Contents
Welcome
Welcome to the summer edition of Jisc Inform.
For this issue we have put together several articles on how to best market your college or university and share some of the learnings from our own web team on building a successful website after our own website refresh. We include advice on setting up social media channels to improve student enrolment and suggest how to help your students find employment once graduating.
We met with Toni Pearce, the NUS’s new president, to find out what is hot on the student agenda and her advice on keeping students engaged once enrolled. This edition’s Q+A investigates how to improve your learning spaces and links to articles which focus on engaging your students and teachers to developing their skills, which can boost their enthusiasm.
Lastly, with ‘open’ being one of the hot topics of today we look at possible options to keep monographs alive for the humanities and social sciences, alongside this we delve into The Open Book and see how open may develop in our digital age.
If you don’t agree with our experts lets us know. We welcome your feedback, comments and suggestions – not just on this issue, but for possible future topics for us to cover.
Enjoy the read.
Rebecca Whitehead
(Editorial team)
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Credits
Edited by: Rebecca Whitehead and Charlie Covington
Design: iD Factory
Contributors: Ben Showers, Ben Whitehouse, Caren Milloy, Charlie Covington, Christine Comrie, Christine Gormley, Deborah Ferns, Jackie Milne, Matt Ewens, Michelle Pauli, Nathalie Southall, Neil Jacobs, Nicola Yeeles, Rebecca Whitehead, Richard West, Sarah Williams, Sheila MacNeill, Syed Munib Hadi, Tom Mitchell, Vix Reeve. We’d also like to thank all the many people who have contributed their expertise to this edition.
Jisc Inform is produced by Jisc to raise awareness of the use of technology in supporting further and higher education in the UK. Contributing authors include members of the Jisc family of services and initiatives, Jisc’s partners and staff working in the further and higher education and skills sectors. The views expressed by contributors are not necessarily those of Jisc.
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