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Experience counts: sectors unite to launch new venture for students
National Centre for Universities and Business (NCUB), Unite Students and Jisc announce partnership to create national register of student work experience opportunities.
Preparing Scotland’s students for their digital future: the new priority for higher education?
The University of Glasgow emerged the deserving winners of this year's Jisc-sponsored Innovation Technology Excellence category at The Herald's Higher Education Awards.
Higher education students not prepared for digital workplace
Our young people are touted as a tech-savvy cohort who have grown up with the internet and smart devices, but is the UK higher education (HE) system equipping them for life in the modern workplace?
Purchasing power - we unveil initiatives to make digital collections affordable
We are giving subscribing universities and research centres access to more than 20 collections from three major publishers, Adam Matthew Digital, Brill and ProQuest, as part of a brand new group-purchasing pilot.
Two thirds of Scottish students think staff need to improve their digital skills to keep up
Our survey of 1,001 learners has found that 63% of Scottish students think staff need to improve their digital skills to keep up. A further 68% of respondents think that students should be taught more digital skills to help them to cope with the modern workplace - in line with concerns about a digital skills crisis, that have been heightened in the wake of Brexit.
Learning at Work Week 2017
This week (15-21 May) is Learning at Work Week, but cast your mind back a short while and ask yourself: “What did I learn at work last week?” If you find it hard to think of at least one example, then maybe it’s time to shake things up a bit.
"Keep up!" - 86% of students want higher education to keep up with mainstream tech trends by introducing activity tracking apps
It’s no secret that sales of activity tracking apps and wearables have boomed, with The Telegraph reporting that over three million fitness trackers are flying off the shelves in the UK each year. From monitoring our fitness and sleep and even our mental reflexes, self-improvement is officially the name of the game.
Machine learning v malware: is big data the new kid on the cybersecurity block? - Miranda Mowbray
Data scientist and Networkshop keynote speaker Miranda Mowbray explains how finding patterns in large data sets may offer a huge step forward in tackling network attacks. In this interview she also considers the particular security challenges posed by the Internet of Things, the ethical issues around big data analysis, and argues that we should not blame users for their poor password choices.
govroam: a silver bullet for public services?
Seamless Wi-Fi across public services could transform everything from disaster response to health and social care. As 'eduroam for the public sector' is rolled out across the country, we explore how it is working.
Growing trust: the rise of Assent
For world-class universities keen to make the most of finite research resources, there’s an overwhelming business case for using Assent, argues Jisc's Peter Atkins.