JISC are putting on an event called JISC Developer Days (dev8D) for software developers working in all areas of higher education. The event is designed to give developers the chance to learn and practice new skills, meet other people working in similar areas and to take part in discussions led by experts from higher education and industry. Further information on what you can get out of the event is available from the dev8D website: http://www.dev8d.org/why.html Continue reading ‘Invitation to the JISC Developer Days (dev8D) for software developers’
The Strategic Content Alliance Audience Analysis workshop on 29 January 2010 is now fully booked and registration has closed. Another session will be held in July (date TBC); please contact Verena Weigert at programme-support@jisc.ac.uk to be put on the waiting list.
The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has announced that it will be opening up a second consultation regarding exceptions to copyright of specific relevance to education and research. http://www.ipo.gov.uk/about/press/press-release/press-release-2009/press-release-20091211.htm. The consultation is here: http://www.ipo.gov.uk/consult-gowers2.pdf and includes wording for a draft statutory instrument.