Team and Individual Skills news from Netskills

Netskills has launched a survey to the find out more about the different roles, responsibilities and skills needed in external engagement.

A new Netskills workshop is set to help staff in higher and further education get to grips with social networking tools, demonstrating how to get the best out of them.

Research staff at Newcastle University were inspired by Netskills to embrace web technologies during an internal one-day conference last month.

Netskills have updated their range of BTEC accreditated training. The range has been simplified to offer Award and Certificate level qualifications in three themes. Earning the qualification has also been made less complex with all the activities focused around a multi-day workshop.

Netskills delivered Writing for the Web training for Edge Hill University this month, pointing staff in the right direction as they begin the task of re-purposing content for their new website.

We're developing a series of guides to emergent web technologies for researchers, teachers and administrators. The guides explain how technologies like RSS, microbloging, podcasting and social media can enhance your working practice.

Communication is vital for the success of any project, so it always pays to check out new approaches. That's exactly what members of projects from the JISC e-Learning programme did on our new event Using Technology for Effective Project Communications.

Are you looking for official recognition of your training skills? And do you want to make sure you get the best price? If so, book early for the Netskills/BTEC Professional Certificate in Training Design and Delivery, being held in Newcastle this coming summer (June 24-27).

Anticipate the impact of an unthinkable world on our new Scenario Planning workshop. Attendance is free for members of the JISC Users & Innovation Community of Practice (Emerge), JISC Services and other JISC funded projects.

We're currently looking to fill a vacancy in our team.