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The University of Hertfordshire conducted a study to analyze the value of its Jisc membership. The study found that Jisc provides over ÂŁ1.26 million in annual cost savings, ÂŁ1.2 million in one-time savings, and helps avoid ÂŁ258,000 in annual costs. Key benefits included savings from the Janet network, Jisc Collections resources, and digital archives. University staff highly value services like Sherpa RoMEO for ensuring research compliance. Overall, the University views Jisc as providing strong value for its ÂŁ66,000 annual subscription cost by supporting learning, research, and operations.
Runshaw College conducted a study to evaluate the value of its Jisc membership. It found that Jisc provides significant cost savings and avoids substantial costs. Specifically, Jisc's connectivity and cybersecurity services save over ÂŁ370,000 annually, its learning resources save over ÂŁ149,000, and other services like identity management and support save over ÂŁ5,500. Without Jisc's services, Runshaw College would face increased costs, risks, and a worse experience for staff and students. Jisc is seen as a trusted partner that understands the further education sector.
Coleg Sir GĂąr conducted a study to evaluate the value of its Jisc membership. It found that Jisc provides over ÂŁ200,000 in direct cost savings annually through services like cyber security support and connectivity. Jisc's learning resources and digital tools also provide significant benefits and savings by enabling access to software, ebooks, and other materials. Coleg Sir GĂąr views Jisc as a trusted partner and says it would need to find alternatives if Jisc did not exist, which would be more costly and time-consuming.
Keele University conducted an independent study to evaluate the value of its Jisc membership. It found that through its Jisc subscription and optional services, Keele saves over ÂŁ2.8 million per year, including ÂŁ2.558 million in direct cost savings and ÂŁ279,000 in costs avoided. Key areas where Keele saves money through Jisc include licensing for learning and research resources, cyber security and connectivity support, federated access for single sign-on, and access to data and analytics tools. Without Jisc's services, Keele would face significant budget and resource challenges in supporting learning, teaching and research.
Ayrshire College conducted an independent study to evaluate the value of its Jisc membership. It found that Jisc provides significant cost savings and avoids costs:
- Jisc's core subscription alone saves Ayrshire College ÂŁ318,000 per year, an ROI of 76%. Including optional services, total savings are ÂŁ418,000.
- Cyber security support from Jisc saves nearly ÂŁ250,000 annually through direct cost savings and cost avoidance of additional staffing needs.
- Other connectivity, learning resources, and identity management services provide further savings and benefits equivalent to over 1 full time staff member annually.
- Without Jisc, Ayrshire College would struggle to afford an equivalent level of
The Jisc provided a strategic update to stakeholders. Key highlights included:
- Achievements from the last year like data collection and analysis following the HESA merger, digital transformation support, and cost savings from licensing deals.
- Customer testimonials from Bridgend College on extending eduroam and from the University of Northampton on curriculum design support from Jisc.
- Priorities for the coming year like connectivity upgrades, new cybersecurity services, and improved customer experience.
- A financial summary showing income sources like membership fees and expenditures on areas like connectivity and cybersecurity.
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The University of Hertfordshire conducted a study to analyze the value of its Jisc membership. The study found that Jisc provides over ÂŁ1.26 million in annual cost savings, ÂŁ1.2 million in one-time savings, and helps avoid ÂŁ258,000 in annual costs. Key benefits included savings from the Janet network, Jisc Collections resources, and digital archives. University staff highly value services like Sherpa RoMEO for ensuring research compliance. Overall, the University views Jisc as providing strong value for its ÂŁ66,000 annual subscription cost by supporting learning, research, and operations.
Runshaw College conducted a study to evaluate the value of its Jisc membership. It found that Jisc provides significant cost savings and avoids substantial costs. Specifically, Jisc's connectivity and cybersecurity services save over ÂŁ370,000 annually, its learning resources save over ÂŁ149,000, and other services like identity management and support save over ÂŁ5,500. Without Jisc's services, Runshaw College would face increased costs, risks, and a worse experience for staff and students. Jisc is seen as a trusted partner that understands the further education sector.
Coleg Sir GĂąr conducted a study to evaluate the value of its Jisc membership. It found that Jisc provides over ÂŁ200,000 in direct cost savings annually through services like cyber security support and connectivity. Jisc's learning resources and digital tools also provide significant benefits and savings by enabling access to software, ebooks, and other materials. Coleg Sir GĂąr views Jisc as a trusted partner and says it would need to find alternatives if Jisc did not exist, which would be more costly and time-consuming.
Keele University conducted an independent study to evaluate the value of its Jisc membership. It found that through its Jisc subscription and optional services, Keele saves over ÂŁ2.8 million per year, including ÂŁ2.558 million in direct cost savings and ÂŁ279,000 in costs avoided. Key areas where Keele saves money through Jisc include licensing for learning and research resources, cyber security and connectivity support, federated access for single sign-on, and access to data and analytics tools. Without Jisc's services, Keele would face significant budget and resource challenges in supporting learning, teaching and research.
Ayrshire College conducted an independent study to evaluate the value of its Jisc membership. It found that Jisc provides significant cost savings and avoids costs:
- Jisc's core subscription alone saves Ayrshire College ÂŁ318,000 per year, an ROI of 76%. Including optional services, total savings are ÂŁ418,000.
- Cyber security support from Jisc saves nearly ÂŁ250,000 annually through direct cost savings and cost avoidance of additional staffing needs.
- Other connectivity, learning resources, and identity management services provide further savings and benefits equivalent to over 1 full time staff member annually.
- Without Jisc, Ayrshire College would struggle to afford an equivalent level of
The Jisc provided a strategic update to stakeholders. Key highlights included:
- Achievements from the last year like data collection and analysis following the HESA merger, digital transformation support, and cost savings from licensing deals.
- Customer testimonials from Bridgend College on extending eduroam and from the University of Northampton on curriculum design support from Jisc.
- Priorities for the coming year like connectivity upgrades, new cybersecurity services, and improved customer experience.
- A financial summary showing income sources like membership fees and expenditures on areas like connectivity and cybersecurity.
A Jisc RSC summary presentation for the Insight 2013 series. More resources from the summer conference at http://moodle.rsc-em.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=252
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Speaker: Ruth Drysdale, senior co-design manager, Jisc.
It is anticipated that, within 20 years, 90% of jobs will require digital skills, so itâs important that universities and colleges are in a good position to prepare todayâs students for tomorrowâs workplace. Understanding how students use technology and their attitudes towards its use in learning is a good place to start.
As universities and colleges are investing large sums of money into their digital environment, how do we know if this investment is being realised by staff and students using the technology effectively? In this hands-on workshop, delegates will have the opportunity of using tools and resources to support them with gathering evidence of how staff and students are using technology.
This document summarizes a Jisc strategy forum that took place in Northern Ireland on December 14, 2023. It outlines Jisc's planned services and initiatives for 2023-2024, including expanding network access and launching new cybersecurity, analytics, and equipment services. It discusses feedback received from further and higher education members on how Jisc can better deliver solutions, empower communities, and provide vision/strategy. Activities at the forum focused on understanding members' needs/challenges and discussing how Jisc can better support key priorities in Northern Ireland, such as affordable infrastructure, digital skills, and cybersecurity for FE and efficiency, student experience, and collaboration for HE.
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This document discusses research data management (RDM) activities at other universities. It outlines common RDM activities such as establishing steering groups, developing policy and strategy, and delivering training. It provides examples of specific RDM initiatives at universities, including RDM services at the University of Bath and research data storage at the University of Bristol. The document emphasizes that developing comprehensive RDM services requires involvement from various stakeholders and support services across the university.
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A presentation at Connect More in Scotland, 4 June 2019.
Speaker: Clare Killen, content curation manager, Jisc.
It is anticipated that, within 20 years, 90% of jobs will require digital skills, so itâs important that universities and colleges are in a good position to prepare todayâs students for tomorrowâs workplace. Understanding how students use technology and their attitudes towards its use in learning is a good place to start.
As universities and colleges are investing large sums of money into their digital environment, how do we know if this investment is being realised by staff and students using the technology effectively? In this hands-on workshop, delegates will have the opportunity of using tools and resources to support them with gathering evidence of how staff and students are using technology.
- The UK has implemented a Federated Access Management (FAM) system across higher education, further education, and schools to enable single sign-on access to online resources. JISC and Becta jointly fund and manage the FAM infrastructure.
- FAM allows institutions to outsource identity and access management to external service providers while still maintaining local control over users and resources. It reduces costs through central negotiation of licenses by JISC Collections and leveraging the collective buying power of UK educational institutions.
- Future challenges include improving the user experience, defining service provider interfaces, increasing FAM usage and identity management capabilities, supporting walk-in users, and addressing issues like inter-federation and cost allocation between
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Sarah Knight, head of change - student experience, Jisc
Ruth Drysdale, senior co-design manager, Jisc
It is anticipated that, within 20 years, 90% of jobs will require digital skills, so itâs important that universities and colleges are in a good position to prepare todayâs students for tomorrowâs workplace. Understanding how students use technology and their attitudes towards its use in learning is a good place to start.
As universities and colleges are investing large sums of money into their digital environment, how do we know if this investment is being realised by staff and students using the technology effectively? In this hands-on workshop, delegates will have the opportunity of using tools and resources to support them with gathering evidence of how staff and students are using technology.
The document provides information about the Professional Certificate in Data Protection program offered jointly by the Institute of Banking and the Association of Compliance Officers in Ireland. The program is designed to equip data protection officers with the necessary skills and knowledge to ensure organizations comply with data protection regulations. It is a part-time program over one semester involving one module on data protection policies and procedures. Successful completion awards a Professional Certificate in Data Protection from University College Dublin at the postgraduate level.
The IET is a professional engineering institution with over 160,000 members across 150 countries. It offers various partnership programs to support industry, members, and academic institutions. This document describes the IET's Academic Affiliate partnership program, which provides recognition, networking opportunities, and ways to engage students for higher education institutions. Benefits include certificates, digital badges, LinkedIn groups, and support for career development and professional registration. Minimum requirements include recruiting 50 new IET student members annually.
This document provides an overview of the Digital Experience Insights service run by Jisc. It summarizes the team members, surveys conducted, reports produced, and new developments. In 2017-18, the service surveyed over 37,000 students across 83 UK institutions to understand their digital experiences. A staff survey pilot received over 1,900 responses from 15 institutions. Reports were produced on the findings and new case studies, videos, and pilot surveys on professional services staff and transnational education are in development. The service aims to help higher education institutions understand student and staff digital experiences and make improvements.
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KTP is a UK knowledge transfer programme that helps businesses improve through partnerships with universities. It allows businesses to access vital knowledge and skills from the academic community. The partnerships involve co-creating projects over several years to address strategic needs of the business. This allows knowledge to be transferred, embedded, and exploited for mutual benefit. Case studies show benefits like increased profits, exports, R&D investments, and job creation. The framework involves identifying a missing knowledge for the business and an academic partner that can provide it. Projects range from 12-36 months and result in win-win-win outcomes for all partners.
This document discusses a collaborative bid for a Fit for Work Service pilot program. The program aims to help employees struggling with work instability or sickness absence return to work through a multi-agency initiative providing holistic support services. A phased pilot over 3 years is proposed with Salford SMEs, with evaluation after years 1 and 2. Next steps discussed include gathering initial feedback, conducting surveys and focus groups, and opting companies into the pilot program. Partners involved in delivering the services are also listed.
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The document discusses a session on how universities and colleges are using digital technologies and gathering feedback from staff and students on their digital experiences. The session includes an overview of Jisc's Digital Experience Insights surveys for students and staff, which can be used to benchmark digital experiences against other institutions. Attendees will participate in activities exploring the Insights surveys and other Jisc resources for supporting digital experiences and informing digital strategies. The session aims to demonstrate how universities and colleges can use evidence from the Insights surveys to improve digital experiences, identify skills gaps, and ensure technology investments align with student and staff needs.
This document provides an agenda and summaries of a Jisc stakeholder strategic update meeting for Northern Ireland. The agenda includes presentations on the last 12 months, highlights from Northern Ireland, a look ahead, and finance and sector updates. Key points from presentations include maintaining core funding, supporting members through the pandemic, saving members money on digital resources, strengthening relationships with funders, priorities around cybersecurity, digital strategy, and skills. Upcoming focus areas mentioned include investment in services, innovation, Janet network upgrades, open access, sustainability, and addressing challenges such as digital poverty.
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Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTP) is a UK programme that helps businesses improve competitiveness through partnerships with universities. KTP projects [1] transfer missing knowledge to businesses, [2] are collaborative partnerships over several years to address business challenges, and [3] benefit all partners through increased profits, new jobs, and career development for associates.
This document discusses research support at Leiden University. It describes the university's efforts to establish a Centre for Digital Scholarship within the university libraries to support open science practices like open access, data management, and data science. The centre aims to provide services across the entire research lifecycle, from the initial idea phase through publication. It will work with other expertise centers and administrative units to create a "one-stop-shop" for research support and facilitate digital scholarship practices. Implementing a comprehensive research data management program and developing shared research facilities and services are important goals. Stakeholder involvement, international cooperation, and building skills in areas like data stewardship will be key to success.
The document provides background information on RDM services at the University of Edinburgh. It summarizes that EDINA and the University Data Library provide research data management support and online resources. It then overviews key RDM services including DataStore for active research data storage, DataShare for open data publication, and plans for a long-term DataVault archive. The document also discusses RDM training and the university's RDM policy implemented through a multi-phase roadmap.
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The ICT Business Plan outlines Imperial College's ambitions to become a digital leader in higher education. ICT aims to support the College's strategic goals by delivering transformative work across six priority pillars: the student journey, education, research, service and support, cybersecurity, and the ICT workforce. Over the next five years, ICT will focus on modernizing infrastructure, optimizing key areas to enable College strategies, and working with stakeholders to drive digital transformation and realize the College's world-leading ambitions.
MEP Centre is one of the quality training institutes based out of Hyderabad and having presence in New Delhi and Kerala. MEP Centre provides quality job oriented training to students in the field of HVAC, Electrical, Plumbing and Process Piping.
A Jisc RSC summary presentation for the Insight 2013 series. More resources from the summer conference at http://moodle.rsc-em.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=252
How are your staff and students using digital?Jisc
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Speaker: Ruth Drysdale, senior co-design manager, Jisc.
It is anticipated that, within 20 years, 90% of jobs will require digital skills, so itâs important that universities and colleges are in a good position to prepare todayâs students for tomorrowâs workplace. Understanding how students use technology and their attitudes towards its use in learning is a good place to start.
As universities and colleges are investing large sums of money into their digital environment, how do we know if this investment is being realised by staff and students using the technology effectively? In this hands-on workshop, delegates will have the opportunity of using tools and resources to support them with gathering evidence of how staff and students are using technology.
This document summarizes a Jisc strategy forum that took place in Northern Ireland on December 14, 2023. It outlines Jisc's planned services and initiatives for 2023-2024, including expanding network access and launching new cybersecurity, analytics, and equipment services. It discusses feedback received from further and higher education members on how Jisc can better deliver solutions, empower communities, and provide vision/strategy. Activities at the forum focused on understanding members' needs/challenges and discussing how Jisc can better support key priorities in Northern Ireland, such as affordable infrastructure, digital skills, and cybersecurity for FE and efficiency, student experience, and collaboration for HE.
What are other universities doing to support RDM?Sarah Jones
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This document discusses research data management (RDM) activities at other universities. It outlines common RDM activities such as establishing steering groups, developing policy and strategy, and delivering training. It provides examples of specific RDM initiatives at universities, including RDM services at the University of Bath and research data storage at the University of Bristol. The document emphasizes that developing comprehensive RDM services requires involvement from various stakeholders and support services across the university.
How are your staff and students using digital?Jisc
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A presentation at Connect More in Scotland, 4 June 2019.
Speaker: Clare Killen, content curation manager, Jisc.
It is anticipated that, within 20 years, 90% of jobs will require digital skills, so itâs important that universities and colleges are in a good position to prepare todayâs students for tomorrowâs workplace. Understanding how students use technology and their attitudes towards its use in learning is a good place to start.
As universities and colleges are investing large sums of money into their digital environment, how do we know if this investment is being realised by staff and students using the technology effectively? In this hands-on workshop, delegates will have the opportunity of using tools and resources to support them with gathering evidence of how staff and students are using technology.
- The UK has implemented a Federated Access Management (FAM) system across higher education, further education, and schools to enable single sign-on access to online resources. JISC and Becta jointly fund and manage the FAM infrastructure.
- FAM allows institutions to outsource identity and access management to external service providers while still maintaining local control over users and resources. It reduces costs through central negotiation of licenses by JISC Collections and leveraging the collective buying power of UK educational institutions.
- Future challenges include improving the user experience, defining service provider interfaces, increasing FAM usage and identity management capabilities, supporting walk-in users, and addressing issues like inter-federation and cost allocation between
How are your staff and students using digital?Jisc
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Speakers:
Sarah Knight, head of change - student experience, Jisc
Ruth Drysdale, senior co-design manager, Jisc
It is anticipated that, within 20 years, 90% of jobs will require digital skills, so itâs important that universities and colleges are in a good position to prepare todayâs students for tomorrowâs workplace. Understanding how students use technology and their attitudes towards its use in learning is a good place to start.
As universities and colleges are investing large sums of money into their digital environment, how do we know if this investment is being realised by staff and students using the technology effectively? In this hands-on workshop, delegates will have the opportunity of using tools and resources to support them with gathering evidence of how staff and students are using technology.
The document provides information about the Professional Certificate in Data Protection program offered jointly by the Institute of Banking and the Association of Compliance Officers in Ireland. The program is designed to equip data protection officers with the necessary skills and knowledge to ensure organizations comply with data protection regulations. It is a part-time program over one semester involving one module on data protection policies and procedures. Successful completion awards a Professional Certificate in Data Protection from University College Dublin at the postgraduate level.
The IET is a professional engineering institution with over 160,000 members across 150 countries. It offers various partnership programs to support industry, members, and academic institutions. This document describes the IET's Academic Affiliate partnership program, which provides recognition, networking opportunities, and ways to engage students for higher education institutions. Benefits include certificates, digital badges, LinkedIn groups, and support for career development and professional registration. Minimum requirements include recruiting 50 new IET student members annually.
This document provides an overview of the Digital Experience Insights service run by Jisc. It summarizes the team members, surveys conducted, reports produced, and new developments. In 2017-18, the service surveyed over 37,000 students across 83 UK institutions to understand their digital experiences. A staff survey pilot received over 1,900 responses from 15 institutions. Reports were produced on the findings and new case studies, videos, and pilot surveys on professional services staff and transnational education are in development. The service aims to help higher education institutions understand student and staff digital experiences and make improvements.
Innovate UK â Emerging Technologies seminar: Knowledge Transfer PartnershipsInvest Northern Ireland
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KTP is a UK knowledge transfer programme that helps businesses improve through partnerships with universities. It allows businesses to access vital knowledge and skills from the academic community. The partnerships involve co-creating projects over several years to address strategic needs of the business. This allows knowledge to be transferred, embedded, and exploited for mutual benefit. Case studies show benefits like increased profits, exports, R&D investments, and job creation. The framework involves identifying a missing knowledge for the business and an academic partner that can provide it. Projects range from 12-36 months and result in win-win-win outcomes for all partners.
This document discusses a collaborative bid for a Fit for Work Service pilot program. The program aims to help employees struggling with work instability or sickness absence return to work through a multi-agency initiative providing holistic support services. A phased pilot over 3 years is proposed with Salford SMEs, with evaluation after years 1 and 2. Next steps discussed include gathering initial feedback, conducting surveys and focus groups, and opting companies into the pilot program. Partners involved in delivering the services are also listed.
How are your staff and students using digital?Jisc
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The document discusses a session on how universities and colleges are using digital technologies and gathering feedback from staff and students on their digital experiences. The session includes an overview of Jisc's Digital Experience Insights surveys for students and staff, which can be used to benchmark digital experiences against other institutions. Attendees will participate in activities exploring the Insights surveys and other Jisc resources for supporting digital experiences and informing digital strategies. The session aims to demonstrate how universities and colleges can use evidence from the Insights surveys to improve digital experiences, identify skills gaps, and ensure technology investments align with student and staff needs.
This document provides an agenda and summaries of a Jisc stakeholder strategic update meeting for Northern Ireland. The agenda includes presentations on the last 12 months, highlights from Northern Ireland, a look ahead, and finance and sector updates. Key points from presentations include maintaining core funding, supporting members through the pandemic, saving members money on digital resources, strengthening relationships with funders, priorities around cybersecurity, digital strategy, and skills. Upcoming focus areas mentioned include investment in services, innovation, Janet network upgrades, open access, sustainability, and addressing challenges such as digital poverty.
Innovate UK Emerging & Enabling Technologies Roadshow | Knowledge Transfer Pa...Invest Northern Ireland
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Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTP) is a UK programme that helps businesses improve competitiveness through partnerships with universities. KTP projects [1] transfer missing knowledge to businesses, [2] are collaborative partnerships over several years to address business challenges, and [3] benefit all partners through increased profits, new jobs, and career development for associates.
This document discusses research support at Leiden University. It describes the university's efforts to establish a Centre for Digital Scholarship within the university libraries to support open science practices like open access, data management, and data science. The centre aims to provide services across the entire research lifecycle, from the initial idea phase through publication. It will work with other expertise centers and administrative units to create a "one-stop-shop" for research support and facilitate digital scholarship practices. Implementing a comprehensive research data management program and developing shared research facilities and services are important goals. Stakeholder involvement, international cooperation, and building skills in areas like data stewardship will be key to success.
The document provides background information on RDM services at the University of Edinburgh. It summarizes that EDINA and the University Data Library provide research data management support and online resources. It then overviews key RDM services including DataStore for active research data storage, DataShare for open data publication, and plans for a long-term DataVault archive. The document also discusses RDM training and the university's RDM policy implemented through a multi-phase roadmap.
ICT-strategy for college students provided by Institution.pdfAshokkumarSamikannu1
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The ICT Business Plan outlines Imperial College's ambitions to become a digital leader in higher education. ICT aims to support the College's strategic goals by delivering transformative work across six priority pillars: the student journey, education, research, service and support, cybersecurity, and the ICT workforce. Over the next five years, ICT will focus on modernizing infrastructure, optimizing key areas to enable College strategies, and working with stakeholders to drive digital transformation and realize the College's world-leading ambitions.
MEP Centre is one of the quality training institutes based out of Hyderabad and having presence in New Delhi and Kerala. MEP Centre provides quality job oriented training to students in the field of HVAC, Electrical, Plumbing and Process Piping.
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The document announces a community launch event for digital storytelling in January 2024. It discusses using digital storytelling in higher education to support learning and teaching. Examples include using digital stories for formative assessment, reflective exercises, and research dissemination across various disciplines. Feedback from students and staff who participated in digital storytelling workshops was very positive and found it to be transformative and help give voice to their experiences. The document also profiles speakers who will discuss using digital stories to explore difficult concepts, hear the student voice, and facilitate staff reflections. It emphasizes that digital storytelling can introduce humanity and creativity into pedagogy and help develop core skills. Attendees will participate in a Miro activity to discuss benefits, applications,
This document summarizes a Jisc Scotland strategy forum that took place on December 12, 2023. It outlines Jisc's planned solutions and services for 2023-2024 including deploying resilient Janet access, IT health checks, online surveys, SD-WAN services, and more. The document discusses how Jisc engages stakeholders through relationship management, research, communities, training and events. It summarizes feedback from further education and higher education members on how Jisc can improve advocacy by delivering the right solutions, empowering communities, and having a clear vision and strategy. Finally, it outlines activities for the forum, including understanding members' needs and priorities and discussing how Jisc supports national priorities in Scotland.
This document summarizes VirtualSpeech, a company that provides virtual reality (VR) and artificial intelligence (AI) powered professional development training. It offers over 150 online courses covering topics like public speaking, leadership, and sales. Users can practice skills in immersive VR scenarios and receive feedback from conversational AI. The training is used by over 450,000 individuals across 130 countries and 150 universities. VirtualSpeech aims to enhance traditional learning with interactive VR practice sessions and real-time feedback to boost skills retention.
The Lyrasis Open Access Community Investment Program (OACIP) provides a framework for multiple stakeholders to collectively fund open access journals. Through two funding campaigns, OACIP has raised over $500,000 to fully fund five diamond open access journals published by nonprofit organizations. A third campaign is currently fundraising for six additional journals. By centralizing administration and enabling wide community support, OACIP aims to sustain open scholarship through an inclusive and collaborative model.
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Chapter wise All Notes of First year Basic Civil Engineering
Syllabus
Chapter-1
Introduction to objective, scope and outcome the subject
Chapter 2
Introduction: Scope and Specialization of Civil Engineering, Role of civil Engineer in Society, Impact of infrastructural development on economy of country.
Chapter 3
Surveying: Object Principles & Types of Surveying; Site Plans, Plans & Maps; Scales & Unit of different Measurements.
Linear Measurements: Instruments used. Linear Measurement by Tape, Ranging out Survey Lines and overcoming Obstructions; Measurements on sloping ground; Tape corrections, conventional symbols. Angular Measurements: Instruments used; Introduction to Compass Surveying, Bearings and Longitude & Latitude of a Line, Introduction to total station.
Levelling: Instrument used Object of levelling, Methods of levelling in brief, and Contour maps.
Chapter 4
Buildings: Selection of site for Buildings, Layout of Building Plan, Types of buildings, Plinth area, carpet area, floor space index, Introduction to building byelaws, concept of sun light & ventilation. Components of Buildings & their functions, Basic concept of R.C.C., Introduction to types of foundation
Chapter 5
Transportation: Introduction to Transportation Engineering; Traffic and Road Safety: Types and Characteristics of Various Modes of Transportation; Various Road Traffic Signs, Causes of Accidents and Road Safety Measures.
Chapter 6
Environmental Engineering: Environmental Pollution, Environmental Acts and Regulations, Functional Concepts of Ecology, Basics of Species, Biodiversity, Ecosystem, Hydrological Cycle; Chemical Cycles: Carbon, Nitrogen & Phosphorus; Energy Flow in Ecosystems.
Water Pollution: Water Quality standards, Introduction to Treatment & Disposal of Waste Water. Reuse and Saving of Water, Rain Water Harvesting. Solid Waste Management: Classification of Solid Waste, Collection, Transportation and Disposal of Solid. Recycling of Solid Waste: Energy Recovery, Sanitary Landfill, On-Site Sanitation. Air & Noise Pollution: Primary and Secondary air pollutants, Harmful effects of Air Pollution, Control of Air Pollution. . Noise Pollution Harmful Effects of noise pollution, control of noise pollution, Global warming & Climate Change, Ozone depletion, Greenhouse effect
Text Books:
1. Palancharmy, Basic Civil Engineering, McGraw Hill publishers.
2. Satheesh Gopi, Basic Civil Engineering, Pearson Publishers.
3. Ketki Rangwala Dalal, Essentials of Civil Engineering, Charotar Publishing House.
4. BCP, Surveying volume 1
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You will hear from Liz Willett, the Head of Nonprofits, and hear about what Walmart is doing to help nonprofits, including Walmart Business and Spark Good. Walmart Business+ is a new offer for nonprofits that offers discounts and also streamlines nonprofits order and expense tracking, saving time and money.
The webinar may also give some examples on how nonprofits can best leverage Walmart Business+.
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Walmart Business + (https://business.walmart.com/plus) is a new shopping experience for nonprofits, schools, and local business customers that connects an exclusive online shopping experience to stores. Benefits include free delivery and shipping, a 'Spend Analyticsâ feature, special discounts, deals and tax-exempt shopping.
Special TechSoup offer for a free 180 days membership, and up to $150 in discounts on eligible orders.
Spark Good (walmart.com/sparkgood) is a charitable platform that enables nonprofits to receive donations directly from customers and associates.
Answers about how you can do more with Walmart!"
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Strategies for Effective Upskilling is a presentation by Chinwendu Peace in a Your Skill Boost Masterclass organisation by the Excellence Foundation for South Sudan on 08th and 09th June 2024 from 1 PM to 3 PM on each day.
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This Dissertation explores the particular circumstances of Mirzapur, a region located in the
core of India. Mirzapur, with its varied terrains and abundant biodiversity, offers an optimal
environment for investigating the changes in vegetation cover dynamics. Our study utilizes
advanced technologies such as GIS (Geographic Information Systems) and Remote sensing to
analyze the transformations that have taken place over the course of a decade.
The complex relationship between human activities and the environment has been the focus
of extensive research and worry. As the global community grapples with swift urbanization,
population expansion, and economic progress, the effects on natural ecosystems are becoming
more evident. A crucial element of this impact is the alteration of vegetation cover, which plays a
significant role in maintaining the ecological equilibrium of our planet.Land serves as the foundation for all human activities and provides the necessary materials for
these activities. As the most crucial natural resource, its utilization by humans results in different
'Land uses,' which are determined by both human activities and the physical characteristics of the
land.
The utilization of land is impacted by human needs and environmental factors. In countries
like India, rapid population growth and the emphasis on extensive resource exploitation can lead
to significant land degradation, adversely affecting the region's land cover.
Therefore, human intervention has significantly influenced land use patterns over many
centuries, evolving its structure over time and space. In the present era, these changes have
accelerated due to factors such as agriculture and urbanization. Information regarding land use and
cover is essential for various planning and management tasks related to the Earth's surface,
providing crucial environmental data for scientific, resource management, policy purposes, and
diverse human activities.
Accurate understanding of land use and cover is imperative for the development planning
of any area. Consequently, a wide range of professionals, including earth system scientists, land
and water managers, and urban planners, are interested in obtaining data on land use and cover
changes, conversion trends, and other related patterns. The spatial dimensions of land use and
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2. The University of Sheffield is a
successful research-intensive
university with a focus on
advanced manufacturing.
It took part in an independent study to investigate the
value it gets from its Jisc membership.
This is what it discovered.
Sheffield
2 Jiscâs value to HE: the University of Sheffield
3. Sheffieldâs Jisc subscription
for 2020/21 is ÂŁ201,772
But, through that subscription, Sheffield
saves more than ÂŁ3.35m a year.
â Thatâs an ROI of 1562%.
Add in the optional services and
Sheffield saves more than ÂŁ4.43m
Hereâs how Sheffield and Jisc do it
3 Jiscâs value to HE: the University of Sheffield
4. Purchasing, licensing and resources â headlines
Our purchasing, licensing and resources alone save
Sheffield more than ÂŁ3.7m.
How?
ÂŁ2.7m
comes from the way we negotiate
better deals for the sector, above
and beyond what Sheffield alone
could likely achieve
ÂŁ809,000
is from our negotiations for
software licenses specifically,
with a ÂŁ463,250 saving for
Adobe ELTA
8.75 FTE
Whatâs more, our licence
negotiating and library/open
research tools save the university
library 8.75 FTE of effort each
year â amounting to ÂŁ391,135
4 Jiscâs value to HE: the University of Sheffield
5. Purchasing, licensing and
resources â benefits
âJisc builds on years of negotiating â
being in the club really matters.â
Sheffield library workshop participant
âJisc as a non-profit supplier is a
benefit. They have a strategic, sector-
focused lens.â
Head of vendor management
5 Jiscâs value to HE: the University of Sheffield
6. Purchasing, licensing and resources â
benefits continued
âą Our sector-wide negotiations mean Sheffield can provide more digital resources
than it otherwise would be able to â and Jisc-negotiated standards set sector
standards which drives the quality of resources for all
âą We also enable funder savings and reduced average article processing costs, which
allow Sheffieldâs students and researchers to access more articles
âą Our Chest-negotiated software saves money, effort and hassle through negotiation,
procurement and deployment phases
âą Sector alignment helps ensure agreements that improve the student and staff
experience of using curriculum-relevant software. Unlimited licences are a particular
advantage for planning flexibility
6 Jiscâs value to HE: the University of Sheffield
7. Library support and open research tools â headlines
Using our library support and open research tools saves Sheffield
library staff 4.2 FTE each year â thatâs worth ÂŁ111,857.
Product Cost avoided / FTE
Knowledge Base + ÂŁ45,746 / 1.5 FTE
Library Hub Cataloguing ÂŁ829 / 0.03 FTE
Library Hub Compare ÂŁ38,924 / 1.8 FTE
JUSP ÂŁ5,487 / 0.15 FTE
Sherpa Romeo ÂŁ16,616 / 0.6 FTE
Publication Router ÂŁ2,849 / 0.1 FTE
Monitor Local ÂŁ1,408 / 0.05 FTE
7 Jiscâs value to HE: the University of Sheffield
8. Connectivity and cyber security â headline savings
Our connectivity services add significant strategic value to Sheffield: a
secure and trusted Janet Network protects the universityâs staff,
students, researchers, partners and assets.
âJisc responds
quickly and that
mattersâ
ÂŁ89,000 a year.
In cost saving
1.25 FTE or ÂŁ81,960
equivalent costs avoided â
skills and capacity that Sheffield
would otherwise struggle to find.
8 Jiscâs value to HE: the University of Sheffield
9. Jisc's response grows with our need
and if we didn't have the support, we'd
really notice it. It's quite a big security
blanket that doesn't exist in the private
sector and we'd have to do it ourselves.
We take comfort that Jisc will inform and
give advice against threats across the
HE sector. A shared service is the best
way to describe it. The sector expertise
and knowledge are important.
9 Jiscâs value to HE: the University of Sheffield
10. Cyber security â benefits
Sheffield uses a blend of cyber
security services, including Jisc
CSIRT, which it values highly. If CSIRT didn't exist, we
would need a strategic
threat intelligence partner,
and weâre not sure it's
possible to replicate what
Jisc does
Chris Willis, chief information
security officer
10 Jiscâs value to HE: the University of Sheffield
11. Connectivity - savings
Sheffield enjoys other connectivity-related savings:
eduroam:
ÂŁ129,946 (3 FTE)
The sector-wide federated service is heavily used and
saves time and effort. It also improves the experience
of connecting to teaching, learning and research
information on and off campus (including in hospitals).
11 Jiscâs value to HE: the University of Sheffield
12. Trust and identity â headline savings
Single sign on, enabled by our federated access, is a vital
tool to make it as easy as possible for students and staff to
access learning resources.
It also saves money: ÂŁ23,447 in total.
Hereâs the breakdown:
Federated access:
library
0.28 FTE /
ÂŁ15,183
Certificate service ÂŁ8,264
12 Jiscâs value to HE: the University of Sheffield
13. Data and analytics - benefits
Our datasets are fundamentally important to
university-wide and departmental decision-making
at Sheffield.
âą Key operational staff access tailored data and
intelligence to track corporate KPIs, analyse new
markets and develop new courses or pivot/halt
existing courses
âą HESA datasets enable new curriculum and
income generation opportunities, helping Sheffield
to determine if there is, or is not, a market
opportunity and the size of the potential market
13 Jiscâs value to HE: the University of Sheffield
14. Because of Jisc we have
unprecedented access to
trusted data and without
such data thereâd be
uproar from professional
services colleagues.
14 Jiscâs value to HE: the University of Sheffield
15. Jisc Prospects services â benefits
Jisc Prospects is the employment advisorsâ favourite tool, based on the
mix of job availability insight, career and job matching tools, skills and
job profiling. It is a trusted source of information.
10,370
Sheffield students
and their career
advisors use
Prospects directly
5000
students also use
the career
planning tools and
resources
6000
receive career
opportunity
updates
15 Jiscâs value to HE: the University of Sheffield
16. Jisc Prospects services
â benefits continued
Prospects Luminate
methods, insight and reports
are accessible, trusted and
respected at Sheffield.
âLuminate provides a whole
and accurate picture. It
enriches what we doâ
Careers information and systems
manager
16 Jiscâs value to HE: the University of Sheffield
17. Student and staff experience
Sheffield avoids more than ÂŁ4,000 in costs by using
Jiscâs digital experience insights survey and digital
capabilities framework.
âą Sheffield uses the survey to inform future learning
spaces and device ownership strategies as well as
highlighting good practice to build on
âą Our digital experience insights survey also helps
Sheffield benchmark and solidify improvement plans
The survey provides
us with unique
insights that otherwise
we would not have.
Digital learning team
manager
17 Jiscâs value to HE: the University of Sheffield
18. Without JiscâŠ
âWe would have to reinvent âa Jiscâ!
Either regionally or across different
university groups.â
IT services workshop
âWe would be on the back foot all of
the time and dictated to.â
Library workshop
18 Jiscâs value to HE: the University of Sheffield
19. The University of Sheffield worked with
independent consultancy Hadfield Consultants
Ltd, to look at its portfolio of Jisc services and
analyse the cost savings, costs avoided and
the benefits to learners, staff and the college
as a whole.
Sheffieldâs senior managers, teachers, librarians, learning resource managers, IT and
finance staff took part in workshops and post-workshop meetings to share their views.
Together they agreed the findings.
19 Jiscâs value to HE: the University of Sheffield