There’s a good reason why we’re your Regional Support Centre Over the summer, the team at the JISC RSC Scotland has created a programme for the new academic session, specifically designed to support colleges’ progress towards regionalisation.

While we will still continue to offer all our main support activities to the sector, this new programme is a timely response to support your move towards a regional FE structure. The programme has been organised under regional outcomes to help you easily identify relevant advice and support that is freely available from the JISC RSC Scotland and the wider JISC community.

REGIONALISATIONThis brochure outlines the help we can offer to:

• Develop Efficient Regional Structures

• Support Right Learning in the Right Place and High Quality and Efficient Learning

• Upskill & Develop your Workforce

• Achieve Sustainable Institutions

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How the JISC Regional Support Centre Scotland can help you

How we can help develop ‘Efficient Regional Structures’

Whether merging or federating, JISC and JISC RSC Scotland can offer services to support you through the process including advice on the integration of systems and sharing of services.

Do you want to consolidate or integrate your core administrative information systems? We have developed a process map to assist colleges & learning providers consolidate their core business systems. Whether you are focused on shared services in a federation arrangement or consolidated in a merger situation, we can help you develop IT services to support the process.

Do you want help in making your sharing of data and information more efficient?NEXUS is a new commercial service from JISC Advance. NEXUS seamlessly connects software applications, allowing them to transfer data securely and efficiently between educational establishments and external partners.

Do you need help with improving organisational efficiency?JISC infoNet are on hand with infoKits to help institutions ‘do more with less’, whilst still meeting the increasing expectations from stakeholders and learners. At a time of severe budget cuts, it’s more important than ever for institutions to maximise the potential of their existing core administrative systems and data. We can offer strategic approaches towards your goals that ensure you are applying technology effectively for the long term.

Enterprise Architecture - A holistic approach to achieving business and organisational changeShared Services - Exploration of the potential for shared services to support collaborative activity, as well as the key issues and cultural barriersCosting Technology & Service - Approaches, principles and tools for costing and pricing and making the business case for strategically aligned changeTechnology Trends - Guidance on the effective management and development of your organisation’s information systems portfolioProcess Improvement - A new, enhanced version of our popular Process Review infoKit essential in underpinning efficiency initiatives

Cloud Computing - Costs, benefits, risks and models of deployment as they apply to the FE and HE sectorsGetting More from Existing Investments Making the most of systems you already have and enabling you to decommission and avoid replacing othersTechnology Implication of Mergers and Restructures - Helping senior managers understand the process and system changes required to operate effectively and efficiently under a new structureWorking with Commercial Suppliers - Guidance on contractual arrangements with vendors in purchasing software applications and entering cloud environments. Selecting Technologies - A revised version of our popular System Selection infoKit - providing a generic, common sense model on how to assess and select different technologies

infoKits available from JISC infoNet

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How we can help support the ‘Right Learning in the Right Place’ and ‘High Quality and Efficient Learning’In our efforts to support the changing FE landscape, JISC RSC Scotland has developed an CPD opportunity to stimulate thinking, debate and action on how the curriculum might be redesigned to meet regional outcomes and begin a process of change.

Providing the “Right Learning in the Right Place” and “High Quality and Efficient Learning” requires new approaches to course design and ICT can provide innovative solutions to enhance learning. We have developed a simple model to help institutions provide high quality, flexible learning opportunities for their learners. This day-long staff development session is designed to be run as a cluster event with institutions that are merging or federating and facing the challenges of regionalisation.

Delegates will learn about technology enabled curriculum development - the tools, technologies and activities. The course will help participants understand effective strategies and the underpinning theories to support changes in the current FE landscape.

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How we can help review your technology implementationIs your college a technology-effective provider? Has your institution’s use of technologies for learning & teaching engaged and empowered your staff and students?

The JISC RSC Scotland have a tool called ‘Harnessing Technology’. This service is designed to help explore the impact of technology adoption and its use with learners to add value to their learning experience. The report generated at the end of the review process will provide senior managers with a clear picture of key issues affecting the use of technology in their college and the impact that learning technologies have made on the learning experiences for students. The Harnessing Technology service is completely free to our supported institutions.

Get in touch:Fionnuala Carmichael, Manager Fionnuala.Carmichael@rsc-scotland.ac.uk 0141 585 0022www.jiscrsc.ac.uk/scotland

How we can help to ‘Develop the Workforce’ We offer a wide range of training opportunities and online courses to help equip staff to use technology for learning and teaching. All our courses and events have been developed to ensure aspects of the 2012 ‘Professional Standards for Lecturers in Scotland’s Colleges’ are met.

The JISC RSC Scotland can provide advice and guidance to staff on embedding digital literacy skills to enable students to gain the knowledge and confidence they need to use digital technology not only to support their learning but also in the workplace. We also provide a Training Needs Analysis service with a customised report so that you can identify the range of skills staff have and what gaps may need to be filled. A similar service is available for learners.

How we can support ‘Sustainable Institutions’JISC advice and guidance can help calculate your carbon footprint accurately and then explore realistic and attainable green strategies with you. We can help your college become more sustainable by identifying technologies and tactics towards meeting your carbon reduction obligations. Talk to us to find out about practical ways you can:

• Substantially cut your power consumption• Make savings on your data storage• Share services and equipment with partner institutions• Reduce travel expenses using online technologies• Achieve your carbon footprint goal

Go Greener: Go Leaner: Go Sustainable

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