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Personal Data Security Article Published

Personal Data Security to Support the Future of Lifelong Learning appeared in the July 2010 issue of Learning Technology newsletter (page 41) or download the PDF version.

TAS3 Exhibiting at ICT 2010

Memebers of the CIePD team will be exhibiting with the TAS³ project at the European Commission Information and Society event ‘ICT 2010: Digitally Driven’ at the Brussels Expo, 27-29 September 2010
Find out more information about the exhibition

SAMSON Presentation | MEDES 2009 Conference, Lyon, FRANCE

NEW CIePD project flyers

The team have produced a suite of flyers presenting our various project available to download below as PDFs.

SAMSON
Shared Architecture for eMployer, Student and Organisational Networking

TAS3
Trusted Architecture for Securely Shared Services

XCRI
eXchanging Course Related Information - regional projects and implementation

LLN ePortfolios
About the ePortfolio regional pilots undertaken with the Lifelong Learning Network

JOSEPH
Joining up Organisations Supporting Engineering Pathways into Higher education

JOSEPH Final Report now available

The JOSEPH report

DCSF Action Plan for the 14-19 Prospectus and Common Application Process

The Department for Children, Schools and families have just issued a new report which details how XCRI can help drive the prospectus and common application form processes. The report also discusses the work undertaken by CIePD within the East Midlands.
Download the Action Plan (377 kb)

SAMSON Project to support Nottingham Graduate Employability

The CIePD are leading a 2 year project to develop technology to join up post graduate work placement experiences with HEIs and employers. Partnering with the University of Nottingham Graduate, Business and Engineering schools, Nottingham Trent University and with employers, SAMSON aims to deliver a web services infrastructure to enable the data and processes involved in both placement and CPD activity to be shared and accessed in such a way as to add value to stakeholder activity. SAMSON – Shared Architecture for eMployers, Student and Organisational Networking – is funded by JISC under their 'Institutional Innovation' strand.
Find out more information about the SAMSON project

JISC e-Learning Show - Lifelong Learning

A JISC hosted liive internet radio programme on 21st May sees two CIePD members guesting as experts in lifelong learning. Sandra Winfield and Clive Church will join others in discussing issues raised by the recent JISC Lifelong Learning Symposium.
Find out more

DCSF Action Plan for the 14-19 Prospectus and Common Application Process

The Department for Children, Schools and families have just issued a new report which details how XCRI can help drive the prospectus and common application form processes. The report also discusses the work undertaken by CIePD within the East Midlands.
Download the Action Plan (377 kb)

XCRI Project Gathers Pace

With five area prospectuses and four individual institutions now providing XCRI data, work is concentrated on the import process using the Nottingham & Derby Courses Aggregator 'Your Future, East Midlands'.

Find out more information about the CIePD XCRI work

CIePD Event - 'Towards a Regional Ecosystem' – June 10th 2009

There are numerous regional and national systems in operation to support lifelong learning and raising achievement. The question is, how can these be joined up and implemented regionally to present a coherent and seamless journey for the learner, employer and learning provider. The CIePD are running an event with LEAP AHEAD (the Lifelong Learning Network for Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire) on the University of Nottingham’s Jubilee Campus on June 10th to both showcase and explore this theme in relation to recent CIePD technical and partnership work.
Find out more about the event and book a place

ePortfolio 2009 and ALT-C Conferences– The CIePD Presence

The 7th annual Eife-l ePortfolio conference takes place in London on 22-24 June and the CIePD are involved in various aspects of the event. The CIePD have the following 4 papers accepted for the event:-

• "Easing people at work into self-directed learning: A new role for ePortfolios" (Kat Wehrheim - SummitSkills, Stuart Wood - University of Nottingham)
• "Sustainable eportfolio implementation through Information, Advice and Guidance services in a UK region: Developments towards a learner-centred ecosystem" (Angela Smallwood, Phil Harley - University of Nottingham, Gill Coker, Lucy Peck (Connexions Nottinghamshire)
• "Learner-Centred Strategies for informing Institutional Take-up of ePortfolios" (Kirstie Coolin, Phil Harley - University of Nottngham)
• "Breaking out of the bondage: SAMSON (Shared Architecture for eMployer, Student and Organisational Networking)" (Sandra Winfield, Tom Kirkham - University of Nottingham)

Kirstie Coolin and Stuart Wood are also involved with the JISC-CETIS interoperability plugfest. A stand will also provide a central point to demonstrate the range of our activity and project work.

ALT-C Conference

Kirstie Coolin (University of Nottingham) and Adele Cushing (University of Plymouth) have a demonstration and poster accepted at ALT-C in September this year.

• Demonstration - "Strategic implementation and pedagogical considerations of e-portfolios in FE and HE"
• Poster - "Regional Implementation of E-portfolio – Pilot and Beyond"

Case Study - South Nottingham College Trialling ePortfolio Systems

The CIePD has been supporting South Nottingham College in an eportfolio project to see what benefits can be obtained for students and staff. The e-portfolio system chosen was PebblePad and a pilot is currently underway with a variety of subject areas within South Nottingham College. Initial successes have been in the recording of evidence and in the longer term it is hoped to increase the amount of reflective thinking in the eportfolios.
Read the whole case study