Podcasts
New licensing tool for open content
As more and more open content finds its way online, licensing and rights have become a key issue on a global level.
From ideas to innovation
This week’s Jisc e-learning conference will be the largest one we have run to date.
The future of education – are we having the right conversation?
We need to re-engage civil society in a debate about educational purpose. These are the powerful words of Professor Keri Facer, keynote speaker at the forthcoming Jisc innovating e-learning conference.
Podcast/Press release: New thinking on academic publishing and communication
Jisc has teamed up with Taylor & Francis to produce the first Open Access issue of the New Review of Academic Librarianship, edited by Graham Walton from Loughborough University.
Research series 4: Interdisciplinary research
At the Future of Research event this week we will explore taking risks with research.Professor Mike Brady and Professor Alan Bowman are two eminent researchers, one from the sciences and the other from the humanities, who came together to explore how techniques from medical imaging could support
Research series 3: It's the people that matter
Research ratings and the calibre of academic staff are crucial to the public face of a university, but how can institutions maintain their reputation in the current economic climate?
Research series 2: Collaboration in research
Professor Paul Webley is director and principal of the School of Oriental and African Sciences at the University of London and we are pleased to welcome him to chair the debate at Jisc’s Future of Research conference.
Research series 1: Arts and humanities researchers and technology
Ahead of Jisc’s research conference, Nicola Yeeles spoke to Professor David Robey about how technology can support researchers working in the arts and humanities - and where the funding for that support should come from.
Effective assessment in a digital age
Most of us have had formal or informal feedback throughout our lives. The way in which we have been assessed very likely has had a fundamental effect on our learning and career progression.