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Prompted by their own blogging endeavours, three Netskills Consultant Trainers joined forces to create an inspiring workshop for all budding bloggers.

An audience at the UK's biggest annual event for academic administrative staff, the AUA Annual Conference and Exhibition, heard about the benefits of Web 2.0 tools at a Netskills breakout session.

Netskills is delighted to welcome Christina Hunter to the team. Working closely with colleagues Lisa Vincent and Phil Swinhoe, Christina will help provide support for Blackboard Collaborate.

Members of the Netskills team dusted off their frocks and dinner jackets for a night of glamour and e-Learning at Durham Castle last week.

A new website, set to launch in June 2012, will make a range of training materials and courses from JISC Advance services available through a new portal environment.

Netskills Computing Officer Anthony Gladdish took part in the major event of the year for developers in the UK education sector in February.

Lisa Vincent, Netskills Training & Administration Co-ordinator, is looking to help administrative staff in the education sector to do more with less with web 2.0 tools.

E-Portfolio experts from across the UK were brought together by Netskills for a day of lively discussions in Nottingham last month.

Netskills Consultant Trainer Steve Boneham helped Information Services staff explore the use of social media to better understand and engage with their users at a recent event held in Birmingham.

After gaining a BTEC accreditation at a Netskills e-Learning workshop, a staff member at a Scottish College multiplied the impact of the workshop at his institution.