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  • CELT Conference: University of Wales, Newport 17 May 2012 JISC RSC Wales is looking forward to joining in the University of Wales, Newport CELT Conference 2012, and it's open to non-University of Wales, Newport staff for a small charge.
  • Gwella ELESIG: mobile and the learner experience 15 May 2012 The Gwella ELESIG group staged an interesting event recently on mobile and the learner experience.
  • Embedding benefits: three projects in Wales 15 May 2012 JISC has announced the result of a call for projects to embed the benefits of JISC-funded innovation work. Three of the successful projects are led by Welsh HE or FE institutions.
  • Embedding Business and Community Engagement 7th June in Cardiff 14 May 2012 In the past Business & Community Engagement (BCE) has been referred to as 'Third Stream', however it relates more closely to the term 'Third Mission' adopted by the Welsh Assembly, reflecting its strategic importance alongside Learning and Teaching (L&T) and Research across further and higher [...]
  • Information literacy in the workplace 14 May 2012 Information literacy underpins many of the skills needed in the workplace and is an important aspect of student employability, says a new guide from the Welsh Information Literacy Project.
  • HE Gregynog Colloquium 2012: bookings open 14 May 2012 The Gregynog Colloquium for Welsh Higher Education information services staff takes place in the week beginning 11 June.
  • The many Benefits of Virtual Meetings 14 May 2012 This report summarises the results from 1,725 respondents to surveys of internal use (or non-use) of conferencing or other virtual meeting technologies at nine individual universities (Aberystwyth, Bangor, Bradford, Central Lancashire, Glasgow, Leeds, Manchester Metropolitan, Staffordshire, and [...]
  • JISC Collections Summer Roadshow 14 May 2012 JISC Collections are running a number of roadshows this summer, including one at Cardiff University on 7 June, open to HE and FE.
  • Learning in a Digital Age due out in June 14 May 2012 The latest guide in the well-received JISC Effective Practice series, Learning in a Digital Age: Extending higher education opportunities for lifelong learning, will be available from 15th June following its launch on 13/14th June at the Blended Learning Conference, at the University of [...]
  • Online Course - Write-TEL 2 starts May 18th 10 May 2012 If you have any colleagues doing good work in the area of technology-enhanced learning, and who may like some support to write this up as the basis of their first peer reviewed publication in this area, please consider sharing details of Write-TEL 2 with them.
  • Cloud Computing and the Law Webcast, 2pm 30 May 2012 (Online) 09 May 2012 Is your institution considering outsourcing email, moving data storage off-campus or using external servers and data centres provided by cloud services? Join us at 2pm on www.jisclegal.ac.uk/cloud
  • New e-portfolio guidance and case studies free from JISC 12 Apr 2012 Some new resources are now available from JISC offering guidance on large-scale e-portfolio implementation.
  • Managing large-scale organisational change: lessons and approaches from the JISC Curriculum Design programme 12 Apr 2012 Stephen Griffiths of Cardiff University is among the contributors to a forthcoming webinar from projects in the JISC Curriculum Design programme about their experiences of institutional change.
  • JISC Inform 33 - Spring issue now out! 12 Apr 2012 The Spring issue is live and focuses on how colleges, universities and learning providers can use the open web to drive traffic and increase efficiency.
  • JISC project funding news 24 Feb 2012 In addition to the project funding available via JISC Advance for FE and skills there are a number of other funding opportunities available from JISC.
  • Employability-development JISCmail list 19 Feb 2012 A reminder that there is an active JISCmail list called EMPLOYABILITY-DEVELOPMENT for Higher Education staff.
  • JISC Online Conference update 19 Feb 2012 Materials from the the JISC Online Conference 2011 are now avaialble free of charge, and dates have been announced for the next one in November 2011.
  • Help JISC Techdis create a new speech resource in time for Christmas! 19 Dec 2011 JISC Techdis would like your help to select from 7 female voice actors to decide who will form the basis of a new, free high quality synthetic speech voice. It’s quick, it’s easy, it’s online and the deadline is 21st December!
  • Online discussion on qualifications in Wales 19 Dec 2011 ColegauCymru/Colleges Wales in partnership with the Welsh Government are running an online discussion and conference on theme of qualifications in Wales. The online discussion is now open fro contributions.
  • Repositories Support Project Embedding Guide and Toolkit 19 Dec 2011 A new Embedding Guide and Self Assessment Toolkit has been published to help universities get the best value from their institutional repositories through integration with other university systems, particularly research management systems.
  • Under development: SWANI 19 Dec 2011 A project led by Coleg Sir Gâr to use innovative technology to streamline administration has been highlighted in recent JISC CETIS blog post.
  • New free tools to make managers' lives easier 19 Dec 2011 This month JISC InfoNet have launched two new sets of tools to assist managers and make their lives easier: "Delivering the Technology-Enhanced Institution" (including the Strategic ICT Toolkit) and a Measurement Tools wiki.
  • New open source toolkit 19 Dec 2011 JISC Legal this month highlighted a new open source toolkit designed to help government departments ensure that open source software is fairly considered when procuring ICT.
  • JISC E-learning Programme free webinars 19 Dec 2011 Free webinars on Assessment and Feedback, Digital Literacies and other current topics are coming up in January and February.
  • JISC Grant Funding 19/11: Call for Bids to participate in the JISC Transformations Programme 19 Dec 2011 JISC RSC Wales would like to encourage HEFCW-funded Higher Education institutions in Wales to bid to participate in the next round of the JISC Transformations Programme. It now includes an additional theme of 'improving environmental performance'.

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