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Jisc and Wellcome Trust to support universities with new open access demands
The recent Finch report said that universities will have to be increasingly efficient in the way they pay for open access publishing in the form of article processing charges (APCs).
Jisc Inform 34 launches: supporting you to make decisions today and tomorrow
As it’s our job to not only deliver for you today but to future gaze on your behalf so that you are in a better place to make decisions, we’ve structured the latest edition of Jisc Inform around that topic.
The results are in: major study into the behavioural habits of the “Generation Y” PhD students released by Jisc and the British Library
Research students need more face-to-face and informal support tailored to their own subject area to help them embrace open web technologies and social media fully, according to the UK’s largest study of doctoral students commissioned by the technology consortium Jisc and the British Library.
Moving e-portfolios into the mainstream: new resources demonstrate how e-portfolios can transform the student journey
Today Jisc launches three resources to help universities and colleges to implement e-portfolios effectively at scale created from successful practice from the UK, Australia and New Zealand.
Jisc response to the Finch report
Jisc welcomes the ‘Accessibility, sustainability, excellence: how to expand access to research publications’ also known as the Finch report, published today. The Report examines how to expand and improve access for everyone to international peer-reviewed research.
International collaboration to help transform the way libraries manage their resources
Kuali OLE, one of the largest academic library software collaborations in the United States, and Jisc, the UK’s expert on digital technologies for education and research, announce a collaboration that will make data about e-resources—such as publication and licensing information—more easily avai
Developing digital literacy: trial and error?
A Jisc study has found that learners develop a variety of digital literacies often through a social trial-and-error process, without the direct support or advice of their educational institutions.
How does big data change the research landscape for the humanities and social sciences?
The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) today issued the first public appraisal of the Digging into Data Challenge, an international grant programme first funded by Jisc, the US National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), the US National Science Foundation and the Canadian Socia
John Hayes MP announces new accessibility tools
John Hayes MP, Minister of State for Further Education, Skills and Lifelong Learning launched two new Jisc TechDis tools this week as part of our work to improve access to education for all abilities.
Historic Welsh events online
People’s memories of watching television footage of some of the most significant events in Wales from 1950 – 2000, can now be viewed on a new website funded by Jisc for researchers, teachers and the general public.