This week, Eric Stoller, student affairs and technology blogger for Inside Higher Ed, returns for his second guest podcast and blog on how effective use of social media can improve the student experience. Read the original blog post.
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Today, the first Vietsch Foundation medals of honour have been awarded to Andrew Cormack, chief regulatory adviser at Jisc and Roland Hedberg, senior researcher at the University of Umeå in Sweden.
They were honoured for outstanding contributions during their careers to the development of the internet:
The medals were presented during the closing plenary session of TNC, the major European conference on research and education networking that is organised annually by GÉANT.
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Andrew Cormack, chief regulatory adviser at Jisc, contributed to the establishment of TF-CSIRT, the European forum for security incident response. More recently, his interest in legal matters put him in the unique position to bring together computer security and legal disciplines.
Andrew was instrumental in the creation of the successful TRANSITS course on security incident response, which has trained more than 500 individuals in Europe and many more around the world, meaning the internet is a more secure place.
Roland Hedberg is a senior researcher at the University of Umeå in Sweden. Roland has played a key role in contributing his expertise from the research and education networking community to standard industry deployments of federated identity management, an essential component of AAI.
He developed the OpenID Connect conformance test suite, which was adopted by the OpenID Foundation and became the de facto reference implementation. OpenID Connect is a new standard, only a year old, but it sees good traction and is rapidly becoming the protocol to use for protecting web-based application.
Valentino Cavalli, chair of the board of trustees of the Vietsch Foundation, which promotes the research and development of advanced Internet technology for scientific research and higher education, said,
“it was a tough choice for the board to make, amongst the number of nominations received for this year’s medal, but there was very little hesitation in recognising the equal value of Andrew’s and Roland’s work. They were also both directly involved in the activities of TERENA, the organisation that was shaped by the late Karel Vietsch, and both had the opportunity to work with him.
The results of their work are reaching different sectors and environments, and it is a thrilling opportunity for the Vietsch Foundation to be able to make itself known in those communities.”
Tim Kidd, executive director of Jisc technologies comments:
“I am delighted that Andrew has been recognised by the Vietsch Foundation for his outstanding contribution to the development of the Internet. At Jisc we believe that our education and research communities deserve the highest standard of help and support to ensure that they can truly take advantage of new technologies.
Andrew’s work has been fundamental in ensuring that academics, researchers and students can use the internet as safely as possible.”
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Today, the first Vietsch Foundation medals of honour have been awarded to Andrew Cormack, chief regulatory adviser at Jisc and Roland Hedberg, senior researcher at the University of Umeå in Sweden.
They were honoured for outstanding contributions during their careers to the development of the internet:
The medals were presented during the closing plenary session of TNC, the major European conference on research and education networking that is organised annually by GÉANT.
Creative Commons attribution information
Andrew CormackAll rights reserved Andrew Cormack
Andrew Cormack, chief regulatory adviser at Jisc, contributed to the establishment of TF-CSIRT, the European forum for security incident response. More recently, his interest in legal matters put him in the unique position to bring together computer security and legal disciplines.
Andrew was instrumental in the creation of the successful TRANSITS course on security incident response, which has trained more than 500 individuals in Europe and many more around the world, meaning the internet is a more secure place.
Roland Hedberg is a senior researcher at the University of Umeå in Sweden. Roland has played a key role in contributing his expertise from the research and education networking community to standard industry deployments of federated identity management, an essential component of AAI.
He developed the OpenID Connect conformance test suite, which was adopted by the OpenID Foundation and became the de facto reference implementation. OpenID Connect is a new standard, only a year old, but it sees good traction and is rapidly becoming the protocol to use for protecting web-based application.
Valentino Cavalli, chair of the board of trustees of the Vietsch Foundation, which promotes the research and development of advanced Internet technology for scientific research and higher education, said,
“it was a tough choice for the board to make, amongst the number of nominations received for this year’s medal, but there was very little hesitation in recognising the equal value of Andrew’s and Roland’s work. They were also both directly involved in the activities of TERENA, the organisation that was shaped by the late Karel Vietsch, and both had the opportunity to work with him.
The results of their work are reaching different sectors and environments, and it is a thrilling opportunity for the Vietsch Foundation to be able to make itself known in those communities.”
Tim Kidd, executive director of Jisc technologies comments:
“I am delighted that Andrew has been recognised by the Vietsch Foundation for his outstanding contribution to the development of the Internet. At Jisc we believe that our education and research communities deserve the highest standard of help and support to ensure that they can truly take advantage of new technologies.
Andrew’s work has been fundamental in ensuring that academics, researchers and students can use the internet as safely as possible.”
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Jisc is helping to support the e-assessment advisory group (EAAG) in reflecting on current practice and processes relating to e-assessment. Here Nigel Ecclesfield, head of change implementation support programmes – FE and skills, talks about the survey, who should get involved, and how.
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Jisc is helping to support the e-assessment advisory group (EAAG) in reflecting on current practice and processes relating to e-assessment. Here Nigel Ecclesfield, head of change implementation support programmes – FE and skills, talks about the survey, who should get involved, and how.
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This summer, for the first time, students with print-impairments will be able to take digital exams if this is their normal way of working. Alistair McNaught, subject specialist, talks about the changes and what learners and organisations need to do to take advantage. Read the original blog post.
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This summer, for the first time, students with print-impairments will be able to take digital exams if this is their normal way of working. Alistair McNaught, subject specialist, talks about the changes and what learners and organisations need to do to take advantage. Read the original blog post.
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In a guest podcast for Jisc, Eric Stoller, student affairs and technology blogger for Inside Higher Ed, talks about Yik Yak and the rise of anonymous social media. Read the original blog post.
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In a guest podcast for Jisc, Eric Stoller, student affairs and technology blogger for Inside Higher Ed, talks about Yik Yak and the rise of anonymous social media. Read the original blog post.
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HEFCE has launched a new interactive mapping service to help universities and colleges collaborate with business.
The six maps – which chart the size, industry sector and characteristics of small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in England – will allow organisations to search for start-ups in their local area and identify companies that have a high synergy with their own research, to create partnerships that are mutually beneficial.
Jisc welcomes the release of the maps as further support for industry-academia collaboration. This builds on the work the charity is doing, supported by HEFCE, to accelerate engagement across the sectors and reduce the friction of sharing assets and resources.
Martin Hamilton, futurist, Jisc, said:
“Shared service initiatives between business and academia are invaluable, and this new map helps to strengthen the work we have been delivering with and for the sector.
“Jisc is proud to play an active role in the sharing agenda, and is now working to join up two related initiatives to create a true ‘one stop shop’ for sharing between institutions and with industry. Our Kit-Catalogue pilot service helps organisations to catalogue, record and locate their assets, to make them easier to share.
"In turn, it feeds into the national equipment.data portal, which provides a shop window onto some 10,000 items of research equipment across the UK’s universities and colleges, with an estimated combined total value of around £200m. We have also brokered access to some £60m of publicly-funded high performance computing (HPC) equipment and expertise, building on the approach taken with the Brunswick Agreements.
“Easy access to high value equipment and the necessary expertise to exploit it could easily be a game changer for both start-ups and established firms. Indeed, promoting and evidencing asset and equipment sharing to organisations outside the sector was a key recommendation of Professor Sir Ian Diamond’s recent report on efficiency. This recognised that collaboration is for the good of all – helping to secure the position of UK higher education as a global leader, and creating fertile grounds in which small businesses can thrive.
“As well as harbouring substantial knowledge networks, our country’s universities and colleges benefit from world-leading facilities and infrastructure, including Jisc’s Janet network, which provides resilient, high-capacity internet connectivity. There is clear benefit, then, in start-ups being able to access these resources to innovate and grow – again, something we are exploring through our Janet Reach industrial connectivity programme, funded by the Department of Business, Innovation & Skills.
“HEFCE’s SME maps will surely only help to build a picture of how universities and businesses can work better, together.”
Visit HEFCE’s website to view the maps. To hear more about Jisc’s support of frictionless sharing of equipment and expertise, come along to our seminar session at the Science and Innovation 2015 conference in London on 10 June.
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HEFCE has launched a new interactive mapping service to help universities and colleges collaborate with business.
The six maps – which chart the size, industry sector and characteristics of small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in England – will allow organisations to search for start-ups in their local area and identify companies that have a high synergy with their own research, to create partnerships that are mutually beneficial.
Jisc welcomes the release of the maps as further support for industry-academia collaboration. This builds on the work the charity is doing, supported by HEFCE, to accelerate engagement across the sectors and reduce the friction of sharing assets and resources.
Martin Hamilton, futurist, Jisc, said:
“Shared service initiatives between business and academia are invaluable, and this new map helps to strengthen the work we have been delivering with and for the sector.
“Jisc is proud to play an active role in the sharing agenda, and is now working to join up two related initiatives to create a true ‘one stop shop’ for sharing between institutions and with industry. Our Kit-Catalogue pilot service helps organisations to catalogue, record and locate their assets, to make them easier to share.
"In turn, it feeds into the national equipment.data portal, which provides a shop window onto some 10,000 items of research equipment across the UK’s universities and colleges, with an estimated combined total value of around £200m. We have also brokered access to some £60m of publicly-funded high performance computing (HPC) equipment and expertise, building on the approach taken with the Brunswick Agreements.
“Easy access to high value equipment and the necessary expertise to exploit it could easily be a game changer for both start-ups and established firms. Indeed, promoting and evidencing asset and equipment sharing to organisations outside the sector was a key recommendation of Professor Sir Ian Diamond’s recent report on efficiency. This recognised that collaboration is for the good of all – helping to secure the position of UK higher education as a global leader, and creating fertile grounds in which small businesses can thrive.
“As well as harbouring substantial knowledge networks, our country’s universities and colleges benefit from world-leading facilities and infrastructure, including Jisc’s Janet network, which provides resilient, high-capacity internet connectivity. There is clear benefit, then, in start-ups being able to access these resources to innovate and grow – again, something we are exploring through our Janet Reach industrial connectivity programme, funded by the Department of Business, Innovation & Skills.
“HEFCE’s SME maps will surely only help to build a picture of how universities and businesses can work better, together.”
Visit HEFCE’s website to view the maps. To hear more about Jisc’s support of frictionless sharing of equipment and expertise, come along to our seminar session at the Science and Innovation 2015 conference in London on 10 June.
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Hear from Roger Schonfeld, director, library and scholarly communication program, at Ithaka. He tells us about the benefits available for universities who are signing up to take part in this year’s UK survey of academics and how you can get involved.
To get involved in the 2015 survey please contact Alisa Rod.
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Hear from Roger Schonfeld, director, library and scholarly communication program, at Ithaka. He tells us about the benefits available for universities who are signing up to take part in this year’s UK survey of academics and how you can get involved.
To get involved in the 2015 survey please contact Alisa Rod.
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Massachusetts based IT security consultants Painless Security is the 1000th organisation to join the UK Access Management Federation.
Operated by Jisc, the UK federation is the world’s largest federation for education and research, and their suppliers and service providers.
The UK federation offers its members’ users secure access to online resources and services through a single sign-on login, simplifying access to the services they need and protecting their privacy. It connects people from different colleges, universities and commercial providers not only in the UK, but on an international basis – linking up with federations in other countries – allowing them to share digital resources and services to authorised users.
The addition of Painless Security further emphasises the federation’s role as the largest and most diverse federation of its kind in the world. It saves its members money and creates opportunities for collaboration within the sectors served by Jisc, and between organisations in other communities, with common business interests.
Sam Hartman, principal consultant, Painless Security LLC said:
“In developing identity and access management software, Painless Security collaborates with researchers throughout the UK and Europe. By joining the UK Access Management Federation, we can gain access to collaborators' services without the cost or complexity of setting up individual accounts.
The UK Access Management Federation saves us money and time because we can leverage our existing accounts without setting up usernames and passwords and validating our organisational identity with each party we work with.”
In the UK 99.6% of universities and 86% of colleges are members of the federation. The federation is also leading in its adoption by commercial organisations, with over 240 businesses registered. These range from publishers, who use the federation to deliver their content, to providers wanting to provide special offers on services and equipment to students. Through Jisc’s leadership, the federation has made the UK a world leader in the use of this technology to support and drive the digital marketplace for the online goods and services essential to education and research today.
Mark Williams, service manager and outreach support - UK federation, said:
“Seamless and secure access to systems and services is paramount to the continued health of the education and research, which makes the UK federation vital to delivering effective access and identity management services.
To secure 1000 members is a fantastic achievement and demonstrates a healthy and growing access management federation, the largest of its kind in the world, and demonstrates Jisc’s global leadership in the field.”
North Warwickshire and Hinckley College became a member of the UK federation in 2013 and has seen considerable benefits. Lesley John, group learning resources team leader, said:
“Membership saves us a huge amount of time through not having to create individual user accounts for new students and troubleshoot problems with logins. The benefit of this can’t be underestimated. Another benefit was that we didn’t need to buy any new IT equipment throughout the implementation process and we are now saving £3,500 per year.
For our students improved accessibility has been a real advantage. They no longer have to remember multiple usernames and passwords and are able to access a broader range of information and services by using a single secure sign-on that will work at any college that is signed up to the federation. The barriers to learning they previously faced have been removed.”
The animation 'UK federation; what it is' was created to give an introduction to why the UK federation was created and the benefits of joining.
For information about how to join the UK federation visit the UK federation website.
For information about how you can implement a UK federation compatible solution, using non-proprietary, free software, visit the Shibboleth website.
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Massachusetts based IT security consultants Painless Security is the 1000th organisation to join the UK Access Management Federation.
Operated by Jisc, the UK federation is the world’s largest federation for education and research, and their suppliers and service providers.
The UK federation offers its members’ users secure access to online resources and services through a single sign-on login, simplifying access to the services they need and protecting their privacy. It connects people from different colleges, universities and commercial providers not only in the UK, but on an international basis – linking up with federations in other countries – allowing them to share digital resources and services to authorised users.
The addition of Painless Security further emphasises the federation’s role as the largest and most diverse federation of its kind in the world. It saves its members money and creates opportunities for collaboration within the sectors served by Jisc, and between organisations in other communities, with common business interests.
Sam Hartman, principal consultant, Painless Security LLC said:
“In developing identity and access management software, Painless Security collaborates with researchers throughout the UK and Europe. By joining the UK Access Management Federation, we can gain access to collaborators' services without the cost or complexity of setting up individual accounts.
The UK Access Management Federation saves us money and time because we can leverage our existing accounts without setting up usernames and passwords and validating our organisational identity with each party we work with.”
In the UK 99.6% of universities and 86% of colleges are members of the federation. The federation is also leading in its adoption by commercial organisations, with over 240 businesses registered. These range from publishers, who use the federation to deliver their content, to providers wanting to provide special offers on services and equipment to students. Through Jisc’s leadership, the federation has made the UK a world leader in the use of this technology to support and drive the digital marketplace for the online goods and services essential to education and research today.
Mark Williams, service manager and outreach support - UK federation, said:
“Seamless and secure access to systems and services is paramount to the continued health of the education and research, which makes the UK federation vital to delivering effective access and identity management services.
To secure 1000 members is a fantastic achievement and demonstrates a healthy and growing access management federation, the largest of its kind in the world, and demonstrates Jisc’s global leadership in the field.”
North Warwickshire and Hinckley College became a member of the UK federation in 2013 and has seen considerable benefits. Lesley John, group learning resources team leader, said:
“Membership saves us a huge amount of time through not having to create individual user accounts for new students and troubleshoot problems with logins. The benefit of this can’t be underestimated. Another benefit was that we didn’t need to buy any new IT equipment throughout the implementation process and we are now saving £3,500 per year.
For our students improved accessibility has been a real advantage. They no longer have to remember multiple usernames and passwords and are able to access a broader range of information and services by using a single secure sign-on that will work at any college that is signed up to the federation. The barriers to learning they previously faced have been removed.”
The animation 'UK federation; what it is' was created to give an introduction to why the UK federation was created and the benefits of joining.
For information about how to join the UK federation visit the UK federation website.
For information about how you can implement a UK federation compatible solution, using non-proprietary, free software, visit the Shibboleth website.
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Few titles sum up an era and a movement like Spare Rib. With its commitment to challenging the status quo, Spare Rib battled oppression and gave a voice to the struggles, discussions and debates of diverse groups of women over the 21 years it was in print (1972-1993).
From today, every edition of Spare Rib magazine will be available to be viewed by anyone online for free.
The British Library will host a curated Spare Rib website featuring 300 selected pages from the magazine, alongside articles written by academics, activists and former contributors about how Spare Rib was run, its history and the issues it tackled.
This site will link through to the website for Jisc, where the entire run of magazines will be available to view on Jisc’s new Journal Archive platform. The platform was launched to provide access to digital content for education and research allows users to browse across 239 issues and locate material from more than 11,000 pages of the magazine and is home to another 600 journal titles.
Until now, the full run of magazines has only been available for consultation in the British Library reading rooms and a few other libraries and archives.
See a selection of images from the front covers of Spare Rib.
The digitised Spare Rib site will mean that researchers, historians, students and anyone interested in feminism or activism can search across all 239 editions for the first time, transforming the way in which the magazines can be accessed, discovered and re-used.
Debra Ferreday, senior lecturer, Centre for Gender and Women's Studies, Lancaster University comments:
“The importance of the Spare Rib archive can't be overestimated. It's a unique record of the Women's Liberation Movement which will be of huge value to feminist researchers, scholars, students and activists everywhere. I'm delighted that Jisc and the British Library have made this material available in such an accessible, user-friendly form.”
Polly Russell, curator of politics and public life at the British Library commented:
“Funny, irreverent, intelligent and passionate, Spare Rib was a product of its time which is also somehow timeless.
“Detailed features on feminist issues such as domestic violence and abortion, and news stories about women from the UK and around the world sit side-by-side with articles about hair care (including the unwanted kind), how to put up a shelf and instructions on self-defence.
“Just as varied were the breadth of voices in the magazine; early editions of Spare Rib involved big-name contributors including Betty Friedan, Germaine Greer, Margaret Drabble and Alice Walker, but alongside these were the voices of ordinary women telling their own stories.
“By making this part of our intellectual heritage available online, we hope it will attract new and returning generations of readers to the magazines for research, inspiration and enjoyment.”
A selection of articles from the Spare Rib archive:
Scott Gibbens, senior service manager for Jisc says:
“Our new Journal Archives platform, which will hold the Spare Rib collection, was launched earlier this year to provide access to digital content for further and higher education. Alongside this collection the archive provides access to a wealth of content from eight major publishers. It is powered using open source software and hosted on the cloud. It was designed in this way so that other collections, such as this one, could be easily added. Our partnership with the British Library, has shown that its flexibility is perfect for making digital content accessible for everyone. “
To discover more Spare Rib articles, visit the British Library website or the Journal Archives platform.
This project has been developed in consultation with the original community who founded and published Spare Rib.
Marsha Rowe, co-founder of Spare Rib magazine, said:
“I’m thrilled at the digitization of Spare Rib by the British Library. It’s as if the magazine has been given a new lease of life. By making the magazine freely available over the internet, it can encourage women round the world to act together for change and be a resource in support of their struggle for rights and freedoms.”
Sue O’Sullivan, who worked full time at Spare Rib from 1979 – 1984, said:
“Spare Rib was a highly visible part of the Women’s Liberation Movement, and a tool for reaching thousands of women every single month for over 20 years. The digitised magazines will be a wonderful resource for younger historians and feminist activists, researchers and all the women (and men) who wonder what their mothers, aunts, grannies and older friends got up to all those years ago.”
See a selection of images from the front covers of Spare Rib.
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Few titles sum up an era and a movement like Spare Rib. With its commitment to challenging the status quo, Spare Rib battled oppression and gave a voice to the struggles, discussions and debates of diverse groups of women over the 21 years it was in print (1972-1993).
From today, every edition of Spare Rib magazine will be available to be viewed by anyone online for free.
The British Library will host a curated Spare Rib website featuring 300 selected pages from the magazine, alongside articles written by academics, activists and former contributors about how Spare Rib was run, its history and the issues it tackled.
This site will link through to the website for Jisc, where the entire run of magazines will be available to view on Jisc’s new Journal Archive platform. The platform was launched to provide access to digital content for education and research allows users to browse across 239 issues and locate material from more than 11,000 pages of the magazine and is home to another 600 journal titles.
Until now, the full run of magazines has only been available for consultation in the British Library reading rooms and a few other libraries and archives.
See a selection of images from the front covers of Spare Rib.
The digitised Spare Rib site will mean that researchers, historians, students and anyone interested in feminism or activism can search across all 239 editions for the first time, transforming the way in which the magazines can be accessed, discovered and re-used.
Debra Ferreday, senior lecturer, Centre for Gender and Women's Studies, Lancaster University comments:
“The importance of the Spare Rib archive can't be overestimated. It's a unique record of the Women's Liberation Movement which will be of huge value to feminist researchers, scholars, students and activists everywhere. I'm delighted that Jisc and the British Library have made this material available in such an accessible, user-friendly form.”
Polly Russell, curator of politics and public life at the British Library commented:
“Funny, irreverent, intelligent and passionate, Spare Rib was a product of its time which is also somehow timeless.
“Detailed features on feminist issues such as domestic violence and abortion, and news stories about women from the UK and around the world sit side-by-side with articles about hair care (including the unwanted kind), how to put up a shelf and instructions on self-defence.
“Just as varied were the breadth of voices in the magazine; early editions of Spare Rib involved big-name contributors including Betty Friedan, Germaine Greer, Margaret Drabble and Alice Walker, but alongside these were the voices of ordinary women telling their own stories.
“By making this part of our intellectual heritage available online, we hope it will attract new and returning generations of readers to the magazines for research, inspiration and enjoyment.”
A selection of articles from the Spare Rib archive:
Scott Gibbens, senior service manager for Jisc says:
“Our new Journal Archives platform, which will hold the Spare Rib collection, was launched earlier this year to provide access to digital content for further and higher education. Alongside this collection the archive provides access to a wealth of content from eight major publishers. It is powered using open source software and hosted on the cloud. It was designed in this way so that other collections, such as this one, could be easily added. Our partnership with the British Library, has shown that its flexibility is perfect for making digital content accessible for everyone. “
To discover more Spare Rib articles, visit the British Library website or the Journal Archives platform.
This project has been developed in consultation with the original community who founded and published Spare Rib.
Marsha Rowe, co-founder of Spare Rib magazine, said:
“I’m thrilled at the digitization of Spare Rib by the British Library. It’s as if the magazine has been given a new lease of life. By making the magazine freely available over the internet, it can encourage women round the world to act together for change and be a resource in support of their struggle for rights and freedoms.”
Sue O’Sullivan, who worked full time at Spare Rib from 1979 – 1984, said:
“Spare Rib was a highly visible part of the Women’s Liberation Movement, and a tool for reaching thousands of women every single month for over 20 years. The digitised magazines will be a wonderful resource for younger historians and feminist activists, researchers and all the women (and men) who wonder what their mothers, aunts, grannies and older friends got up to all those years ago.”
See a selection of images from the front covers of Spare Rib.
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Jeremy Sharp talks from the Global Business Telecoms awards, where Jisc and Scottish Southern Electic Telecoms were winners in the 'fixed network' category for their work on the world class Janet 6 network.
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Jeremy Sharp talks from the Global Business Telecoms awards, where Jisc and Scottish Southern Electic Telecoms were winners in the 'fixed network' category for their work on the world class Janet 6 network.
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This week we're at Colleges Wales Annual Conference 2015, the annual event for further education providers, practitioners and policymakers in Wales. Alyson Dacey, head of Jisc Wales, discusses what we're doing to support the sector.
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This week we're at Colleges Wales Annual Conference 2015, the annual event for further education providers, practitioners and policymakers in Wales. Alyson Dacey, head of Jisc Wales, discusses what we're doing to support the sector.
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Myerscough College, a land-based further and higher education college in the north west, is one of the approximately 160 further education colleges in England to take additional connections to Jisc’s Janet network. Ian Brown, director of IT and MIS at the college, talks to us about why they’ve taken an extra four connections.
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Myerscough College, a land-based further and higher education college in the north west, is one of the approximately 160 further education colleges in England to take additional connections to Jisc’s Janet network. Ian Brown, director of IT and MIS at the college, talks to us about why they’ve taken an extra four connections.
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Jisc’s Janet6 network, provided for UK education and research, won the fixed network infrastructure innovation category at last night’s Global Telecoms Business Awards.
The network supports the ever-increasing bandwidth requirements of the UK’s colleges and universities. SSE Enterprise Telecoms worked alongside Jisc providing the 6,500km fibre infrastructure necessary to deliver the Janet6 network, which ensures these organisations are able to transfer the vast sets of data that they rely on across a secure high-speed connection.
Jeremy Sharp, head of strategic technologies, Jisc, said:
“We are delighted to have won this award. As one of the world’s leading collaborative network providers, it was important to us that we were able to manage and run our own network – from an innovation, autonomy and example-setting perspective.
"With SSE Enterprise Telecoms, we have complete control over the technologies that we roll out over the infrastructure, which means that when it comes to furthering the capabilities of our research and education community, the sky really is the limit. SSE Enterprise Telecoms is a reputable brand with a proven track record of delivering consistent services to high profile, risk-averse clients. That covenant, coupled with the technological reliability and quality of network engineering, is very important to us.”
Colin Sempill, SSE Enterprise Telecoms managing director, said:
“Janet6’s pioneering use of 100Gbps provides enormous capacity and means that students can always rely on the network to perform, no matter how much data they need to transfer. The network is ultra-reliable and offers virtually limitless scope for collaboration and technical innovation.
"It runs over 6,500km of enterprise-class dark fibre, supporting nearly a thousand facilities, universities and colleges in more than 30 sites across the UK. It is one of the UK’s largest and most resilient private networks and Jisc now has complete control to provide services without fear of capacity shortage.”
Following this success, SSE Enterprise Telecoms has also been chosen to replace Janet’s south regional network in a five year contract.
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Jisc’s Janet6 network, provided for UK education and research, won the fixed network infrastructure innovation category at last night’s Global Telecoms Business Awards.
The network supports the ever-increasing bandwidth requirements of the UK’s colleges and universities. SSE Enterprise Telecoms worked alongside Jisc providing the 6,500km fibre infrastructure necessary to deliver the Janet6 network, which ensures these organisations are able to transfer the vast sets of data that they rely on across a secure high-speed connection.
Jeremy Sharp, head of strategic technologies, Jisc, said:
“We are delighted to have won this award. As one of the world’s leading collaborative network providers, it was important to us that we were able to manage and run our own network – from an innovation, autonomy and example-setting perspective.
"With SSE Enterprise Telecoms, we have complete control over the technologies that we roll out over the infrastructure, which means that when it comes to furthering the capabilities of our research and education community, the sky really is the limit. SSE Enterprise Telecoms is a reputable brand with a proven track record of delivering consistent services to high profile, risk-averse clients. That covenant, coupled with the technological reliability and quality of network engineering, is very important to us.”
Colin Sempill, SSE Enterprise Telecoms managing director, said:
“Janet6’s pioneering use of 100Gbps provides enormous capacity and means that students can always rely on the network to perform, no matter how much data they need to transfer. The network is ultra-reliable and offers virtually limitless scope for collaboration and technical innovation.
"It runs over 6,500km of enterprise-class dark fibre, supporting nearly a thousand facilities, universities and colleges in more than 30 sites across the UK. It is one of the UK’s largest and most resilient private networks and Jisc now has complete control to provide services without fear of capacity shortage.”
Following this success, SSE Enterprise Telecoms has also been chosen to replace Janet’s south regional network in a five year contract.
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