Staff or students often responsible for university and college cyber-attacks
Earlier this year, the FE and HE technology solutions not-for-profit, Jisc, conducted a survey of its members to find out their attitudes towards cyber security,…
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Higher Education Commission welcomes ministers’ renewed commitments to international students
The UK’s higher education is world leading in its number of international student enrolments, second only to the USA, and the Higher Education Commission wants…
Jisc welcomes the move to make research open access by 2020
Open access research by 2020. This announcement is really positive, not only in removing hurdles for the research community, but for society as a whole.…
Fresh digital thinking on apprenticeships
Growing numbers of apprenticeship providers are embracing digital technologies to help them reshape their offer following last year’s radical shake-up of vocational training. It saw…
New mapping service available – Free to FE colleges across the UK
Jisc have launched a free geospatial data service for further education (FE) colleges to support their data and mapping needs across a variety of subjects.…
Challenging adult learners to be the best they can be
Provisional figures for the first half of 2017-18 show the numbers participating in adult education are continuing to fall. Yet as new, less secure employment patterns develop, traditional…
Rose Luckin: the AI revolution is here
Colleges and universities will be transformed over the next decade by the introduction of artificial intelligence (AI). Rose Luckin, who has done visionary work as…
New geospatial mapping and download service available for free to UK FE colleges
The high-quality service, developed by global leader in aeronautics Airbus in conjunction with Jisc members, will give UK FE colleges free access to unlimited data and mapping…
Post–18 review: what needs to be done
What does higher education want from the government’s review of post-18 education and funding, launched in February? The Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) has submitted ’10 Points-of-Note on…
“Enough snowflakes can create an avalanche” – Shakira Martin
The NUS president won her second term in office with the pledge to ‘get real about education’. In this exclusive interview she lays out the…