Communities
JISC encourages the development of communities in a variety of areas relating to technology, education and research. By supporting these communities JISC can keep up-to-date with important topics, encourage discussion, and supply information to relevant interest groups.
Some communities are facilitated by JISC or JISC-funded initiatives. In these instances participants may need to meet qualifying criteria such as addressing specific technical issues or supporting a specific programme of work.
Key communities activities
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Programmes
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Repositories and Preservation Programme
The programme is a £14m investment in Higher Education repository and digital content infrastructure. It will fund initiatives to develop the Information Environment supporting digital repositories...
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Users & Innovation: Personalising Technologies
Based on the needs of real end-users, the programme will identify areas where innovative user technologies and practices can increase efficiency.
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e-Learning Frameworks and Tools programme
The e-Learning Framework is a service-oriented factoring of the core services required to support e-Learning applications, portals and other user agents.
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Digital preservation & records management programme
Supporting institutions in long-term digital asset management and preservation forms a central theme of JISC's Digital Preservation and Records Management programme.
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e-Infrastructure Programme
Following the initial five year investment in the UK e-Science infrastructure, the vision for the e-Infrastructure programme is to enhance and consolidate the current technologies and establish...
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Projects
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Community Dimensions of Learning Object Repositories
This project aims to identify and analyse the factors that influence practical uptake and implementation of learning object (LO) repositories, with a focus on social and cultural issues.
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BeRT: Brockenhurst e-Registers Toolkit
The overall aim of the project is to provide a working, high quality software toolkit which will allow institutions to begin using electronic registration and attendance tracking without the risk of...
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Academic Writing Empowered by Socially Mediated Online Environments (AWESOME) Dissertation Environment
Our project adopts a user-centred methodology, actively engaging users (students, lecturers, staff developers, and student support) in the design, development, and evaluation of the...
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Appropriate & Practical Technologies for Students, Teachers, Administrators & Researchers
This project will support the identification, testing, refinement and implementation of new collaborative technologies to create a common space where users (students, teachers, administrators and...
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Racing Academy
Racing academy was developed to coincide with the recent curricula drive to re-establish the importance of engineering in schools.
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Services
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JISCmail: National Academic Mailing List service
JISCmail has a mission to facilitate knowledge sharing within the UK centered academic community, using email and the web, through the provision, support and development of specialist mailing list...
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UKOLN
UKOLN is a research organisation that aims to inform practice and influence policy in the areas of: digital libraries, information systems, bibliographic management, and web technologies.
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JISC Advance
Advancing education, research and management through expertise, advice and inspiration in the use of technology.
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Documents
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Racing Academy Final Report
PDF document
Racing Academy was specifically designed as a way to engage and motivate students in physics and engineering. It aimed to achieve this by engaging them in tasks that were authentic, that involve real...
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JISC preservation of web resources handbook
PDF document
The handbook aims to provide suggestions for best practice and advice aimed at UK
higher and further educational institutions, to enable the preservation of websites and
web-based resources.
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The new Strategic Technologies Group promotional flyer
PDF document
JISC wishes to establish the Strategic Technologies Group (STG) as part of the Flexible Service Delivery (FSD) programme.
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COMPASS Project Plan
PDF document
The research and decision-making process in any discipline is supported by a vast quantity and diversity of scientific resources, including journal articles; scientific models; scientific theories;...
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eIUS Project Plan
PDF document
The eIUS project aims to gather and document concrete evidence of how e-infrastructure is, or is planned to be used as a facilitator of the research process across all major disciplines. This is not...