JISC Legal : All Guidance

The purpose of this Moral Rights and OERs Overview paper is to guide publishers of open educational resources (OERs) on the meaning of moral rights, when and how these impact on the creation of OERs and measures which may be taken in order to avoid infringement of moral rights.

Our Mobile Technologies and the Law webcast (streamed live on 14 March 2012) can now be accessed in captioned, bite-sized segments.  

Whatever the mobile technology use, there are legal issues to consider from the outset of your project and this is a checklist of the main areas to consider in your planning process.

JISC Legal is pleased to present our free Cloud Computing and the Law toolkit for FE and HE professionals. 

In this guide, you’ll find summaries of the key legal considerations of using Facebook in an FE and HE context.

An up-to-date, accessible guide for senior managers on ICT law within FE and HE.

This summary examines the potential impact for FE and HE of the Hargreaves Review of Intellectual Property and Growth, May 2011.

This is a recording of our Recording Lectures and Screencasts webcast from April 2011, available in captioned, bite-sized segments. It is a practical, relevant guide to the legal, technical and accessibility issues involved in recording lectures and screencasts.   

A simplified step-by-step guide to Copyright Law for FE and HE.

JISC Legal's support for projects and others in the areas of Institutional Innovation, Lifelong Learning and Workforce Development.

This collection of documents have been produced under the JISC Programme MLEs for Lifelong Learning: Building MLEs across HE and FE by the Legal & Records Management Study project and includes guidance on ePortfolios.

Our Mobile Technologies and the Law webcast (streamed live on 14 March 2012) can now be accessed in captioned, bite-sized segments.  

This document identifies issues related to the protection of intellectual property arising from collaborative research and suggests clauses which should be included in any consortium agreement.

This paper outlines the three distinct types of information and the circumstances in which law enforcement agencies may require institutions to disclose them under the provisions in the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act. 2000 (RIPA).

This document describes when monitoring is legally permissible.

The purpose of this Moral Rights and OERs Overview paper is to guide publishers of open educational resources (OERs) on the meaning of moral rights, when and how these impact on the creation of OERs and measures which may be taken in order to avoid infringement of moral rights.

This paper, written by Andrew Charlesworth and Anna Grant in 2006, provides details on Open Source Licences and discusses ... (cont)

An outline of the legal issues of podcasting as an educational tool and practical advice on how institutions can ensure legal compliance.

This guidance will assist the UK funding bodies when dealing with State Aid issues in the context of BCE.

This 12 minute video, created for the JISC Innovation and e-Learning Conference 2010, explores FAQs on the legal aspects of recording lectures. 

This guidance examines the legal implications of recording lectures at UK FE and HE institutions, focusing mainly on the issues of copyright and consent.