http://www.netskills.ac.uk The latest news items about Further Education from the Netskills web site. en-UK http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss web@netskills.ac.uk 1440 http://www.netskills.ac.uk/site/img/logos/netskills-bannerlogo.png http://www.netskills.ac.uk http://www.netskills.ac.uk/content/about/publicity/news/articles/article215.html Netskills recently attended the RSC Eastern e-Fair at Barnfield College in Luton. Attended by over 160 people, the e-fair provided a great opportunity to share good practice and showcase innovative use of technology. helen.blanchett@newcastle.ac.uk http://www.netskills.ac.uk/content/about/publicity/news/articles/article215.html Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.netskills.ac.uk/content/about/publicity/news/articles/article209.html Participants from over 30 higher and further education institutions recently took part in workshops investigating the use of technology to enhance learning, teaching and assessment. The workshops, facilitated by Netskills, formed part of the JISC/Academy programme to support academic staff. d.w.hartland@newcastle.ac.uk http://www.netskills.ac.uk/content/about/publicity/news/articles/article209.html Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.netskills.ac.uk/content/about/publicity/news/articles/article212.html We've released our public workshop programme for the months of August, September and October. lisa.vincent@newcastle.ac.uk http://www.netskills.ac.uk/content/about/publicity/news/articles/article212.html Mon, 21 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.netskills.ac.uk/content/about/publicity/news/articles/article210.html This year Netskills has helped over 120 institutions make the transition to the UK Access Management Federation by showing them how to act as an Identity Provider for their users, thereby securing access to the online resources they are licensed to use. chris.young@newcastle.ac.uk http://www.netskills.ac.uk/content/about/publicity/news/articles/article210.html Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.netskills.ac.uk/content/about/publicity/news/articles/article208.html 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. r.s.allen@newcastle.ac.uk http://www.netskills.ac.uk/content/about/publicity/news/articles/article208.html Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.netskills.ac.uk/content/about/publicity/news/articles/article196.html An independent review of Netskills has judged us to be excellent according to all quality indicators. r.s.allen@newcastle.ac.uk http://www.netskills.ac.uk/content/about/publicity/news/articles/article196.html Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.netskills.ac.uk/content/about/publicity/news/articles/article193.html The issue of plagiarism in schools is regularly in the news - "Teachers voice plagiarism fears" said the BBC when reporting the results of a recent survey conducted by the Association of Teachers and Lecturers. But what is the reality behind the headlines? And what approach should staff in schools take to tackle the problem? helen.blanchett@newcastle.ac.uk http://www.netskills.ac.uk/content/about/publicity/news/articles/article193.html Thu, 06 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.netskills.ac.uk/content/about/publicity/news/articles/article195.html During the last three years Netskills has trained staff from over 200 higher education organisations and more than 320 FE colleges. r.s.allen@newcastle.ac.uk http://www.netskills.ac.uk/content/about/publicity/news/articles/article195.html Wed, 27 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.netskills.ac.uk/content/about/publicity/news/articles/article181.html Netskills recently attended the JISC RSC Conference, held at a hotel in Sutton Coldfield that was once the fictional "Crossroads Motel" in the long-running soap! helen.blanchett@newcastle.ac.uk http://www.netskills.ac.uk/content/about/publicity/news/articles/article181.html Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.netskills.ac.uk/content/about/publicity/news/articles/article176.html The Netskills/BTEC professional development scheme in e-learning has been fully mapped to the LSN professional development framework in e-learning. daniel.mcatominey@newcastle.ac.uk http://www.netskills.ac.uk/content/about/publicity/news/articles/article176.html Fri, 07 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +0000