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The UK contributes over 6,500 digitised museum objects to provide a boost for online learning
About 6,500 newly digitised objects from University College London and the University of Reading’s diverse museum collections are now openly accessible to students, teachers and the public at large thanks to funding from Jisc.
Work Based Learning providers gain efficiency and cost savings through a new procurement service
Jisc has launched the first national eMarketplace for the Work Based Learning (WBL) sector. It will ease the purchasing process and offer savings of up to 20%.
Jisc Collections and Open Access Key to collaborate on UK Gold OA article payments pilot
Jisc Collections, the UK academic community’s shared service for content licensing and administration, has entered into an agreement with Open Access Key (OAK) the online payment platform, for open access publishing to run a 12 month pilot project, Jisc APC, to test its role in managing and proce
Jisc secures agreement to provide a continuing legacy for schools resource
Jisc is delighted to have finalised an agreement to preserve and host the Vital subject portals, an invaluable resource for schools.
UK specialists welcome launch of ORCID as tool to identify researchers
Jisc joins organisations from across the UK higher education network to welcome the launch of the Open Researcher and Contributor Identifier (ORCID).
South East colleges and universities share library resources to offer users more
University and research libraries in London and the South East are benefiting from Search25, an online catalogue of world-renowned institutions and specialist collections, thanks to funding by Jisc.
Jisc welcomes the launch of Futurelearn
Jisc welcomes the announcement by the Open University today to bring together a range of free, open, online courses from leading UK universities through MOOCs (massively open online courses).
Interactive map shows where Blitz bombs hit
A new interactive map of London showing where German bombs landed over the course of eight months during World War II gives new meaning to the word Blitz.
Jisc's trustees' ambitions for its future as a registered charity
Today, the Association of Colleges (AoC), GuildHE and Universities UK (UUK) along with Jisc’s non-executive directors and trustees take the first steps in leading the organisation into 2013.
Customer centric approach core to Jisc
Jisc is moving to put its customers at the very heart of its activities during the coming year. This focus comes as the organisation reacts to the recent Wilson review into the way it works with the UK’s education and research communities and meet the demands of universities and colleges.