Library collections; navigating the payment for access minefield
How hidden costs can occur when disclosing digital archival collections and my top tips on how to prevent these unwanted charges. >>
Giving staff the skills and confidence to deal with distressed students
Over the past few years, awareness of mental health issues has grown and the wellbeing of students and staff is never far from the media. There seems to be general agreement that better support is required, which means equipping more people at colleges and universities with skills to deal with those in distress. >>
Considered and visionary: a grown-up approach to lifelong learning
Responding to the Education Committee's inquiry into adult skills and lifelong learning, in this blog, I outline Jisc’s vision for an agile, joined-up, data-driven approach. >>
Students are helping to shape the digital experience for future learners
Launching tomorrow, Tuesday 3 September, Jisc’s 2019 digital experience insights student survey report will show how learners at UK colleges and universities experience technology. Shakira Martin reflects on the value of the survey. >>
Could transparency drive better deals for transnational education?
Universities should be able to offer the same access to content to transnational students as to those studying a degree in the UK. >>
‘Learners will inherit the future’ - let’s help them
The current, traditional model of education does not address the needs of a knowledge-based economy. It’s time to seize the opportunity to rethink education and redesign learning. >>
Drive your data dashboard with analytics labs
Higher education (HE) professionals will discover the power of data dashboards in a new continuing professional development (CPD) service launching this month. Catherine O’Donnell, who has already sampled analytics labs as a beta service, describes how the programme benefited her. >>
One giant leap? Imagining the University of Mars
I was just a baby when Neil Armstrong took that one small step from the ladder of the Apollo 11 lunar lander to the surface of the Moon on 20 July 1969. >>
Preparing frontline staff to deal with students in distress
Would you know what to do if a student launched into an angry tirade in the library, or dissolved into tears during a tutorial? How should you deal with the immediate situation? What is the safeguarding policy? How and when should you contact student wellbeing services? >>
College applies "any time, any place, anywhere" studying principle to its digital transformation project
Remember that cheesy 80s advert for Martini which encouraged us to enjoy it “any time, any place, anywhere”? Three decades later, minus the booze, the slogan perfectly captures how our young people expect to study today. >>
