The assessment journey programme

An overall view of the Sheffield Hallam University approach to the electronic management of assessment, developed as part of their Assessment Journey Programme

Technology for employability FE case studies: InnoTech

A case study from South West College, Northern Ireland focusing on their InnoTech Centre, which forges partnerships between industry and education in science, engineering, and technology.

Submission process

The submission process broken down into more detail as part of the EMA processes and systems guide

Online Learning Readiness Tool Guide

A user guide for the Online Learning Readiness Tool, developed as part of the Jisc Scaling up online learning project.

The evolution of FELTAG

A glimpse at effective practice in UK further education and skills

Interview with Claire Gibbons about implementing XCRI-CAP

Claire spoke to Janette Hillicks about the University of Bradford's implementation of XCRI-CAP.

Research Software Sustainability: Report on Knowledge Exchange Workshop

The report introduces software sustainability, provides definitions, clearly demonstrates that software is not the same as data and illustrates aspects of sustainability in the software lifecycle. The recommendations state that improving software sustainability requires a number of changes: some technical and others societal, some small and others significant. We must start by raising awareness of researchers’ reliance on software. This goal will become easier if we recognise the valuable contribution that software makes to research – and reward those people who invest their time into developing reliable and reproducible software. The adoption of software has led to significant advances in research. But if we do not change our research practices, the continued rise in software use will be accompanied by a rise in retractions. Ultimately, anyone who is concerned about the reliability and reproducibility of research should be concerned about software sustainability. Beside highlighting the benefits of software sustainability and addressing the societal and technical barriers to software sustainability, the report provides access to expertise in software sustainability and outlines the role of funders. The report concludes with a short landscape of national activities in Europe and outside Europe. As a result of the workshop steps will be explored to establish European coordination and cooperation of national initiatives.

Bibliographic Data Services and The National Monograph Strategy - Next Steps

This paper summarises the recommendations of a recent report produced by Sero Consulting & Associates that was commissioned (by Jisc) to examine the implications of pursuing specific bibliographic data strategies with reference to the recommendations of the National Monograph Strategy. It reflects input from representatives of RLUK, SCONUL, the British Library and others. It also sets out a brief response to the report from Jisc and some proposals for immediate next steps.