News from January 2009

Netskills has contributed a key online component to an AHRC funded research project led by staff in the School of English Literature, Language and Linguistics at Newcastle University.

The JISC Advisory Services Business and Community Engagement (BCE) Team, based within JISC Netskills and JISC infoNet, has been promoting the work of Netskills and the other Advisory Services at a number of recent conferences and events.

To help you stay up-to-date with our events, we've added some new features to our website, including an iCal events feed, a Google calendar and details of our account on Dopplr.

The Netskills Training Suite makeover continues apace with the lecture room and coffee room currently being upgraded. Last summer saw a new reception area and local artwork adding interest to the corridor.

A Netskills workshop features as part of a TV programme about plagiarism in secondary schools. Some of the show, broadcast on education specialist channel Teachers TV, was filmed during one of our workshops delivered as part of a plagiarism awareness programme.