JISC Legal : Guidance by Date

This overview paper describes the relevance of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) for FE and HE.

An examination of the most relevant human rights in the context of colleges and universities.

An examination of the most relevant human rights in the context of colleges and universities.

From the service provider and federation surveys, most expressed a neutral view as to the adoption of new attributes.

An investigation into the feasibility of cross-jurisdiction common access management federation agreements.

A report on the legal aspects of common agreements for federation-identity provider and federation-service provider agreements.

An examination into the extent to which FE or HE institutions are responsible for content which is made available on their computer systems. 

Essentials guide for FE and HE on ISP liability for online content.

The purpose of this Model Policy is to outline the circumstances in which it is permissible for an institution to access the IT accounts of staff members or students.

Disability discrimination law applies to the services including educational services an institution provides to its staff, students, and third parties.

Report on the use of Publicly-funded Infrastructure, Services and Intellectual Property.

Checklist of relevant questions to be asked in accepting material for use in an e-repository.

Essentials guide for practical legal information on the laws in the UK affecting e-repositories.

Basic introduction to the establishment, development and administration of online repositories in FE and HE.

This toolkit provides details on basic concepts and techniques of records management.

A point by point guide to Data Protection Law for FE and HE.

This overview explains the application of the Data Protection Act 1998 (the 'Act') to UK further and higher education institutions.

This overview paper focuses on disability discrimination in respect of ICT and the provision of educational services in UK publicly-funded further and higher education.

This publication is aimed at UK further and higher education staff working in areas related to knowledge transfer, work based learning, community links, outreach, CPD, employer engagement, wider participation, and lifelong learning.

This case study considers some of the copyright issues which can arise when a college or university uses the software which it holds under licence to provide a commercial training course.