for TransferSummit/UKThu 6th May, 2010 I'd like to invite you to an important event covering the topic of open innovation and commercial/academic partnerships. TransferSummit/UK will be held in Oxford in June. Details of the event can be seen below. We've got a limited number of free passes for those working on academic projects, just enter "Academic_Invite_10" into the booking form to receive your 100% discount. ... Read moreBrave New Worlds - the Ethics of Education in Popular Digital TechnologiesThu 6th May, 2010 The Higher Education Academy has funded the Learning Lab to support a Special Interest Group (SIG) that explores the 'informal' ethics of educational interventions in popular digital technologies and as part of its activity, two one-day events have been planned to discuss and explore this area.
Follow the pre-event discussions online at #heethicsweb2.0conf on Twitter! For more information, please feel free to contact Abi Redmond at the Learning Lab on 01902 322362 or at firstname.lastname@example.com Using lis-e-resources to keep up-to-date with the literatureSat 1st May, 2010 Lizz Jennings, Information Librarian (E-Resources) at the University of Bath, has made a bibliography about managing electronic resources available via the UKSG's lis-e-resources. http://www.uksg.org/sites/uksg.org/files/Electronic%20Resources%20Bibliography.pdf ... Read more Writing Retreat 2010Fri 23rd Apr, 2010 Writing Retreat 2010 30th June - 2nd July 2010 Gregynog Hall in the quiet village of Tregynon, Powys Facilitated by Professor Simon Haslett (CELT Director) Apply by the deadline of 10th May 2010 via email to email@example.com ... Read moreHEA/JISC funding for OER projectsThu 22nd Apr, 2010 The Higher Education Academy and JISC invites the submission of funding proposals for projects linked to Open Educational Resources. ... Read moreCall for chapters: 3D Virtual World Learning HandbookThu 22nd Apr, 2010 A call for chapters: has been issued for the 3D Virtual World Learning Handbook, edited by Charles Wankel, St. John's University, New York, and Randy Hinrichs, 2b3d, Seattle. This book will include chapters on practical, user-centered, effective teaching and learning applications designed in 3D, using 3D learning theory, process and activities. We welcome chapter proposals on exemplars from business, higher education and non-profit. The emphasis is on showing what works using state-of-the art instructional design in virtual worlds, fostering critical thinking skills and learning communities that persist over time. ... Read moreOnline resource gives freshers real picture of university lifeThu 22nd Apr, 2010 A dynamic JISC-funded website is providing current students with a platform to interact with potential students to give them an accurate and honest forecast of life at university. The Alternative Guide (TAG) to the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) ensures students starting university for the first time develop realistic expectations of higher education as well as making sure they understand what the institution will expect from them. ... Read more CfP: Social Linking and HypermediaTue 13th Apr, 2010 Call for Papers for a Special Issue of the New Review of Hypermedia and Multimedia on "Social Linking and Hypermedia": http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/tham The submission deadline is 11 June 2010. ... Read moreCreative Commons launches landing page for open educational resourcesThu 8th Apr, 2010 For those of you interested in sharing your IL learning material, Creative Commons (CC) has launched a new web page aimed at those wanting to share their educational resources: http://creativecommons.org/education. There is also an informative page about using CC to help with your open educational resources (OER): http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Creative_Commons_and_Open_Educational_Resources ... Read moreCfP: 3rd International Conference on Interactive Digital StorytellingThu 8th Apr, 2010 The 3rd International Conference on Interactive Digital Storytelling will take place from 1-3 November 2010 in Edinburgh: We welcome research papers, case studies and demonstrations – including interactive narrative art - presenting new scientific results, innovative technologies, creative insights, best practice showcases, or improvements to existing techniques and approaches in the multidisciplinary research field of interactive digital storytelling and its related application areas, e.g. games, virtual/online worlds, e-learning, edutainment, and entertainment. Submission Deadline: June 14, 2010 - details at http://www.macs.hw.ac.uk/icids2010 ... Read moreReport from the LILAC (UK Information Literacy) conferenceWed 7th Apr, 2010 hen: Thursday 8 April 2010, 8pm UK time, noon-1pm SL time (see http://tinyurl.com/yghsjlh in other parts of the world) Where: Infolit iSchool, in the virtual world, Second Life (you will need a Second Life avatar and the SL browser installed on your computer, to participate). The location is http://slurl.com/secondlife/Infolit%20iSchool/125/240/22/ ... Read moreCfP: Digital Library and Digital Curation CurriculaTue 9th Mar, 2010
Call For Papers: Journal Of Education For Library And Information Science Special Section: Digital Library And Digital Curation Curricula (Winter 2011). Abstract Submission Deadline: April 30, 2010. ... Read more CfP: Open source software in librariesMon 8th Mar, 2010 An upcoming issue of Library Review will feature papers from a conference held last year in London, Breaking the Barriers 2009 (http://www.openlibraries.eu/?page_id=48). We are interested in getting other perspectives on the applications of open source software in libraries: case studies, new applications, cost-benefit studies etc. ... Read moreReviewing Opportunities for ILS staffFri 5th Mar, 2010 Reference Reviews, a journal reviewing new print and electronic reference materials published in print and online by Emerald, is looking for information professionals to join its international pool of occasional reviewers. ... Read moreSurvey - storing information in the cloudThu 4th Mar, 2010 The Department of Information Studies (DIS) at Aberystwyth University is currently running a research project looking into cloud storage requirements for information professionals. The project is funded by the Society of Archivists and the final report will be presented at their annual conference in September 2010. Please help with a SoA funded research project on storing information in the cloud by completing their survey: http://www.survey.bris.ac.uk/aber/soacloud. ... Read moreCloud Computing with Windows Azure - 1 Day WorkshopThu 4th Mar, 2010 Overview SSP Travel Grant Program for students of publishing and information scienceWed 3rd Mar, 2010 The Board of Directors of the Society for Scholarly Publishing is very pleased to announce its 2010 travel grant program. Students of publishing and information science, together with early career professionals in the first three years of employment in the publishing and information industry, are invited to apply for one of 10 awards that SSP will make in 2010. ... Read more2010 Google EMEA Travel and Conference Grants for female computer scientistsWed 3rd Mar, 2010 2010 Google EMEA Travel and Conference Grants for female computer scientists Microsoft Silverlight for AcademicsMon 22nd Feb, 2010 With the release of version 3, Silverlight has hit the maturity sweet spot with more clients realising the benefits of a runtime specifically designed for RIA and media based application. To help Universities, Media Academies and Colleges understanding the technology and teaching it to their students, and in collaboration with Skillset and the Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication, Microsoft developed a ready to teach module that covers all the main aspects of the technology and the associated tools. ... Read more UKeiG Student Conference AwardFri 19th Feb, 2010 UKeiG – the Special Interest Group for eInformation of CILIP: the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals – would like to remind students that it offers awards to UK undergraduate and postgraduate students in UK schools or departments of librarianship, information studies, information science, knowledge management or information management running courses accredited by CILIP. The Student Conference Award is offered to enable a student to attend a UK-based conference relevant to their professional studies (e.g. LILAC, The CILIP Umbrella Conference, the Online Information Meeting). ... Read moreInclusive Curriculum Design: an opportunity to share your good practiceWed 17th Feb, 2010 The DiCHE project is funded by the Higher Education Academy and is being undertaken by colleagues from Lancaster University's Departments of Applied Social Science and Educational Research. The DiCHE project aims to gather from the sector and disseminate information about, and provide examples of good practice of inclusive curriculum design. There will be a dedicated section of the final report for each subject centre. ... Read more Masters courses in ILS publicisedTue 16th Feb, 2010 Update is the members' magazine for CILIP (the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals). The January / February 2010 issue includes a supplement featuring Master courses in Information and Library Sciences. This is available as open access content - Read Update's special 16-page MASTERS COURSES SUPPLEMENT . ... Read moreLibrary and information research resourcesTue 9th Feb, 2010 The links section of the Library and Information Research Group website has been updated with resources to assist with research, CPD and current awareness.
See the LIRG website links at www.cilip.org.uk/get-involved/special-interest- and the latest issue of the journal at www.lirg.org.uk/lir/ojs/index.php/lir groups/research/links/pages/links.aspx A vision for the academic library and information services of the futureThu 4th Feb, 2010 A visionary project is being funded as part of a joint initiative to explore future scenarios for academic libraries and information services, particularly in the context of a rapidly-changing environment. It will help higher education institutions and organisations look at the challenges faced from a fresh focus and formulate strategies to ensure the sector continues to be a leading global force. Read more via [JISC] ... Read moreTeaching Quality InformationThu 4th Feb, 2010 The publication of Teaching Quality Information (TQI) forms part of our quality assurance framework and incorporates the National Student Survey (NSS), the Destination of Leavers of Higher Education (DLHE) and statistics derived from data collected through the Higher Education Statistics Agency and Independent Learner Record. ... Read more External Examiners workshopThu 4th Feb, 2010 This one-day workshop (18th March 2010) is offered by the STEM Group of Subject Centres and is aimed at academic staff who have either recently been appointed, or who aspire to become appointed, as external examiners. The event is offered as a practical, activity-based workshop where delegates will have the opportunity to experience several external examining scenarios, to learn from the practices of experienced examiners in their discipline in addressing those scenarios, and to learn about various routes to becoming appointed as an external examiner. Delegates will each receive a copy of the Engineering Subject Centre's Teaching Guide on External Examining, which was written by Prof. John Cowan (formerly of Heriot-Watt University) and who will be leading the day's programme. He will be supported by established examiners from across the STEM disciplines, who will share their experiences of, and Book online today at: http://www.engsc.ac.uk/nef/events/external-examining.asp ... Read moreTurning up the HEAT in WalesThu 4th Feb, 2010 JISC TechDis is once again inviting bids for HEAT scheme funding from higher education institutions to boost inclusive practice. As the UK's leading advisory service on inclusion and accessibility, JISC TechDis is keen to encourage universities and colleges to develop and promote good inclusive practice in teaching and learning. Round 4 of the Heat scheme (HEAT4Wales) is open to staff working in HE or FE institutions in receipt of HEFCW[1] funding. Projects can be specific to the teaching of a particular discipline, support a specific role or have a more generic applicability right across the sector. The HEAT scheme will provide staff working in higher education in Wales (teaching staff, library staff, careers officers, staff developers, IT specialists and accessibility or support specialists) with technology with which to develop or uncover an aspect of good inclusive practice. Previous rounds have led to a number of successful projects that have impacted on accessibility practice in UK institutions and some have gone on to be nominated for awards. A key focus of HEAT4Wales will be the JISC priority areas; Lifelong Learning, Work-Related Learning, Employer Engagement and Business & Community Engagement. Project Bids, up to a maximum of £1200, will be evaluated by a panel consisting of JISC TechDis and volunteers from the Higher Education Academy and JISC RSC Wales and must be submitted by 22nd February 2010. For more details, and to download a bid form, please see www.techdis.ac.uk/getheatscheme. [1] Higher Education Funding Council for Wales ... Read more Information Literacy Practitioner of the Year 2010 - Award ReminderTue 12th Jan, 2010 LILAC 2010 would like to remind all interested that the closing date for nominations for the Information Literacy Practitioner of the Year 2010 (A Joint CSG IL, CONUL and LAI Award) is fast approaching (31st January 2010)! We welcome nominations from all sectors. Individuals or groups may self nominate or may be nominated by a colleague. The award is open to all working within the UK or Ireland. The closing date for nominations is the 31st January 2010. LILAC 2010 is taking place in Limerick from the 29th - 31st March. Further information can be found at: http://www.lilacconference.com/dw/awards/index.html ... Read more JISC - Funding postponementMon 11th Jan, 2010 The recent grant letter from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) to HEFCE means that HEFCE has to give careful consideration as to how funding reductions arising from the grant letter will be passed on to the organisations they fund. The full story can be found following this link: http://www.jisc.ac.uk/news/stories/2010/01/funding.aspx ... Read moreNational Teaching Awards for Scotland and Wales - Extended DeadlineFri 8th Jan, 2010 Due to the harsh weather conditions, we have been asked and have agreed to extend the deadline to the NTAs for both Scotland and Wales until Friday the 23rd of January. You can find all the relevant information, including submission forms by visiting these links: ... Read moreCfP: Research Informed Teaching ConferenceMon 4th Jan, 2010 Call for Papers & Posters for a one-day conference on Research informed Teaching:
Delivering participation, engagement and enquiry. To be held at Staffordshire University on Wednesday July 14 2010. Keynote Speakers are Prof. Alan Jenkins, Oxford Brookes University and Prof. Stuart Hampton-Reeves, University of Central Lancashire. PhD studentship available (Centre for Social Informatics, Napier University)Wed 23rd Dec, 2009 Applications are invited for a funded three-year PhD studentship within the Centre for Social Informatics at Edinburgh Napier University. The studentship will cover tuition fees to home/EU level, with the possibility of a standard living allowance (stipend) - currently £13,290 per annum for 2009/10 - becoming available. Overseas students are eligible to apply, but will be liable to pay the difference between home/EU and overseas fees. Note that fees are subject to change annually throughout the programme of study. Studentships are expected to start on 1st March 2010. ... Read moreJISC announces Intute funding cutTue 22nd Dec, 2009 JISC has announced that its funding for the Intute service will be cut with effect from August 2010. It is JISC policy that, wherever possible, services move from being fully funded by JISC to being sustainable by other means. Unfortunately in the current economic climate no realistic alternative funding model for Intute as it currently stands has been identified. Despite this JISC has acknowledged the pioneering work of Intute, its value to the community, and the insights it has given into the use of the Internet in education. ... Read moreImpact: Journal of Applied Research in Workplace E-learning - Inaugural issue publishedTue 22nd Dec, 2009 The inaugural issue of Impact: Journal of Applied Research in Workplace E-learning has now been published at http://journal.elnet.com.au/impact. ... Read moreJISC's annual review 2008/2009 publishedTue 22nd Dec, 2009 JISC's annual review is published online today and shows 12 months of achievement across innovation, education and research. ... Read moreECDL 2010 - Call for ContributionsFri 18th Dec, 2009
Call for Contributions for the 14th European Conference on Digital Libraries to be held from ... Read more National Teaching Awards for Scotland and WalesWed 16th Dec, 2009 The ICS Subject Centre welcomes applications for the annual National Awards Scheme for the Teaching of ICS in Higher Education in Scotland and Wales. One award of £5,000 is available in the academic year 2009-10 for Scotland and one award of £5,000 is available in the academic year 2009-10 for Wales. Closing date for applications: Friday 9 January 2010. ... Read moreLILAC Information literacy practitioner of the year award - call for nominationsTue 15th Dec, 2009 LILAC 2010 are pleased to announce that the call for nominations for the Information Literacy Practitioner of the Year 2010 (A Joint CSG IL, CONUL and LAI Award) is now open. We welcome nominations from all sectors. Individuals or groups may self nominate or may be nominated by a colleague. The award is open to all working within the UK or Ireland. The closing date for nominations is the 31st January 2010. ... Read more Support Grants for the ILS CommunityFri 11th Dec, 2009 The HE Academy Subject Centre for Information and Computer Sciences is pleased to announce the availability of support grants up to the value of £2500 to the Information and Library Sector (ILS). ... Read moreCfP - ALT-C 2010: 'Into something rich and strange' - making sense of the sea-changeThu 10th Dec, 2009 Learning technology is part of the fabric of formal and informal learning. Meanwhile, a sea-change is taking place. The sea-change involves a structural and pervasive shift in the nature of the Internet. Specifically: we and our learners are always connected; the devices we use are growing in capability and diversity; the information environment and the tools and services that we use to navigate and to interact with it and with each other are in great flux. The challenge posed for education is great. It is to increase effectiveness, productivity, and quality, whilst institutional and agency budgets are reducing, rather than just to promise improvements. At the same time we need to ensure the spread of innovations that are scalable and of long-term value, both educationally and financially, whilst keeping learners and learning at the heart of our thinking. The ALT-C 2010 themes will be:
Learn more by visiting http://www.alt.ac.uk/altc2010/ ... Read moreMicrosoft Research Software Engineering Innovation Foundation (SEIF) Awards - Request for ProposalsMon 7th Dec, 2009 Microsoft Research will shortly be accepting proposals for research grants in seminal software engineering areas, innovative software engineering education methods, and improvements in the software-development process. Microsoft Research anticipates making approximately twelve awards of about US$15,000 to US$25,000 each. Awards are made for the purpose of seed-funding larger initiatives, proofs of concept, or demonstrations of feasibility. ... Read moreA roadmap for low carbon computingThu 26th Nov, 2009 Climate change minister Ed Miliband likens the challenge facing us over climate change to the Apollo mission which landed a man on the moon. And it's not just the technology that we need to get right – a huge collective, society-wide endeavour is required. We are, as they say, all in this together, so what role will education have to play? A new report from JISC TechWatch, Low carbon computing: a view to 2050 and beyond, attempts to answer that question, outlining a technology roadmap for moving to a more energy efficient information systems infrastructure. ... Read moreSPARC Resources for StudentsTue 17th Nov, 2009 The student-led Right to Research Coalition has welcomed four new members over the past month. The new additions include the Library and Information Science Student Association of Simmons College, the University of Tennessee-Knoxville Student Government Association, the Dartmouth College Graduate Student Council, and the Oberlin College Student Senate. ... Read moreCfP: special issue of Library Trends on Information LiteracyMon 9th Nov, 2009 CALL FOR PAPERS - LIBRARY TRENDS: International Journal of the Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Special Issue: Information literacy beyond the academy: towards policy formulation Edited by Dr. John Crawford, Glasgow Caledonian University ... Read moreGoogle Research Awards - Organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful.Fri 6th Nov, 2009 The purpose of this program is to facilitate more interaction between Google and academia and also nurture stronger relations and partnerships with universities. The intent of the awards is to support academic research aimed at improving information access (defined broadly). Awards through this program are typically for one year in the range from $10K-$150K. Areas that are of particular interest include (but are not limited to):
Second Life orientation (Thurs 12th Nov)Fri 6th Nov, 2009 New to Second Life (SL)? Learn some SL basics in this virtual workshop, led by Sheila Webber and Keri Gray. There will also be a tour of information-literacy exhibits etc. on Infolit iSchool. This event is part of Information Literacy Week in Second Life 9-15th November (http://infolit-week-in-sl.ning.com/). ... Read moreJISC ITT: Synthesis on Outcomes from and Benefits of Digitised ResourcesThu 5th Nov, 2009 The JISC invites tenders to undertake a synthesis study to collate evidence relating to the development and use of digitised resources, articulating both the benefits of such resources and the broader outcomes arising from their creation. The study should be primarily considered in the context of the impact on Higher and Further Education, although their influence on other stakeholders should also be taken into account. ... Read moreCall for papers - Real Challenges in a Virtual WorldWed 4th Nov, 2009 Please circulate to those currently currently enrolled as undergraduate, postgraduate or research students on UK or Irish Library and Information Studies and/or Publishing courses. Real Challenges in a Virtual World: a Call for papers to present a Breakout Session at the 2010 UKSG Conference and Exhibition. ... Read more CFP: Georgia Conference on Information LiteracyWed 4th Nov, 2009 The Georgia Conference on Information Literacy invites proposals across disciplines for workshops and presentations that will consider, extend, or otherwise address information literacy in K-12 and postsecondary settings: ... Read moreJohn Campbell Trust awards 2010 call announcedTue 3rd Nov, 2009 The John Campbell Trust has just announced a call for:
... Read more Minister David Lammy speaks to JISC about the new HE Framework - Higher AmbitionsTue 3rd Nov, 2009 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. Today, the new HE Framework - Higher Ambitions - was launched by David Lammy Minister of State for Higher Education. In this podcast interview with JISC's Rebecca O'Brien, he explains the Government's vision of the future for UK higher education and shares his thoughts on the future of learning, teaching and research. ... Read moreThe Google Europe Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship 2010Tue 3rd Nov, 2009 Google has announced the Google Europe Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship 2010, which aims to encourage women to excel in computing and technology, and become active role models and leaders. Multiple scholarships will be awarded based on the strength of candidates' academic background and demonstrated leadership. A group of female bachelors, masters, and PhD student finalists will be chosen from the applicant pool. The scholarship recipients, selected from the finalists, will each receive a €7,000 (or equivalent) scholarship for the 2010/11 academic year. ... Read more NTFS Individual Awards 2010Mon 2nd Nov, 2009 The NTFS Individual Awards 2010 Call for Nominations is now open. The deadline for receipt of electronic nominations is Wednesday 3 February 2010 (12:00 noon). ... Read moreResearch Studentships at City UniversityFri 30th Oct, 2009 The Department of Information Science at City University welcomes applications for City University Research Studentships in the following areas: * Library and Information Science * Information Retrieval and Digitial Libraries * Geographical Information Science ... Read moreJISC competition helps find stars in library user dataThu 29th Oct, 2009 Figures showing everyday use of a university library are the unlikely stars Music librarianship prize for ILS studentsWed 28th Oct, 2009 A £200 prize is on offer for a "significant contribution to the literature of music librarianship" from LIS students or those new to music librarianship. ... Read moreERCIM NEWS Special Theme: "Towards Green ICT"Mon 26th Oct, 2009 ERCIM News is the magazine of ERCIM. It reports on joint actions of the ERCIM partners, and aims to reflect the contribution made by ERCIM to the European Community in Information Technology. Through short articles and news items, it provides a forum for the exchange of information between the institutes and also with the wider scientific community. ERCIM News is published quarterly. The printed edition of the current number has a circulation of 11,000 copies. The Current Issue focuses on the topic of Green ICT. You can find it online at http://ercim-news.ercim.org/ ... Read moreStudent work placements evaluationMon 26th Oct, 2009 Universities UK are asking for help in finding out whether the provision of work placements for students as part of their courses has changed as a result of changes in the economy or initiatives aimed to support graduates at risk of unemployment (eg the Graduate Talent Pool). Work placement is defined as paid or unpaid periods of attachment to employing organisations which are an integral part of the course of study and thus comprise a course requirement. ... Read moreTalk on Info literacy of faculty in Canada (Shefield)Thu 22nd Oct, 2009 If you live/work near Sheffield you may like to attend the following presentation at 3pm-4pm on Tuesday 27th October 2009. It will be in Room 204, 2nd Floor, Department of Information Studies, Sheffield University, Regent Court Building, 211 Portobello Street, Sheffield S1, UK. ... Read moreCFP Teaching Information Literacy OnlineWed 21st Oct, 2009 Thomas P. Mackey, Associate Dean at the Center for Distance Learning at SUNY Empire State College and Trudi E. Jacobson,Head of User Education Programs, University Libraries at the University at Albany, SUNY (USA) are soliciting chapter proposals for a book entitled Teaching Information Literacy Online, to be published in 2010 by Neal-Schuman Publishers. ... Read more
International Open Access Week (October 19 23, 2009)Tue 20th Oct, 2009 As part of International Open Access Week (October 19 – 23, 2009) JISC is launching a definitive guide to its 15 years of work in Open Access, tracking the changes in UK policy, opinions and what the future will look like. ... Read more Call for papers 5th CoFHE/UC&R Study ConferenceTue 20th Oct, 2009 The biennial CILIP CoFHE and UC&R Conference offers academic library professionals the opportunity to share expertise, experience and knowledge in one of the most challenging and rapidly changing sectors of the profession. ... Read more UK Microsoft Imagine Cup - Calling All Problem Solvers!Thu 15th Oct, 2009 The imagine cup is the world's premier technology competition for students. In 2009, more than 300,000 students from 142 countries entered the competition making it a truly global event. Check the full story for more information. ... Read more Green ICT crucial to the future of UK education and researchWed 7th Oct, 2009 JISC is launching a 3-year programme of activity to support colleges and universities with their decision-making process in green and environmental technology. The programme kicked off this month with invitations to universities and colleges to bid for funding for projects1 to investigate Green ICT and to run exemplar projects in energy use reduction and integration of estates and IT. ... Read moreLILAC 2010 Call for PapersThu 10th Sep, 2009 LILAC is the Librarians' Information Literacy Annual Conference and has quickly become firm favourite in the conference calendar of information professionals. The conference is brimming with new ideas, innovative teaching techniques, inspiring speakers and exciting social events. ... Read moreSwapshop 2010: Enhancing Learning and Teaching Through Assessment and FeedbackMon 7th Sep, 2009 While integral elements of the student experience in Higher Education, assessment and feedback are consistently highlighted as areas of improvement in the National Student Satisfaction Survey. The aim of this 'swapshop' is to showcase examples of current practice in assessment and feedback to enhance learning and teaching from across a wide range of subject disciplines. Submissions are welcome on a range of topics including - innovation in assessment, using technology to enhance assessment and feedback, verbal feedback, non-written forms of assessment, formative and summative assessmenet, peer assessment, negotiated assessment, and involving employers in assessment. Call for Session Proposals and Conference information ... Read more Carbon footprint tool from JISCMon 10th Aug, 2009 How green is IT? A new tool from JISC is helping universities and colleges calculate just how eco-friendly they are, by estimating the carbon footprint left by their computers. Institutions can work out their carbon emissions by inputting information about the numbers of computing devices into the SUSTE-IT footprinting tool The tool then estimates the overall amount of electricity used, and the related carbon emissions, to help the institutions target areas for energy saving. ... Read more2009 Emerald/EFMD Outstanding Doctoral Research Awards - open for submissionsFri 7th Aug, 2009 Emerald and the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD) would like to make you aware of the 2009 Emerald/EFMD Outstanding Doctoral Research Awards. Strix Award for Information Retrieval 2009 - Nominations invitedFri 7th Aug, 2009 Nominations are now invited for the 2009 Strix Award. The Strix Award is presented in memory of Dr Tony Kent, a past Fellow of the Institute of Information Scientists, who died in 1997. The Award is given in recognition of an outstanding contribution to the field of information retrieval that meets one of the following criteria:
... Read more Libraries of the Future documentary releasedFri 7th Aug, 2009 JISC's 'Libraries of the Future' debate has gone digital, with a specially-commissioned documentary. Over 200 people have already viewed the ten minute video, which marks the culmination of a year long campaign. Find the full article here: http://jisc.ac.uk/news/stories/2009/07/lotfdocumentary.aspx ... Read moreJISC Second Life guide helps lecturers teach in the virtual worldWed 5th Aug, 2009 JISC's new guide to Second Life is written by lecturers for lecturers, to help others to use virtual worlds for teaching. 'Getting Started in Second Life' answers some common questions like how to set up in Second Life, what the rules of the world are, how to plan lessons and how best to help students use it effectively for learning. ... Read moreRegistrations now open for JISC online e-learning conferenceWed 5th Aug, 2009 Researchers, practitioners and managers with an interest in technology for learning are being encouraged to sign up now for the fourth online conference 'Innovating E-Learning' on 24 - 27 November 2009. ... Read more18th Bobcatsss symposiumMon 20th Jul, 2009 Bobcatsss is an annual conference organized by and for students in librarianship and information science coming from Europe and countries all over the world: This year the organizers are the universities of Parma and Manchester, in collaboration with those of Milan and Liverpool. The topic is "Bridging the digital divide: libraries providing access for all?" Until the 15th of September 2009 it is possible to send contributions in the form of workshops, paper or poster. The target audience is students, but everyone is welcome. The received abstracts will be evaluated and participants will be contacted by the end of October. More information about the meeting, registration, contributions and so on, is available via the e-mail address:firstname.lastname@example.com, or on the website http://bobcatsss2010.unipr.it/. ... Read more 2nd International Symposium on Information Management in a Changing World - first call for papersMon 20th Jul, 2009 2nd International Symposium on Information Management in a Changing World, The Impact of Technological Convergence and Social Networks on Information Management ... Read more 10th Annual Conference - Early Bird DeadlineFri 10th Jul, 2009 The deadline to qualify for an Early Bird discount for our 10th Annual Conference is approaching quickly. Make sure you have registered before the 27th of July to avoid extra charges in these difficult times. ... Read moreJISC launches a new guide Effective Practice in a Digital AgeThu 2nd Jul, 2009 Not sure about the difference between a website and a wiki, a podcast and a sound recording, or how to best use them for teaching and learning? The Effective Practice in a Digital Age: A guide to technology-enhanced learning and teaching launches today, at the Higher Education Academy's annual conference and helps to answer some of these questions. ... Read more Latest ICS Newsletter availableWed 1st Jul, 2009 The latest issue of the HEA-ICS Newsletter is now available online: issue 15 - June 2009. ... Read moreDeveloping STEM education research practices - Places still availableWed 1st Jul, 2009 This workshop aims to provide delegates with the opportunity to explore what is meant by pedagogic research and how this relates to your own practice. ... Read moreWhy universities need a digital content strategy - JDCC 2009Tue 30th Jun, 2009 A major conference to discuss the future of online content will be taking place this week (June 30 - July 1) to examine why UK universities need a sustainable, digital content strategy to successfully deliver accessible learning and research materials for the future. ... Read moreREAD ALL ABOUT IT!Fri 26th Jun, 2009 Two million online digitised pages of 19th century newspaper, take researchers back to the future ... Read more International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Software Engineering (CiSE 2009) CALL FOR PAPERSTue 23rd Jun, 2009 This conference is sponsored by IEEE, James Madison University and Wuhan University. All papers accepted will be included in IEEE Xplore, both indexed by Ei and ISTP. Call for Papers: http://www.ciseng.org/2009/Home.aspx Wuhan, China December 11-13, 2009 ... Read moreRoger K Summit ScholarshipMon 22nd Jun, 2009 Dialog is seeking international applicants for its 2009 Roger K Summit Scholarship. The € 5,000 award is one of two scholarships given annually to promising graduate students in library and information sciences. ... Read moreAdvanced Course in Artificial Intelligence 2009Tue 2nd Jun, 2009 This prestigious Summer School to be held at the University of Ulster, will focus on methods and tools available for the development of Intelligent Decision Support Systems. The School is targetted to an audience at PhD level interested in the area. ... Read moreHE in FE directory launchedThu 28th May, 2009 A new, updated version of the Academy's HE in FE directory is now available. For the first time, the directory is an online resource. This means that information can be updated regularly, making it both comprehensive and accurate. ... Read moreRSS News Feeds from the Subject CentreWed 27th May, 2009 The HEA-ICS Subject Centre provides four News Feeds from its website for news, forthcoming events, and the book review section. ... Read moreCall for Papers: Virtual Worlds in learning and teachingTue 26th May, 2009 A reminder that the November 2009 issue of the HEA-ICS e-journal, ITALICS, will be a special issue on Second Life and other Virtual Worlds in use in higher education. The deadline for submission of papers is Friday 26th June 2009. ... Read moreLatest ICS Newsletter availableFri 22nd May, 2009 The latest issue of the HEA-ICS Newsletter is now available online: Issue 14 - May 2009. ... Read moreReports from e-assessment projectsFri 22nd May, 2009 JISC has recently published three reports from projects dealing with different aspects of e-assessment. ... Read moreFunding for innovative projects in e-learningFri 22nd May, 2009 JISC invites institutions to submit funding proposals for projects to undertake work under the third round of its Learning and Teaching Innovation Grants Programme, for innovative projects in the e-learning domain. ... Read moreBox of Broadcasts - iPlayer for educationTue 19th May, 2009 Television and radio broadcast content is now available as an online streaming service to thousands of students and researchers for the first time following the launch of Box of Broadcasts (BoB National) by the JISC part-funded British Universities Film and Video Council (BUFVC). ... Read moreHigher Education in a Web 2.0 WorldTue 12th May, 2009 The Higher Education Academy and JISC welcome today's publication of the HE in a Web 2.0 World report, which looks at the projected future trends in the use of technology in higher education. ... Read more$2,000 award for outstanding contribution to undergraduate teachingMon 11th May, 2009 Ethical Dilemmas in Information TechnologyFri 8th May, 2009 You are invited to make use of and contribute to: Ethical Dilemmas in Information Technology (EDIT): EDIT is a collaborative contribution, reusable learning object in professional ethics for computing and information technology. Each chapter describes a scenario that evokes an ethical issue, choice, or dilemma that results from the use of computer technology - or that might otherwise confront an IT professional in the course of his professional life. http://compeng.ulster.ac.uk/cie/EDIT ... Read moreStudent Competition Winner!Fri 8th May, 2009 We are pleased to announce that Mayuran Anantharajan has been selected as the winner of our Apple iPod Touch competition. The winning entry was an essay where Mayuran adressed the title of the competition "Who or what was the inspiration for choosing your current course of study?" in a methodical but engaging approach. Mayuran is a final year Software Engineering Student, from the University of Southampton. ... Read moreHEPI report on the academic experience of studentsThu 7th May, 2009 The Academic Experience of Students in English Universities (2009 report), published today by the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) indicates no significant increase in the amount of formal contact time between students and academic staff. ... Read moreThe e-Learning Show Lifelong Learning (21 May)Thu 7th May, 2009 Thursday, 21 May sees the pilot programme of a new JISC live internet radio programme, the e-Learning Show. The programme will be broadcast from 1800 - 1855 UK summer time and is based on issues raised at the recent JISC Lifelong Learning Symposium. A report on the symposium and details will be available from the e-learning blog page http://elearning.jiscinvolve.org/ on the day. ... Read moreGoogle Scholarship for Grace Hopper ConferenceTue 5th May, 2009 As part of their ongoing commitment to encouraging women to excel in computing and technology, Google have announced the 2009 Google Global Community Scholarship to help students attend the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing Conference in Tucson, Arizona on September 30 - October 3, 2009. ... Read moreEarly results from study on use of e-booksTue 28th Apr, 2009 Early results from JISC Collections' recently concluded e-books observatory project are now available. During this two-year project, JISC provided UK university students with free access to 36 core e-textbooks in science, technology and medicine to all UK university students, to monitor their usage patterns. ... Read moreLunchtime webinar on Serious GamesTue 28th Apr, 2009 A free 90 minute lunchtime webinar on Serious Games will take place on 16 June with Professor Sara De Freitas of the Serious Games Institute, at Coventry University and Christopher Brannigan from Caspian Learning - the booking deadline is 9 June 2009. ... Read moreHEFCE study shows diversity of student experienceMon 27th Apr, 2009 International differences in the student experience, with a focus on the amount of time devoted to study, show a diversified student landscape, according to a report commissioned by HEFCE. ... Read moreOfCom report on Digital Media LiteracyMon 27th Apr, 2009 OfCom have produced a report, Report of the Digital Britain Media Literacy Working Group, in response to the Department of Culture, Media and Sport's interim report on Digital Britain, which outlined the governments plan to place Britain at the forefront of the digital economy. ... Read moreUUK/CBI report on employabilityThu 16th Apr, 2009 The CBI and Universities UK have recently published a joint report, Future Fit: Preparing graduates for the world of work, which illustrates how universities and business can work together to help equip graduates for their future working lives. ... Read moreNew resources for inclusive teachingWed 1st Apr, 2009 A suite of new learning resources is now available online thanks to JISC TechDis, courtesy of the successful JISC/ Higher Education Academy Collaboration initiative. Each module shows how resources and methods can be adapted with technology, to deliver teaching more inclusively to the widest possible audience. ... Read moreWorkshop on Research - Teaching NexusWed 1st Apr, 2009 Later this month the HEA-ICS and the Maths, Stats & OR Network (MSOR) are running a workshop on the Research - Teaching Nexus. Places are still available. ... Read moreHEFCE launches strategy for technology-enhanced learningThu 26th Mar, 2009 HEFCE has today published Enhancing learning and teaching through the use of technology - a revised approach to HEFCE's strategy for e-learning (HEFCE 2009/12). This revised approach follows an independent review of the strategy and is designed to provide further support to higher education institutions as they develop their own e-learning strategies. ... Read moreOverview of E-learning Benchmarking and Pathfinder programmeWed 25th Mar, 2009 A report published this week by the Higher Education Academy highlights the success of the e-Learning Benchmarking and Pathfinder programme, and looks to the future development of the work undertaken by 77 higher education institutions as part of the programme. ... Read moreFlyingStart Women in Science ProgrammeTue 24th Mar, 2009 The FlyingStart Women in Science Programme will launch with a three day intensive entrepreneurship training course at the University of Surrey from 22nd-24th April. The application deadline is 5pm on Friday 10th April. ... Read moreWebcast : legal issues surrounding Web 2.0 in teaching and learning (22 April)Tue 24th Mar, 2009 JISC Legal will be holding a webcast exploring the legal issues surrounding the use of Web 2.0 for teaching and learning in UK colleges and universities. This will be taking place at 2pm on Wednesday, 22 April. ... Read moreNew resource to help navigate the Bologna processMon 23rd Mar, 2009 The Bologna process is an ongoing development that could change the face of HE, not just within the UK but across Europe. A new JISC infoNet infoKit is now available, to help clarify the implications and potential of the process, and how it could affect UK individuals and institutions. ... Read more10th Annual Conference of the ICS HE Academy: Call for Papers - deadline Fri 17 AprilFri 20th Mar, 2009 This years conference will be held in University of Kent at Canterbury. Submissions are being called for papers, panel/discussion sessions, workshops and posters. If possible, session submissions should relate to the conference topics. ... Read moreWeb2Access: toolkit to support the use and evaluation of Web2.0 technologiesWed 18th Mar, 2009 Funded by the JISC Users & Innovation: Personalising Technologies Programme under the 'Next generation technologies and practices' strand, Web2Access was developed as a toolkit designed to support the other projects funded within the JISC Users & Innovation Programme in their engagement with next generation and Web 2.0 technologies and the emerging legal issues surrounding them, such as IPR, copyright and accessibility. ... Read moreBookings open for Higher Education Academys annual conference 2009Wed 18th Mar, 2009 Bookings are now open for the Academy's fifth annual conference – the future of the student learning experience – which will take place at the University of Manchester from 30 June to 2 July 2009. ... Read moreHEA-ICS student competition (closes 28 March)Mon 16th Mar, 2009 Please publicise to your students. The 2009 HEA-ICS student competition invites students to express their views on: "Who or what was the inspiration for choosing your current course of study?". To enter the competition students should write a 1,000-word essay or record a five-minute podcast/vidcast on the inspiration for choosing their course. ... Read moreJISC guidance on open content licensesMon 16th Mar, 2009 JISC have produced a briefing paper which provides content creators and others within HE and FE institutions with information that can be used to make judgements as to when the use of open content licences, particularly CC licences, may be appropriate. ... Read moreAnnual Special Issue on Selected PhD Literature Reviews in the Practical Aspects of Software TechnologyFri 13th Mar, 2009 Software Practice and Experience will dedicate an issue of the Journal to the publication of papers based on the literature reviews that appeared in recently awarded PhD theses. The successful authors whose papers appear will also be given on-line access to the Journal for 12 months. The deadlinefor submission is 14 May, 2009. Higher Education Academy launches Research Seminar SeriesTue 3rd Mar, 2009 The Higher Education Academy will next week, Monday 9 March, begin its UK-wide 2009 Research Seminar Series entitled Access and Success for All. This second series, offered by the Academy in association with Action on Access and Equality Challenge Unit, builds on the success of the first seminar series delivered in 2007-8 as part of the work of the Disability Equality Partnership. ... Read moreReport on staff perceptions of the reward and recognition of teachingMon 23rd Feb, 2009 Major new research published by the Higher Education Academy shows that academic staff feel that teaching in higher education is not properly rewarded. Over 90% of academic staff surveyed by the Higher Education Academy think that teaching should be important in promotions, but only a minority of staff think that it actually is. ... Read moreUpdated snapshot of HE / FE developments in Second LifeWed 18th Feb, 2009 The Spring 2009 snapshot report of HE / FE developments in Second Life is available online for viewing and download. ... Read moreSenior Fellow applicationsThu 12th Feb, 2009 The deadline for the next round of HEA Senior Fellow applications is Monday, 2 March. ... Read moreNTFS Individual awards - Deadline 4th March 2009Thu 12th Feb, 2009 The deadline to submit nominations for the National Teaching Fellowship Scheme Individual Awards is 12 noon, Wednesday 4 March 2009. ... Read moreCILASS IBL Grant Scheme 2009 - Closing Date 27th FebMon 9th Feb, 2009 CILASS is offering other Higher Education Institutions (HEI), via the Higher Education Academy Subject Centres, the opportunity to join an Inquiry Based Learning (IBL) Grants Scheme. The new scheme launched in January 2009 offers grants and other support to individuals or groups to enhance or initiate IBL related activity in their teaching in their home institution. For more information check the development funds section of our website. ... Read moreWorkshop on games and simulations for PDP and employabilityThu 5th Feb, 2009 Later this month the HEA-ICS and and the University of Bedfordshire Bridges CETL are running a co-hosted workshop on games and simulations for PDP and employability. ... Read moreLatest ICS Newsletter availableWed 4th Feb, 2009 The latest issue of the HEA-ICS Newsletter is now available online: Issue 13 - February 2009. ... Read moreNational Award for the Teaching of ICS in HEWed 4th Feb, 2009 THE centre is delighted to announce that Cathie Jackson - Senior Consultant in Information Literacy, Information Services, Cardiff University - is this year's winner of the centre's National Award for the Teaching of Information and Computer Sciences in Higher Education in Wales. ... Read moreSurvey on emergent web technologiesTue 3rd Feb, 2009 Netskills is writing a series of JISC guides to emergent web technologies for researchers, teachers and administrators. To help make this guide as relevant to the community as possible, please share your thoughts via this form: http://twurl.cc/ebb ... Read moreHEA calls for greater flexibility in work-based learningMon 2nd Feb, 2009 The Higher Education Academy has recently published three reports into work-based learning (WBL), reflecting how institutions are already building flexibility into their related course structure to help meet the rising needs of higher education learners already in the workforce. ... Read moreAcademy invites proposals for two new Summit ProgrammesTue 27th Jan, 2009 The Higher Education Academy invites UK Higher Education Institutions to participate in two new Summit Programmes which seek to facilitate the development, implementation and evaluation of policies, practices, and interventions to enhance student success. ... Read moreSpotlight on Generation Y - new study launchedThu 22nd Jan, 2009 The British Library and JISC have launched a ground-breaking three-year study into the study and research behaviour of 'Generation Y' scholars, namely those born between 1982 and 1994. The study will analyse the young researchers' activities and habits in online and physical research environments, as well as assessing their usage of library and information resources, both on and offline. ... Read more£1,000 prize for website designTue 20th Jan, 2009 Design a new website for the Economics Network website and win £1,000 Deadline: 28 February ... Read moreHEFCE/JISC/Higher Education Academy: Open Education Resources ProgrammeMon 19th Jan, 2009 The goal of the programme is to make a wide range of learning resources created by academics freely available, easily discovered and routinely re-used by both educators and learners. JISC and the Higher Education Academy are running a pilot programme to support Open Educational Resources. ... Read moreSerious Virtual Worlds new report publishedMon 19th Jan, 2009 The Serious Virtual Worlds (SVW) report explores the 'serious' - as opposed to the leisure-based - use of virtual worlds for educational purposes. The report will be of interest to anyone using or considering the introduction of a virtual world element into their teaching, learning or research programme, whether for academic or social purposes. ... Read more9th One-Day Conference on Teaching of Programming: Call for SpeakersWed 14th Jan, 2009 HEA-ICS are seeking keen and enthusiastic people, that have novel ideas (tried and tested) for teaching introductory programming to first year computing students, to speak at the 9th One-Day Conference on the Teaching of Programming, to be held at the University of Bath on 6th April 2009. ... Read moreNational Awards for the Teaching of ICS in HE in Scotland & Wales - Closing Date Soon!Thu 8th Jan, 2009 The closing date is approaching for applications to the ICS Subject Centre's annual National Award for the Teaching of ICS in Higher Education in both Scotland and Wales. Last day for applications is this Friday 9th of January. ... Read moreNational Teaching Fellowship Scheme (NTFS) Individual Awards 2009Thu 8th Jan, 2009 One-day Workshop for Eligible FE Colleges - Wednesday, 21 January 2009 The Academy will hold a one-day workshop to engage eligible colleges and the FE sector with the process of nominating National Teaching Fellows. ... Read more Academy Scotland Travel FundThu 8th Jan, 2009 The Higher Education Academy is piloting an Academy Scotland Travel Fund, which aims to encourage the exchange and dissemination of good practices at the discipline level throughout the UK by enabling academic staff in Scottish HEIs to attend Academy-run events outside Scotland. ... Read moreCall for proposals to participate in Change Academy 2009Wed 7th Jan, 2009 Change Academy is a year-long programme of support for teams from higher education institutions that enables them to develop the knowledge, capacity and enthusiasm for achieving complex institutional change. The call for proposals to participate in Change Academy 2009 is now open. ... Read moreJISC Community Call: Digital Images for EducationTue 6th Jan, 2009 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, including Science, Engineering and Technology. ... Read moreBirmingham to host national programme for STEM subjectsMon 5th Jan, 2009 HEFCE has selected the University of Birmingham to host the national higher education programme for science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). ... Read moreJISC TechDis free Online Accessibility Self Evaluation serviceMon 5th Jan, 2009 This month JISC TechDis are starting a 6-month programme of online accessibility self-evaluations. These are grouped around six role areas within universities and colleges (HE and FE), and each role will be covered twice between January and June 2009. ... Read moreLatest ICS Newsletter availableMon 22nd Dec, 2008 The latest issue of the HEA-ICS Newsletter is now available online: Issue 12 - December 2008. ... Read moreOpen Educational Resources programme is now openFri 19th Dec, 2008 In partnership with the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC), the Higher Education Academy will be running a pilot programme to support Open Educational Resources (OER). The goal of the programme, which is funded by HEFCE, is to make a wide range of learning resources created by academics freely available, easily discovered and routinely re-used by both educators and learners. ... Read moreHEA publishes Curriculum Development archiveThu 18th Dec, 2008 An on-line archive of curriculum development material, produced between 1991 and 1998, has been published on the Higher Education Academy's website this week, ensuring that valuable experience and lessons are not lost to those seeking to achieve innovation in today's HE curriculum. ... Read moreIndustrial Fellowship Scheme: £12,000 Grant AvailableWed 17th Dec, 2008 FE colleges can apply for a grant of £12,000 towards the secondment of up to three nominated engineering and technology lecturers... ... Read moreEntrepreneurship questionnaireWed 17th Dec, 2008 The Higher Education Academy Subject Centre for Information and Computer Sciences wishes to undertake a survey on the embedding of entrepreneurship within taught programs of study on computing and related fields both in existing programs and those planned to be introduced over the next 12 to 18 months. ... Read more'Profound transformation' of education by technology: Guardian supplementMon 8th Dec, 2008 Last week JISC sponsored a Guardian supplement which examines the way technology has transformed education over the last decade. ... Read moreAcademy Annual Conference 2009 - call for submissionsFri 5th Dec, 2008 The call for submissions for the fifth Higher Education Academy Annual Conference is now open. Proposals are being accepted for paper presentations, workshops and poster presentations. The online submission form can be found via the link at http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/events/conference ... Read moreAcademy announces Senior FellowsThu 4th Dec, 2008 The Academy has announced the names of six new Senior Fellows. These academics have been recognised as providing outstanding leadership in teaching and supporting the student learning experience in higher education. ... Read moreITALICS Call for Papers: "Virtual Worlds: play or education?"Mon 1st Dec, 2008 The third issue of ITALICS for 2009 will be a special issue on Second Life and other Virtual Worlds in use in higher education. The editors are seeking case studies and research papers discussing integrating virtual worlds with social media, VLEs and traditional teaching methods. ... Read moreNational Teaching Fellowship Scheme: Call for nominationsFri 28th Nov, 2008 The call for nominations for the National Teaching Fellowship Scheme (NTFS) Individual Awards 2009 is now open. ... Read moreBCS national event for women students of computingThu 27th Nov, 2008 The 2009 BCSWomen Undergraduate Lovelace Colloquium will be in Leeds on 16 April 2009. This is a national one-day event for women students of computing, with speakers from industry and academia, and a poster contest for attending undergraduates. ... Read moreHigher Education Academy welcomes NUS ReportTue 25th Nov, 2008 The Higher Education Academy welcomes the publication of the first major study into student life and learning, a new report from the NUS. ... Read moreSurvey reveals most students are satisfied with teachingThu 20th Nov, 2008 The vast majority of students are happy with the amount of contact they get with their lecturers, according to a survey for the National Union of Students (NUS). ... Read moreOpen Educational Content - new book publishedWed 19th Nov, 2008 A new book has just been launched in eBook and hard copy format, entitled The Tower and the Cloud - Higher Education in the age of Cloud Computing. Edited by Richard N Katz, its themes include IT for higher education and the globalization of education, with a chapter on open educational content contributed by JISC Executive Secretary Dr Malcolm Read. ... Read moreStudent mentorship programme for Software EntrepreneursTue 18th Nov, 2008 An NCGE Flying Start programme for Software Entrepreneurs will run from 16th - 18th December 2008 at the Microsoft Campus, Reading. Current students or graduates of up to 5 years from any UK university may apply online. ... Read moreJISC call for Learning and Teaching Innovation GrantsFri 14th Nov, 2008 JISC invites institutions to submit funding proposals for projects to undertake work under the second round of its Learning and Teaching Innovation Grants Programme. ... Read moreThe Debate on the Future of Higher EducationThu 13th Nov, 2008 John Denham has published nine contributions to the debate on the future of Higher Education, received by DIUS. The contributions make recommendation to government and to universities on how the UK's Higher Education system should develop over the next 10-15 year to ensure it is world-class. ... Read moreStudents should have bigger say on qualityWed 12th Nov, 2008 The Chief Executive of the Higher Education Academy, Professor Paul Ramsden, has called for students to play a more active role in planning and quality assuring higher education courses. ... Read moreSerious Virtual Worlds reportTue 11th Nov, 2008 JISC have published the Serious Virtual Worlds report which focuses on virtual worlds for educational uses, and explores the 'serious' – as opposed to leisure-based – uses of virtual worlds. ... Read moreSurvey on m-learningMon 10th Nov, 2008 An online survey to gather data on current developments in m-learning in UK higher education institutions. ... Read moreUniversities UK guide to quality and standardsThu 6th Nov, 2008 Universities UK has today launched a new publication which outlines how quality and standards are assessed and assured within UK universities and colleges. ... Read moreUpdated snapshot of HE / FE developments in Second LifeWed 5th Nov, 2008 Eduserv have published their fourth "snapshot" of UK Higher and Further Education developments in Second Life. ... Read morePodcast on Work Related LearningMon 3rd Nov, 2008 The latest JISC podcast focuses on Work-related learning, featuring examples of the types of support being provided by JISC and the Higher Education Academy. ... Read moreTeaching guides from the Engineering Subject CentreMon 3rd Nov, 2008 The Engineering Subject Centre has produced a series of printed Teaching guides with companion web versions. ... Read moreVideo on Marking Criteria and Assessment MethodsFri 31st Oct, 2008 The HEA has developed a video which examines staff and student perceptions of marking criteria. ... Read moreWorkforce development through employer-HE partnershipFri 31st Oct, 2008 The Stepping Higher: Workforce development through employer-higher education partnership report has been produced jointly by the CBI, Universities UK and HEFCE. It demonstrates the benefits to employers of building strong partnerships with higher education to produce a highly skilled workforce. ... Read moreJISC focus on Libraries of the FutureThu 30th Oct, 2008 A JISC-sponsored 'Libraries of the Future' supplement, in Library and Information Update, discusses the ongoing transformation of FE, HE and research libraries - including 'moving books out to make more space for people' – and considers the technical, human and political threats to these institutions. ... Read moreCall for Participation: "e" Teaching & Learning WorkshopWed 29th Oct, 2008 In collaboration with the Higher Education Academy Subject Centre for Computer and Information Sciences (HEA-ICS), a one day workshop for, and by, Educators and Researchers, will take place at the University of Greenwich, London, on Tuesday 2nd June 2009. Collaborative research into curriculum deliveryTue 21st Oct, 2008 Fifteen higher and further education institutions have successfully won funding from JISC to explore how the technology can transform the way in which curricula are delivered. ... Read moreSecondment Grants Available for FEC Science, Engineering and Technology LecturersTue 21st Oct, 2008 Since September 2007, full-time further education lecturers have been required to undertake at least 30 hours of continuous professional development (CPD). The New Engineering Foundation Industrial Fellowship Scheme, running since 2005, and backed by generous financial support from the Gatsby Charitable Foundation, enables each participating college to apply for a grant of £12,000 towards the secondment of up to 3 of their nominated science, engineering, construction and technology lecturers to take secondments with local businesses or technical/scientific research centres in Universities, thereby raising the lecturers' skills and knowledge and achieving the industrial relevance and context to their teaching, thus improving the overall learning experience of the students. ... Read moreFree online tutorial on finding imagesMon 20th Oct, 2008 TASI are pleased to announce a new, free-to-use online tutorial to assist staff and students in locating images for use in both teaching and learning: Internet for Image Searching. ... Read moreUpwardly Mobile: inclusive m-Learning for beginnersMon 20th Oct, 2008 Upwardly Mobile is a new user-friendly DVD-ROM from the JISC TechDis service, designed to make mobile learning (m-Learning) more engaging and accessible. ... Read moreLatest ICS Newsletter availableThu 16th Oct, 2008 The latest issue of the HEA-ICS newsletter is now available online: Issue 11 - Oct 2008 (PDF 788KB). ... Read moreFurthering the involvement of disabled students in HEThu 16th Oct, 2008 The Disability Equality Partnership (DEP) are inviting expressions of interest from institutions who would like to increase and embed the engagement of disabled students in a strategic and an ongoing basis within institutional policy and practice. ... Read moreMaths facts and formulae leaflet for Computer ScienceWed 15th Oct, 2008 The Maths, Stats & OR network, and sigma have produced a number of leaftlets to support the transition from school mathematics to university mathematics in a range of disciplines. The leaflets contain commonly used (undergraduate) mathematical formulae and are available free of charge to members of staff from UK Higher Education Institutions. http://www.ics.heacademy.ac.uk/resources/factsformulae/index.php ... Read moreHEFCE and JISC to open up resources for learningWed 15th Oct, 2008 HEFCE has announced an initial £5.7 million of funding for pilot projects that will open up existing high-quality education resources from higher education institutions to the world. ... Read moreUK Student Mainframe ContestMon 13th Oct, 2008 This year IBM's UK Student Mainframe Contest both Registrations and Contest are due to start on Tuesday 14th October. The contest will run until 31st December 2008. Improved prizes on offer including Nintendo DS and Playstation 3 Consoles! ... Read moreITT on the use of research content in teaching and learningFri 10th Oct, 2008 The JISC Scholarly Communications Working Group wishes to commission some work to investigate issues around the use of research content in teaching and learning within UK Higher Education Institutions. ... Read moreNew reports on employability and enterpriseThu 9th Oct, 2008 Two reports which address the topics of entrepreneurship and employability / employer engagement have recently been added to the website of The Council for Industry and Higher Education (CIHE). ... Read moreChange Academy helps transform higher education practicesTue 7th Oct, 2008 Teams from fifteen higher education institutions recently took part in a four-day residential event as part of the Change Academy programme run by the Higher Education Academy (HEA), which helps teams of academics to develop the knowledge, capacity and enthusiasm for achieving complex institutional change to benefit the student learning experience. ... Read moreNew release of WebPA Open Source ToolFri 3rd Oct, 2008 The WebPA Project is pleased to announce the latest release of the WebPA Open Source Tool for the assessment of group work. ... Read moreRoadmap of JISC Grant Funding OpportunitiesThu 2nd Oct, 2008 JISC have published a timetable of calls for future funding opportunities for the new academic year at http://www.jisc.ac.uk/fundingopportunities/futurecalls/grant.aspx ... Read moreLaunch of Knowledge and Technology Exchange in Further Education Project Grants availableThu 25th Sep, 2008 The New Engineering Foundation in partnership with the Gatsby Charitable Foundation is announcing a new project - the Knowledge and Technology Exchange Nodes (K/TENs). Grants of £15,000 are available to FE colleges to strengthen their capability in delivering innovative knowledge and technology exchange activities in engineering, applied science and technology. ... Read moreProceedings from 9th Annual Conference onlineTue 23rd Sep, 2008 The proceedings (and accompanying presentations) from the 9th Annual Conference of the HEA Subject Centre for Information and Computer Sciences are now available online. ... Read more
Copyright Toolkit: use of multimedia in learning environmentsThu 18th Sep, 2008 Eduserv have launched a new online resource that aims to help people in the education sector who use digital resources such as audio, images and videos, understand the copyright issues involved. The Copyright Toolkit is free to use, and includes helpful background information about copyright law and a set of interactive exercises to help people understand the underlying principles behind the legal requirements. ... Read moreThird International Plagiarism Conference: papers availableTue 16th Sep, 2008 The papers and presentations from the Third International Plagiarism Conference are now available online. ... Read moreResults from survey on Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL)Mon 15th Sep, 2008 The results from a survey on Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) carried out by members of the Learning and Teaching working group of UCISA's Teaching Learning and Information Group (UCISA-TLIG) have now been published on the UCISA website. ... Read moreNational Student Survey results publishedThu 11th Sep, 2008 The results of the 2008 National Student Survey (NSS) have been released today. The overall satisfaction level of Computer Science students was 81.4%, while for Information Science it was 90% (note: LIS departments are misleadingly entitled "Information Services" in the 2008 NSS). [Data from the table of Student satisfaction by subject which reflects the percentage of students who agreed with 'Overall, I am satisfied with the quality of my course'.] ... Read moreExpert input sought for Curriculum Design and Delivery ProgrammesWed 10th Sep, 2008 JISC infoNet is seeking expressions of interest from individuals who would like to be involved in the support and synthesis activities of the JISC Curriculum Design and Delivery Programmes. ... Read moreEffective Practice with e-PortfoliosMon 8th Sep, 2008 JISC has released Effective Practice with e-Portfolios: supporting 21st century learning as a resource to support the growing interest in the benefits that electronic portfolios may bring to personal development planning (PDP) and to 21st century models of learning, teaching and assessment. ... Read moreFREE technology enhanced learning workshopsMon 8th Sep, 2008 Two workshops entitled Using technology to support work-related learning and two others entitled Using technology to support the student learning experience will be offered by Netskills as FREE events, supported by the HEA and JISC. These workshops will explore a variety of technological resources and investigate their pedagogic value. They are aimed at lecturers, learning technologists and educational developers interested in the use of technology to enhance learning through the use of technology. ... Read moreGoogle Europe Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship 2009Fri 5th Sep, 2008 Google have released details of the Google Europe Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship 2009, which aims to encourage women to excel in computing and technology, and become active role models and leaders. the Scholarships are open to female students entering their final year of a Bachelor's degree, or enrolled in an a Master's or PhD programme (or equivalent), in 2009/2010. ... Read moreSubject Centres help ease students' transition to higher educationThu 4th Sep, 2008 Subject Centres from the Higher Education Academy are working with academics and students to help ease the transition from school to university life for thousands of students as they begin courses at universities throughout the UK. ... Read moreE-Bulletins on Inclusive Practice now availableTue 2nd Sep, 2008 Members of the Inclusion SIG (Special Interest Group) of the Higher Education Academy have published six documents providing explanations and overviews of key topics. ... Read moreConference taster: video on Beyond GoogleFri 22nd Aug, 2008 Beyond Google: developing training skills for library and information students in their work with the Google generation is one of several HEA-ICS funded projects to be showcased at the HEA ICS Conference from 26-28 August in Liverpool . ... Read moreTwo JISC ITTs on assessmentThu 21st Aug, 2008 JISC have released two new Invitations to Tender focusing on assessment, with submission deadlines of Monday 22 September. ... Read moreUS report on Fostering Learning in the Networked WorldTue 19th Aug, 2008 The National Science Foundation (NSF) has commissioned a report to provide guidance to NSF on the opportunities, research questions, partners, strategies, and existing resources for cyberlearning. ... Read moreStudent video contest to promote critical thinking and creative expressionMon 18th Aug, 2008 The Sparky Awards is a contest that recognizes the best new short videos on the value of sharing and aims to broaden the discussion of access to scholarly research by inviting students to express their views creatively. The 2008 contest theme is "MindMashup: the value of information sharing." ... Read moreImproving accessibility of electronic textsFri 15th Aug, 2008 JISC TechDis, along with the Publishers Association, has recently been working to improve access to electronic versions of educational texts. A website has been created to enable educationalists working with disabled learners to get an electronic version of published texts as quickly as possible. ... Read moreQAA launches Access to HE courses databaseFri 15th Aug, 2008 The QAA (Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education) has launched a new Access to HE courses database, which has been completely redesigned with significant improvements to the search facility. It provides the only definitive published list of QAA-recognised Access to HE courses. ... Read moreMarking Criteria and Assessment Methods - new DVDThu 14th Aug, 2008 The HEA is publicising its DVD on Marking Criteria and Assessment Methods, which looks at staff and student perceptions of marking criteria. ... Read moreBeyond the Google Generation report next steps (JISC podcast)Mon 11th Aug, 2008 The Google Generation report made a major impact when it was published in January of this year. In this podcast interview one of its authors Ian Rowlands of University College London talks to Philip Pothen from JISC about some of the implications of the report, while Rachel Bruce, JISC programme director, gives her views on the report and possible next steps. ... Read moreCall for proposals for JISC Learning and Teaching Innovation GrantsThu 31st Jul, 2008
JISC invites institutions to submit funding proposals for projects to undertake work under the second round of its Learning and teaching Innovation Grants Programme. This is an open call for one year projects dealing with any aspect of e-learning. Higher Education Academy calls for greater recognition for university teachingWed 30th Jul, 2008 As the Higher Education Academy publishes its new strategic plan, HEA Chief Executive Paul Ramsden has called for greater recognition for teaching in universities throughout the UK. ... Read moreRise of podcasting in higher educationFri 18th Jul, 2008 There has been a phenomenal rise in the use of podcasts over the past three years, with significant use in higher education. ... Read moreCall for National Teaching Fellowship Scheme (NTFS) project bidsThu 17th Jul, 2008 The 2008-09 call for National Teaching Fellowship Scheme (NTFS) project bids is now available. Teams are able to bid for funds of up to £200,000 for use over a period of up to three years. ... Read moreOpera browser offers free, online Web-standards courseWed 9th Jul, 2008 The Web browser Opera offers today the first 23 articles of a free online course on Web standards. ... Read moreJISC ITT: The potential of semantic technologies for learning and teachingMon 30th Jun, 2008 The Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) invites tenders to conduct a study to investigate how applications which use semantic technologies can add value to learning and teaching. ... Read moreSQA Releases White Paper on Sustainable Development of e-AssessmentMon 30th Jun, 2008 This white paper outlines the benefits of e-assessment, both for Scotland and beyond, and is a must read for any organisation looking to implement e-Assessment on a large scale. http://www.sqa.org.uk/sqa/files_ccc/SOLARWhitePaperMay2008.pdf ... Read moreHEA National Teaching Fellowships awardedMon 30th Jun, 2008 Fifty lecturers and learning support staff have been awarded National Teaching Fellowships from the Higher Education Academy. ... Read moreTechDis: Third round of HEAT SchemeWed 25th Jun, 2008 The JISC TechDis Service is pleased to announce a third round of the HEAT scheme. The aim of this scheme is to provide staff working in HE or HE in FE in England, Wales and Northern Ireland with technology (including hardware and software, mainstream and specialist) with which to develop or uncover an aspect of good inclusive practice. This may be specific to the teaching of a particular discipline, supporting a specific role area, or may have more generic applicability across the sector. ... Read moreNew Engineering Foundation Industrial Fellowship Scheme Deadline ApproachesThu 19th Jun, 2008 Since September 2007, further education lecturers have been required to undertake at least 30 hours of continuous professional development (CPD) prorata. The Industrial Fellowship Scheme, running since 2005, and backed by generous financial support from the Gatsby Charitable Foundation enables each participating college to apply for a grant of £12,000 towards the secondment of up to 3 of their nominated science, engineering, construction and technology lecturers to take secondments with local businesses or technical/scientific research centres in Universities, thereby raising the lecturers' skills and knowledge and achieving the industrial relevance and context to their teaching, thus improving the overall learning experience of the students. ... Read moreGreat expectations of ICT: How HE institutions are measuring upFri 13th Jun, 2008 New research commissioned by JISC and carried out by Ipsos MORI suggests that students are starting to mix their social networking sites with their academic studies and inviting tutors and lecturers into their virtual space. ... Read more Phoebe Pedagogy Planning ToolFri 6th Jun, 2008 The final report from the Phoebe project is now available. The principal achievement of the project has been the development of a usable and useful pedagogy planner tool, which is freely available. ... Read moreDesigning and sharing inquiry-based learning activities: LAMS evaluation case studyFri 6th Jun, 2008 Report summarising the findings of an evaluation project funded by JISC as part of its Design for Learning programme, which ran from May 2006 to October 2007. ... Read moreAre you interested in using technology in your teaching of maths?Tue 3rd Jun, 2008 sigma, the HEFCE funded Centre for Excellence in Mathematics and Statistics Support, is keen to work with HE in FE practitioners who are interested in incorporating new technologies in their teaching practice. Based at Loughborough and Coventry Universities, sigma is currently investigating the effectiveness of new technologies in the teaching of mathematics to specialist and non-specialist maths students. sigma is keen to develop work with anyone interested in developing new and innovative approaches to teaching, including the development of mathematical or statistical resources that will prove beneficial to students or staff involved in mathematical support. ... Read more2008 HE in FE Teaching Award Scheme: Nominations Now OpenMon 2nd Jun, 2008 The STEM Subject Centre HE in FE Teaching Award provides an opportunity for lecturers in Sciences, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics delivering Higher Nationals, Foundation Degrees and other undergraduate programmes in further education colleges to receive national recognition for their outstanding learning and teaching practices, or work in some other way that enhances the student learning experience.
This award, and winners cheque of £500, is open to both full and part-time staff and is intended to showcase commitment, imagination and innovative ways to inspire students and make their learning relevant. ... Read more
May 2008 snapshot of UK HE and FE developments in Second LifeFri 23rd May, 2008 The EduServ Foundation has published a May 2008 snapshot of UK HE and FE developments in SL. This report summarises an investigation into the use and uptake of Second Life (SL) by UK Higher and Further Education. ... Read moreEngSC Online Seminar SeriesWed 21st May, 2008 The Engineering Subject Centre is pleased to launch their free, online seminar series which is designed to introduce participants to a range of learning technologies. Delivered directly to you online, these seminars need just one hour of your time on the day along with preparatory materials available in video format . ... Read moreE3AN question bank on Electrical and Electronic Engineering now available for live student useFri 9th May, 2008 The content of the E3AN question bank on Electrical and Electronic Engineering is now available for live student use online under the name of QuestionBuddy. ... Read moreMay edition of ICS newsletter now availableFri 9th May, 2008 Student Essay Competition 2008 winners announcedFri 9th May, 2008 National Awards for the Teaching of Information and Computer Sciences (ICS) in Higher Education in Scotland and WalesTue 29th Apr, 2008 The ICS Subject Centre is pleased to launch an annual National Awards Scheme for the Teaching of ICS in Higher Education in Scotland and Wales. ... Read moreOnline Survey of Students Mathematical Modelling SkillsThu 10th Apr, 2008 The university team that produced the Mathtutor online resource is working with MEI (Mathematics in Education and Industry), to address some pressing questions in relation to the teaching of mechanics at university. ... Read moreNew Assessment DVD Now Available!Mon 18th Feb, 2008 February edition of ICS newsletter now availableWed 13th Feb, 2008 New report available - "Analysis of accessibility issues for creating and deploying on-line assessment tools"Thu 31st Jan, 2008 The BCSWomen Undergraduate Lovelace ColloquiumFri 18th Jan, 2008 HE in FE Teaching Award Winner AnnouncedThu 10th Jan, 2008 Dublin Core Education call for use casesMon 7th Jan, 2008 Call for Papers: 9th ICS Subject Centre Annual ConferenceTue 18th Dec, 2007 ITALICS Call for Papers: Computer Assisted Assessment [CAA]Wed 12th Dec, 2007 Managing Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) in Digital Learning Materials: A Development PackMon 10th Dec, 2007 Managing Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) in Digital Learning Materials: A Development Pack for Institutional Repositories The final outputs of the JISC TrustDR project are now available. Authors: John Casey, Jackie Proven & David Dripps Distributed under a Creative Commons License - Attribution 2.5 UK: Scotland Download from: General Development Funding 2007-2008 UpdateThu 8th Nov, 2007 New ICS rescource: Making the most of your library a guide for ICS lecturersWed 7th Nov, 2007 JISC RSCs receive funding for three more yearsThu 1st Nov, 2007 Software Challenge - Reusable Learning Objects Student CompetitionTue 30th Oct, 2007 Sainsbury Review welcomed by HEFCEMon 8th Oct, 2007 IBM Student Mainframe Contest 2007Thu 4th Oct, 2007 academicjava: free Java resourceTue 2nd Oct, 2007 HE in FE Teaching Award 2007 to be Presented by Maggie PhilbinWed 26th Sep, 2007 JISC: New research on attitudes of university applicants to ICTMon 10th Sep, 2007 Great expectations of ICT New research suggests that young university hopefuls expect unrestricted access to the Internet Those hoping to go to university are digital natives' who use social networking sites regularly and are quickly able to perceive the potential benefits and limitations of new technologies in their social and academic lives, when presented with examples of their use. ... Read moreJISC Technology Watch open call for report on Service CloudsMon 10th Sep, 2007 Request for Proposals: Classroom Curriculum Using Sun SPOTsWed 5th Sep, 2007 Disciplinary Commons projectTue 4th Sep, 2007 The Disciplinary Commons project concerns computing education in the UK. The 2007/8 instantiation will focus on human computer interaction (HCI) and is open to anyone who currently teaches HCI in a UK institution of higher education. Over the course of the academic year 2007/8 up to 20 teachers will meet every 4-6 weeks to document our practice and create a powerful community resource. ... Read moreTranche 5 of the General Development Fund now availableTue 4th Sep, 2007 ICS Support for New Academic Staff - WikiFri 24th Aug, 2007 Internship Lets CS Students Pitch Proposals to VC FirmWed 15th Aug, 2007 Indiana University's Move to ChaChaFri 10th Aug, 2007 JISC Capital Circular 2/07: Call for ProposalsMon 30th Jul, 2007 Latest edition of higher quality 24 now availableFri 6th Jul, 2007 HE in FE Mini-Projects: Funding for 2007/8 Announced Today!Wed 4th Jul, 2007 Launch of Pilot Online Interoperable Question BankMon 2nd Jul, 2007 JISC: Launch of the Depot at national conference marks 'repositories milestone'Fri 15th Jun, 2007 New JISCPAS research reveals vast variations in penalties for plagiarismThu 14th Jun, 2007 JISC ITT: Library Management SystemsTue 12th Jun, 2007 VLES - Emerging technologies for learning publication by BectaTue 5th Jun, 2007 Entries Open for the 2007 Science, Engineering and Technology Student of the Year AwardsMon 28th May, 2007 Personalised Learning Plans in Lifelong Learning Networks ReportMon 28th May, 2007 CILIP - 3rd edition of Euroguide LIS questionnaireThu 24th May, 2007 ALT - Learning Technologist of the Year AwardMon 21st May, 2007 JISC sponsors Outstanding ICT Initiative of the Year AwardMon 14th May, 2007 JISC ITT: Resource Discovery InfoKitTue 1st May, 2007 JISC Circular 1/07 invites institutions to submit funding proposalsFri 27th Apr, 2007 JISC: Effective Practice with e-AssessmentFri 27th Apr, 2007 JISC: Video case studies of Spaces for 21st Century Learning and TeachingFri 27th Apr, 2007 Innovate-Live Spring Seminar SeriesMon 23rd Apr, 2007 JANET launches its new wireless technical advisory service at NETWORKSHOP 35Wed 18th Apr, 2007 Launch of 'Planning & Designing Technology-Rich Learning Spaces' infoKitThu 5th Apr, 2007 Internet Detective: 1 million milestoneTue 3rd Apr, 2007 QAA: new benchmark statement for computing publishedFri 30th Mar, 2007 Funding worth more than £15m announcedFri 30th Mar, 2007 Google Summer of Code 2007Fri 16th Mar, 2007 New Higher Education Academy Professional recognition schemeFri 16th Mar, 2007 Centre for Active Learning Visiting Fellowship SchemeFri 16th Mar, 2007 JISC Funding Opportunity: Significant Properties ITTThu 15th Mar, 2007 Funding Opportunity: ILS Commission projectsMon 12th Mar, 2007 Careers Education Benchmark StatementFri 9th Mar, 2007 RLO Student Competition Winner Announced!Wed 28th Feb, 2007 TechDis: second tranche of HEAT funding now availableFri 23rd Feb, 2007 "A week in the life..." Student CompetitionThu 15th Feb, 2007 IBM student Competition: Cell/B.E. University Challenge 07Tue 6th Feb, 2007 Call for Grant Funding bids from Scottish InstitutionsFri 2nd Feb, 2007 JISC's value to UK education and research: report publishedFri 2nd Feb, 2007 HEFCE: Scoping study for a strategic review of sustainability in higher educationFri 2nd Feb, 2007 HEFCE: Science and Innovation AwardsFri 2nd Feb, 2007 Worldwide call for free and open access to European research resultsTue 30th Jan, 2007 EU open access petition attracts more than 10,000 signaturesMon 29th Jan, 2007 Digitising five centuries of UK life: further £12m investmentThu 25th Jan, 2007 JISC ITT: Use of 'Web2.0' technologies fundingMon 22nd Jan, 2007 Call for case study proposalsTue 16th Jan, 2007 HE in FE Teaching Awards 2007 launchedTue 9th Jan, 2007 QAA enters into agreement with BCSThu 21st Dec, 2006 ITALICS Special eLIT IssueMon 18th Dec, 2006 HEA - Information and Computer Sciences NewsletterMon 18th Dec, 2006 JISC welcomes Gowers Review of Intellectual PropertyThu 14th Dec, 2006 HEFCE welcomes sector-wide analysis of 2005 National Student Survey resultsTue 12th Dec, 2006 Higher education in further education colleges: consultation on HEFCE policyTue 12th Dec, 2006 Engaging employers with higher education: HEFCE strategyTue 12th Dec, 2006 JISC infoNet publication highlights collaborative modelThu 7th Dec, 2006 Interview: Bringing a European perspective to digitisationThu 7th Dec, 2006 Widening Participation research service launchFri 24th Nov, 2006 Investing in education and research - Successful bids totalling £5.5m announcedFri 17th Nov, 2006 Latest News from QAAThu 16th Nov, 2006 Improvements to quality information and the Teaching Quality Information websiteThu 16th Nov, 2006 FUNDING: Innovative Teaching Development funding announcedMon 13th Nov, 2006 Student competition - prizes include £250 and Toshiba laptopMon 13th Nov, 2006 November Innovate-Live Webcast ScheduleTue 7th Nov, 2006 VideoAktiv: How you can get involvedMon 6th Nov, 2006 Nuffield Review of 14-19 Education and TrainingWed 1st Nov, 2006 Call for bids: HE Academy Interdisciplinary Teaching and Learning Group invites bids for up to £8,000Wed 1st Nov, 2006 Free Booklet: Quality Assurance in HETue 31st Oct, 2006 Using games and simulations to enhance student employability - UCE BirminghamTue 31st Oct, 2006 HEA - Information and Computer Sciences NewsletterMon 23rd Oct, 2006 Anti-Cheating Software Doubles as Peer Review SystemTue 17th Oct, 2006 QAA Revised Code of Practice PublishedTue 10th Oct, 2006 Georgia Tech Debuts Outsource-Resistant CS CurriculumFri 6th Oct, 2006 JISC ITT: 3 studies on good practice and technology-supported approaches in recruitment and admissionFri 6th Oct, 2006 Student Employability Profiles LaunchedFri 6th Oct, 2006 Faith GuidesFri 6th Oct, 2006 Gaming in Computer Science - Request for ProposalsTue 3rd Oct, 2006 Launch of pilot comment bankFri 8th Sep, 2006 TechDis Higher Education Assistive Technology (HEAT) fundingTue 22nd Aug, 2006 Patent battle over teaching toolsFri 18th Aug, 2006 Supporting and Recognising DevelopersThu 10th Aug, 2006 Performance IndicatorsThu 10th Aug, 2006 Academy Appoints Director (Institutions)Thu 10th Aug, 2006 Netbeans IDE 5.0 BlueJ Edition releasedThu 10th Aug, 2006 Change management resource launched by JISC infoNetThu 10th Aug, 2006 JISC Strategy 2007-2009Thu 10th Aug, 2006 Computer Architecture Simulation ModelsThu 10th Aug, 2006 FAQ - Sustainability in Computing CoursesThu 10th Aug, 2006 RDN re-launches as IntuteWed 26th Jul, 2006 British Universities Film and Video Council survey of moving images and sound in HE and researchThu 11th May, 2006 Opportunities for Staff from MicrosoftWed 10th May, 2006 Opportunities for Students from MicrosoftWed 10th May, 2006 e-Tutor Competititon 2006Thu 13th Apr, 2006 Press release - UK and New Zealand sign ICT agreementThu 13th Apr, 2006 A-Level Criteria ConsultationThu 13th Apr, 2006 |