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Consultation: Assessing the impact of (r...
Our university and college buildings already contain a surprising number of sensors that could collect information about those who occupy them. At a recent event I spotted at least half a dozen different systems in a normal lecture room, including motion detectors, swipe card readers, wireless access points, the camera and microphone being used to stream the event, and Bluetoot...
Thames Valley Service Report February 20...
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Janet East Midlands Service Report Febru...
Janet East Midlands Service Report February 2020...
Adaptability, Openness and Curiosity
If Education 4.0 is about preparing students for the workplace of the future, that's going to be a dynamically changing workplace. Even in my working life I've gone from VT100s to laptops and video-conferences. The mobile phone...
Wellbeing Analytics Code of Practice: Co...
Jisc has been providing expert, trusted advice on digital technology in the education sector for more than 30 years. We know that technology and data have the ability to transform the student experience. But, as a membership organisation owned by research and educational institutions, we must ensure our advice and guidance are responsible and safe for students, staff and instit...
GDPR: What's your justification?
[Updated Oct.19 to add EDPB on Necessary for Contract and ICO on Consent][Updated Sep.18 t...
Thinking About Data?
The question mark in the title of my Digifest talk is the key point, because I wonder whether data is the wrong place to start. In our current digital landscape, we're all too used to hearing ourselves described as "silkworms", donating "new oil" to "surveillance capitalists"; even the term "data subject" has a dehumanising feel.All o...
Student-led smart cities
A fascinating Digifest talk by Westminster City Council suggested that students may have a key role in ensuring that smart city and intelligent campus projects deliver real benefits. Westminster have a partnership with two of their local universities – KCL and UCL – that gives Masters students access to the council's extensive datasets about use of the city. Stu...
Janet Yorkshire Humberside service repor...
Service report for organisations in Yorkshire Humberside connected to the Janet network...
Janet Wales service report January 2020
Service report for organisations in Wales connected to the Janet network via PSBA...
IP Addresses, Privacy and the GDPR
It's well-known that the General Data Protection Regulation says that IP addresses sho...
What's the data protection difference be...
[UPDATE] a slightly revised version of this post formed our response to the ICO consultation.The Information Commissioner's draft guidance on consent makes a surprisingly broad distinction between public and private sector organisations, even when they process the same data for the same purposes. This risks removing important protections when personal data are processed by ...
Janet Yorkshire Humberside service repor...
Service report for organisations in Yorkshire Humberside connected to the Janet network...
Should we just log everything?
In a world where data storage is almost unlimited and algorithms promise to interrogate da...
Janet Wales service report December 2019
Service report for organisations in Wales connected to the Janet network via PSBA...
Janet Yorkshire Humberside service repor...
Service report for organisations in Yorkshire Humberside connected to the Janet network...
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If Education 4.0 is about preparing students for the workplace of the future, that's going to be a...
A fascinating Digifest talk by Westminster City Council suggested that students may have a key role in ensuring that smart city and intelligent campus projects...
The question mark in the title of my Digifest talk is the key point, because I wonder whether data is the...
Jisc has been providing expert, trusted advice on digital technology in the education sector for more than 30 years. We know that technology and data have the ability...
Our university and college buildings already contain a surprising number of sensors that could collect information about those who occupy them. At a recent event I...
Service report for organisations in Kent connected to the Janet network via KPSN
Service report for organisations in Wales connected to the Janet network via PSBA
Service report for organisations in Yorkshire Humberside connected to the Janet network
Jisc has been providing expert, trusted advice on digital technology in the education sector for more than 30 years. We know that technology and data have the ability...
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