http://www.netskills.ac.uk The latest news items about Higher 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/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/article204.html A recent conference presentation given by Netskills' Steve Boneham and Will Allen is currently one of Slideshare's top presentations. w.h.a.allen@newcastle.ac.uk http://www.netskills.ac.uk/content/about/publicity/news/articles/article204.html Fri, 09 May 2008 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.netskills.ac.uk/content/about/publicity/news/articles/article197.html Netskills has been delivering training outside the British Isles again, Consultant Trainer Will Allen spending two days at Universidad de Oriente in Cuba last autumn. w.h.a.allen@newcastle.ac.uk http://www.netskills.ac.uk/content/about/publicity/news/articles/article197.html Wed, 07 May 2008 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.netskills.ac.uk/content/about/publicity/news/articles/article200.html Netskills recently completed a programme of two workshops on the theme of Assessment for Learning. The workshops were supported by The Higher Education Academy/JISC Collaboration Team as part of their assessment campaign. d.w.hartland@newcastle.ac.uk http://www.netskills.ac.uk/content/about/publicity/news/articles/article200.html Wed, 23 Apr 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/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/article189.html 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. helen.blanchett@newcastle.ac.uk http://www.netskills.ac.uk/content/about/publicity/news/articles/article189.html Mon, 21 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +0000