Friday, June 11, 2010

Joint Information Systems Commitee and its parasite (sero)

Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) support United Kingdom post-16 and higher education and research by providing leadership in the use of ICT (Information and Communications Technology) in support of learning, teaching, research and administration. JISC is funded by all of the UK post-16 and higher education funding councils.


Wikipedia description (advert?) on JISC

JISC Learning and Teaching committee (JLT) appears to have an annual budget of four million pounds



  SERO We are an education, skills and economic development consultancy specialising in teaching and learning innovation through use of new technologies and development of digital skills – to enable personal, social and economic development.




Much of our focus is on developing creativity and enterprise, particularly in the schools and post-16 sector.



We develop strategies and action plans, manage and disseminate programmes, research and evaluate new developments, working at national and regional level. Through our in-house marketing and PR team, we integrate communications into our programmes wherever possible.



Our work draws on our background in the creative / cultural and digital industries and covers the spectrum of education and training provision from schools to further and higher education, from work based learning to personal and community development.



Our aim is to make innovative and excellent contributions to the projects we work on and, in doing so, to support our partners and customers in making positive change.








http://www.sero.co.uk/home.html