BCE session at JISC 08

Published by Hector Peebles on April 17, 2008 in jiscconference08. 0 Comments

[notes by Louisa Dale]

Simon Whittemore opened a session addressing the barriers to Business and Community Engagement: defined as ‘the strategic management of interactions, partnerships and transactions external to the institution.

Perhaps interesting that the public sector currently remains the most significant proportion of an (education) institution’s external engagement.

Business and community engagement professionals need solutions to broker knowledge transfer / exchange and professionals.

JISC’s innovation programme aims to enhance institutions’ efficiency, effectiveness and opportunities and help institutions overcome the barries to access to institutional knowledge assests for business and community organisations.

With significant political drivers, not least supported by the creation of DIUS, there are challenges for institutions. Cultural change,  new skills and support services (contact and information management) are required to support employer engagement and to encourage the exploitation of research innovation.

Jason Campbell spoke on behalf of JISC Legal, which supports the higher education sector in understanding the legal issues related to the use of technology. JISC comissioned a study (now available) into the legal barriers (or better still opportunities being missed) to exploit institutional assets for the purposes of business and community engagement.

Open surgery 31 March-4 April for BCE Circular

Published by Simon Whittemore on March 31, 2008 in Uncategorized. 0 Comments

The online surgery is open from 31 March-4 April. Questions and comments about the Circular can be submitted after that date but will be answered when possible rather than within the same day.

The surgery is open……awaiting your questions

Published by Simon Whittemore on March 31, 2008 in Uncategorized. 2 Comments

Please feel free to submit any questions and comments regarding the BCE Circular and the calls for funding or indeed regading JISC BCE in general. We aim to respond to your question within a few hours; at the least the response will be same-day.

Welcome to the BCE Programme online surgery.

Published by Simon Whittemore on March 27, 2008 in Uncategorized. 0 Comments

Welcome all - this is where you can post your questions and comments regarding JISC Business and Community Engagement (BCE). Initially this is designed to capture and disseminate questions and answers in relation to the  JISC Circular 3/08 for Business and Community Engagement, which invites proposals in the areas of CRM, Employer Enagagement and Access Management.