Business news from Netskills

Netskills workshops focusing on maximising the effectiveness of online resources attracted full audiences in April and June.

Netskills’ Danny McAtominey had a taste of army life last month, delivering our three-day e-Learning Essentials workshop for the Defence College of Policing and Guarding.

Interested in JISC's work in Business and Community Engagement? We have a vacancy in a high-profile national role, on a part-time job-share basis (40% FTE), based at JISC Netskills at Newcastle University.

As part of the Business and Community Engagement project Supporting Training, CPD and Staff Exchange for BCE Practitioners, JISC Netskills has recently conducted an online survey of BCE practitioners to identify current CPD practice and future needs.

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.

3 staff from Netskills and JISC InfoNet have formed the new national Business and Community Engagement (BCE) coordination team representing the 7 JISC Advisory Services. Rob Allen heads the team, with Marc Dobson and Andrew Stewart, based between the universities of Newcastle and Northumbria. Working closely with the JISC BCE programme manager, Simon Whittemore, the team will provide a key link between JISC Innovation Group, JISC Services and staff working in BCE activities in universities and colleges.

Netskills is pleased to announce the launch of a new, free to attend, workshop for staff working in Business and Community Engagement (BCE) roles including Knowledge Transfer, Technology Transfer and all other Third Stream activities.

An independent review of Netskills has judged us to be excellent according to all quality indicators.

During the last three years Netskills has trained staff from over 200 higher education organisations and more than 320 FE colleges.