The Digital Economy Act 2010 was given royal assent late on Thursday, 8 April 2010, following the final reading of the Digital Economy Bill in the House of Commons, the previous night.

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Copyright and accessibility law need to be considered when using mobile devices. To help give you confidence in your compliance with the law, here are top tips for getting to grips with copyright and accessibility when using mobile devices.

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

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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.

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In order to promote participation and to simplify matters concerning the on-going consultation on proposals to amend the UK’s copyright system, JISC TechDis has worked with experts within the field to produce their simple ‘How to’ guide.

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ORGCon is back On Saturday 24th March 2012, at the University of Westminster in the heart of London, from 9.30am onwards.

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The Equality and Human Rights Commission have now published their latest guidance in the series of guidance documents relating to the Public Sector Equality Duty.

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The Equality Challenge Unit would like to hear about the steps that institutions take in order  to overcome disabling barriers users may encounter when required to access and make use of services.

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A former student with dyslexia claims that a university's failure to provide transcripts of exam papers prevented him from achieving a first class degree.

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Are you aware of the legal implications of using mobile technologies within your institution? Our latest webcast 'Mobile Technologies and the Law' will address the legal aspects of the use of mobile technologies in HE and FE institutions.

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This guidance is intended for staff in sixth form colleges and aims to provide a helpful overview to key legal issues relevant to sixth form colleges in the development and use of ICT.

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This guidance is intended for staff in independent specialist colleges that provide further education or training for learners with varying learning needs due to disability issues.

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The Public Sector Equality Duty Guidance for Wales is now available and includes eight guides on the specific duties.

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These top tips serve as a quick reminder of the main areas to be addressed and sources of help available when recording lectures.

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A consultation has been announced to gather evidence on proposals to widen copyright exceptions including private copying, non-commercial research and library archiving.

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Data protection and other legal issues remain the same for a college or university when hosting, offering or using blogs, wikis, and any other ... (cont)

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A website designed to allow people to help to make the internet more accessible has been launched.

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The Equality Act 2010 (Specific Duties) Regulations 2011 are now in force and require that Equality Duty compliance information must be published by the end of January 2012.

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ACAS guide offers practical tips on the impact of social networking on discipline and grievances, bullying, defamation, data protection and privacy.

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The Scottish Government is consulting on changes to the draft regulations relating to the public sector equality duty.

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In this guide you’ll find information on the legal issues related to cloud computing as relevant to staff, learners and other authorised users.

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In this guide you’ll find information about the various legal issues related to cloud computing, particularly those of relevance to senior managers in FE and HE.

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In this guide you will find information on cloud computing and the law as relevant to IT directors. 

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This report is intended to survey the legal issues that are likely to arise when a UK college or university is deciding to adopt a cloud computing service.

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The Equality Act 2010 places a legal obligation on FE and HE institutions to not discriminate against staff, learners and other users and visitors to the institution because of a disability. 

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

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

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Following on from our earlier post on the Cookie Directive, the amended rules on cookies are now in force in the UK.

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The Equality Act 2010 places a legal obligation on institutions not to discriminate against learners with disabilities in their service provision (including resources and delivery of teaching). 

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We are pleased to announce the launch of JISC Legal Plus - a new staff development service bringing JISC Legal's expertise to your institution at competitive prices...  (cont'd)

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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.   

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The Equality Act 2010 places an obligation on educational service providers not to discriminate against students in the provision of its services ... (cont)

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The general Equality Duty under the Equality Act 2010 comes into force this week (5/04/2011) and places three broad requirements on the public sector including colleges and universities.

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The Draft Equality Act (Statutory Duties) Regulations 2011 for England have been withdrawn by the government for further review.

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Free and live to your desktop - JISC Advance brings you a practical, relevant guide to the legal, technical and accessibility issues involved in recording lectures and screencasts.

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We have issued two new guidance papers on OERs: Strategic Managment of IPR for OER in UK HE and Legal Aspects of the Use of Child Images in OERs.

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This paper considers the legal issues which arise in relation to the taking of or possession of images (still and moving) of children for use in an Open Education Resource. 

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The Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (as amended by The Copyright (Visually Impaired Persons) Act 2002) contains copyright exceptions for ... (cont)

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Accessibility is an ongoing issue for the use of ICT in FE and HE and JISC Techdis has launched two funding competitions for innovative approaches to assistive technologies.

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Those of you concerned with accessibility issues in the use of technology will be interested to visit the new website of our sister organisation, JISC Techdis.

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The Cloud Industry Forum has launched a Code of Practice for cloud service providers.

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The Equality and Human Rights Commission has published (12 Jan 2011) its latest guidance for public authorities on the new public sector equality duty which comes into force on 6 April 2011.

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The code of practice aims to assist those in an organisation with responsibility for web products and for promoting and supporting equality and inclusion in accordance with the Equality Act 2010.

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WIPO has agreed on a work programme that could lead to an international treaty involving mandatory exceptions for the benefit of users of copyright works. 

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These Top Ten Tips were created to celebrate JISC Legal's 10th anniversary, all the while looking forward to the challenges UK FE and HE will face in the next ten years.

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JISC Techdis has just released a guidance document on complying with equality duty in which JISC Legal has contributed guidance on the Equality Act 2010.

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Authoritative statutory guidance published on equal pay, employment, and services, public functions and associations. 

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The Act includes new measures for discrimination, harassment, recruitment and pay.

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The Equality and Human Rights Commission has issued specific guidance for education providers, employers, workers, service providers and service users.  

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A resource from the Higher Education Academy English Subject Centre aimed at those developing courses which suggests that it is necessary to consider copyright clearance from the start.

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