eResearch - What is it and how can it help me?
Date: Tuesday 17 November
Venue: Priorslee Hall, Telford Campus, University of Wolverhampton, Shifnal Road, Priorslee, Telford, Shropshire, TF2 9NT
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This JISC-sponsored roadshow, for researchers and those providing IT support services, will introduce the concept of e-research and some of the tools, along with case studies from practitioners in various disciplines.
Many academics engage in a combination of teaching, administration and research. All will be familiar with the use of networked technologies help them work together, teaching and administering large numbers of students, often at a distance, perhaps through managed learning environments or video-conferencing
The term e-Research describes the use of networked technologies to support research activities, by enabling the capture, storage, analysis, publishing or sharing of large amounts of complex data often by remote or distributed teams. Technologies and services specifically for e-research already exist and are increasingly used, with many freely available. Additionally, other tools already familiar to academics in other contexts can be adopted and adapted for e-research.
Guest speakers
- Dr David Fergusson, Deputy Director, National e-Science Centre on ‘What is e-research?’
- Dr Hugo Mills, Research Fellow, University of Reading on ‘The Use of Web 2.0 in Research’
- Plus hear from Wolverhampton researchers about their experiences with e-research technologies.
JISC Conference 2010 Sponsorship and Exhibition Bookings Open
We are delighted to announce that sponsorship and exhibition bookings are now open for the JISC Conference 2010. The conference will be held at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre London on 12-13 April 2010.
For the past 7 years the JISC annual conference has been bringing expertise and knowledge to over 750 academics, IT experts, library professionals, policy makers, research staff, senior managers, students and teachers from across education in the UK and internationally. The one and a half day conference provides an unrivalled opportunity to communicate and network directly with this audience.
Download the Sponsorship and Exhibition Packages Information document which lists all the available opportunities, what is included in each package, the prices and how to book. Please refer to the booking form for full details.
NB: Early Bird package rates end 1 December 2009 - so get booking now to secure your discount!
For further information about the JISC Conference please visit the conference website.
JISC sponsored UCISA event: Liaising with researchers
Title: SSG Liaising with researchers
Date: Wednesday 20 January 2010
Venue: Chancellors Hotel and Conference Centre, Manchester
Booking deadline: Friday 8 January 2010
Cost: UCISA Members - £105 Non-Members - £165
Many institutions are already developing, or are looking to develop, a liaison or relationship management strategy to improve the links between central information services and the departments and divisions of the wider institution. Given limited resources, such liaison work often involves engaging only with a few individuals, who are expected to represent the needs and views of their whole department. Researchers, however, have IT needs that are somewhat different to those of other IT users within their institution. The challenges of liaising with researchers include:
- Pro-actively engaging with researchers, particularly with those in disciplines which are not traditionally innovative users of IT
- Ensuring that IT requirements are built into research plans and budgets right from the earliest stages
- Successfully advocating the benefits of centrally provided facilities compared to local self-managed facilities
A variety of models for liaising with researchers exists within the HE community and an understanding of what constitutes good practise is still developing. Through a combination of presentations and discussion workshops, this event will aim to improve on that understanding and enable delegates to discuss and share good practise where it exists.
If you or others within your institution need to improve your liaison or communication with researchers, then this event should be of interest to you. The event is being run in collaboration with JISC, who hope to commission a study of the various models in use across HE for engagement with researchers. The presentations and workshop discussions would therefore feed into that study and inform future developments in this area.
Sponsored by JISC.
JISC Conference 2010 - save the date!
The JISC Conference 2010 is taking place on 12-13 April 2010, at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre. Make sure you have the date saved in your diary!
The main conference will open with a drinks reception on the evening of the 12 April, with a full programme on the 13 April. Pre-conference activities on the afternoon of the 12 April are planned and these will be announced along with the parallel session details later in the year.
We are delighted to welcome the following keynote speakers to the conference:
- Martin Bean, Vice Chancellor, The Open University
- Bill St Arnaud, Chief Research Officer, CANARIE Inc.
Sponsorship and Exhibition bookings are now open and full details of the packages and how to book can be found at: www.jisc.ac.uk/jisc10
CBI Higher Education Summit
Building partnerships for success - the CBI Higher Education Summit
The launch of the CBI Higher Education Task Force report ‘Stronger Together – Businesses and Universities in Turbulent Times ‘ made a big impact in the media, and raised awareness of the importance of strong links between business and universities.
The CBI HE Summit on 20 October builds on the report to further explore the funding challenges facing the sector, in the light of expected reductions in government funding. In particular, discussing what action is needed to ensure the continued strength of the UK HE sector.
Universities can provide business with ideas and new technologies, so how best can business work with universities to turn academic research into the innovative product of the future? What are the opportunities and challenges presented by a greater focus on economic impact by research funders?
With speakers including members of the HE Task Force and shadow secretary of state for universities and skills David Willetts, the summit brings together business leaders, policymakers, higher education stakeholders and university vice-chancellors.
This is a great opportunity to help influence the policies shaping the future of higher education in the UK. See the full programme here.
Event details:
20 October 2009
BMA House, Tavistock Square, London, WC1H 9JO
For further information please contact:
Sue Thornton
T: 020 7395 8013
E: sue.thornton@cbi/org.uk
You can read Stronger Together – Businesses and Universities in Turbulent Times here
Delicious feeds
Delicious feeds of tagged blog posts, website news feeds etc, all relating to events organisation on subjects such as
- green events
- how to make sessions more interactive
- how to use Twitter at an event
- pre-event community building
and much much more, can now be viewed here on the JISC events blog.
The tags being used are:
- jisceventsresourcesgeneral - for general event related resources
- jisceventsresourcesonline - for resources relating to use of web 2.0 technologies and social media at events
