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Digitised accounts of the 80s illustrate Thatcher's legacy
Insights into the social history and cultural change of those living in the 1980s give a fascinating overview of life in Thatcher’s Britain.
University for the Creative Arts launches Zandra Rhodes digital archive
Joanna Lumley helped the University for the Creative Arts (UCA) launch a Jisc-funded digital archive of work by world-renowned fashion designer Zandra Rhodes.
New guide means citing films and audio in your content couldn't be easier
In the era of YouTube, podcasts and vidcasts new pioneering guidelines, launched today, will be crucial for students, researchers and academics when they cite moving image and sound sources or provide advice on referencing them.
13 partners from across Europe join together to improve digital curation
Seven European countries are launching 4C (the Collaboration to Clarify the Costs of Curation) to help public and private European organisations invest more effectively in digital curation and preservation, sustaining the long-term value of all types of digital information.
Contribute to a new cultural picture of medieval Britain brought to us by Manuscripts Online
Launched today, Manuscripts Online, funded by Jisc, brings to life early printed primary sources of medieval Britain, giving online access to written materials from 1000 to 1500.
Henshaws College and Jisc launch an accessible YouTube website
Henshaws College has launched an accessible version of YouTube which was funded by Jisc through Jisc Advance. It allows people with learning difficulties and disabilities to use this mainstream technology independently.
Register now to take part in the first international discovery summit
Jisc and the British Library are calling university librarians and archivists, library staff, museum curators and expert developers from across the globe to ask ‘how is open data transforming the world’s great collections at universities, galleries, libraries, archives and museums from being on t
Jisc is supporting colleges and schools in raising awareness on internet safety standards
As part of Safer Internet Day on 5 February and in support of new Ofsted guidelines, Jisc is offering advice, guidance and tools to improve internet safety within colleges and schools.
International Digging into Data Challenge launches
Today, the third round of the Digging into Data Challenge, a grant competition designed to help develop digital research in the humanities and social sciences launches in Canada, the Netherlands, the UK and the United States.
Jisc-funded research creates toolkit for greener teaching and learning in HE sector
Teaching models in higher education are still not green enough, a study from The Open University (OU) has found, with institutions urged to look beyond greening campus buildings and teaching about sustainability, to lower their carbon-based environmental impacts.