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The new cookie laws: how aware are you?

 The new cookie laws
Brian Kelly of the Innovation Support Centre at UKOLN reminds us to comply with new cookie legislation by 26 May

UCISA World Café 2012 - From Servers to Services

UCISA World Café 2012
UCISA 2012 included a 90 minute World Café session exploring the key aspects of sustainability for the IT team and the IT leader. Facilitator of the session, John Hemingway, NOV8 Ltd, explains

Soul food and home comforts

Comfort Food
Paul Duffus uncovers how familiar food can help students to combat homesickness at the start of the academic year

How universities will need to adapt to the new policy environment

Jonathan Ruddle Maxxim Consulting
Universities should start planning for the change agenda that is approaching in the near future, explains Jonathan Ruddle of Maxxim Consulting

The positives of student fee increases

Richard Forrest, SunGard HE
Richard Forrest of SunGard Higher Education discusses the positive aspects of the rise in tuition fees.

Environmental management – how and why?

Max Linnemann – EcoCampus
Max Linnemann, NQA, looks at the EcoCampus scheme that helps HEIs improve environmental performance.

Safe in the knowledge

KABA
David Massumi of Kaba considers how universities can remain secure without restricting freedom of movement in both their students and staff.

The write stuff

Literature
Dr Alexandra Harris discusses becoming a New Generation Thinker and the importance of university research.

Will students attend “uni”-versity in the future

In her analysis of the White Paper, Claire Arnold questions if universities will streamline their operations to exceed the expectations of smaller groups of students.

Money Talks

The NSS lacks comparability of experience and merely ranks institutions on expenditure per student, argues Karen Stephenson and Jim Snaith.