Upgrading Janet
Your world-class Janet Network is getting a boost. Jeremy Sharp, our Janet infrastructure director, explains what is going to happen and why. Janet has been serving…
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Oxford Brookes shares high-speed internet connection with festival for 20,000
DJ and Bestival co-founder Rob da Bank has said of the festival: “All of us at festival headquarters love kicking our year off with Common…
#FEsavedME – a personal story from Paul McKean
Paul McKean, head of FE and skills at Jisc and a former teacher at Bolton College, explains how further education helped him through a very dark…
Changes to Jisc funding for FE colleges
Regarding the changes to Jisc funding for FE colleges, a Jisc spokesperson said: “The Department for Education has confirmed that it intends to change how…
50 reasons to celebrate education technology #EdTech
The Edtech50 is a celebration of the people, products and projects shaping this dynamic and growing sector across the UK. Launched today (February 28) by…
Competition to find the top ten social media superstars in FE
A UK-wide competition is looking to find the top ten social media superstars in further education. The contest, run by the sector’s technology solutions not-for-profit…
Former student sentenced for cyber attack on national research and education network
A computer hacker, who carried out a sustained attack on the UK’s national research and education network (NREN) that disrupted connected organisations for several hours,…
A teachable moment: The #Edtech UK Global Summit 2017
This year’s Edtech UK Global Summit, held last week in London, was a triumph. It was packed with energetic updates from all over the sector…
The future for FE – a vision for the next five years
Paul McKean, head of FE and skills at Jisc, the education sector’s technology solutions not-for-profit, discusses how colleges and skills providers can become efficient and financially…
Join the FE Coalition and be part of the digital revolution
A group set up to help steer colleges through digital transformation over the past three years is now turning its attention to the sort of…