New supplementary guidance from the GMC entitled 'Making and using visual and audio recordings of patients' is now available from their website.  

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The blog post at http://inforrm.wordpress.com/2011/12/22/law-and-media-tweets-and-tweeters-updated-105-people-to-follow-judith-townend/ gives a u...

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This site contains music and entertainment industry related updates from 2002 to the present day, categorised and tagged to make it easy to find articles on particular topics.

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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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This resource, by Tony Kent, aims to provide basic copyright information to guide those involved in the restoration and remastering of old sound recordings.

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The European Commission has launched a consultation on cloud computing.  This will feed into the European cloud computing strategy due to be presented in 2012.

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A dedicated 'one stop shop' has been produced, telling the public about their FOI rights, and a step by step guide on how to use them.

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This JISC infoNet infokit is an online resource that provides support and guidance to institutions development their RIM systems.

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JISC Digital Media - A JISC Advance Service - Links Recording Lectures Webcast

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Queen Mary, University of London, have issued a series of papers on the legal issues associated with Cloud Computing.

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JISC has launched a toolkit to allow information officers, IT directors, security managers and their staff to better understand the legal issues involved in managing identity issues.

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 Model research collaboration agreements devised by the Lambert Working Group.

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The Publishers Association / JISC model licence framework for material supplied in electronic form.

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 The Research Information Network is a useful resource for general information for the UK Research and Information community.

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This toolkit aims to guide information professionals in assessing cloud computing services for information use and storage, including development of a cloud computing strategy.

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Useful guidance including practical legal tools to assist with Web 2.0 - template licences, model releases, policies and forms can be found on the Web2Rights website.

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The site includes overview information, legislation documents and a range of reports from the specialist committees

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With input from JISC Legal, JISC has put out a summary of "Resources to help combat cybercrime" - helping institutions avoid the consequences of being a victim of computer misuse, or being an inadvertent agent in some else's criminal activity.

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Janet Guidelines to assist universities and colleges in handling indecent images of children found on their information systems.

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The JISC Information Governance Gateway (JIGG) was a project that ran between 2006 and 2009, aimed at supporting and developing institutional records management and compliance with information-related legislation.

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The European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) has published its report ‘Security and Resilience in Governmental Clouds’ which assesses the operational, legal, and security requirements of cloud computing.

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Information Commissioner publishes top tips on freedom of information for public authority communications professionals.

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The Scottish Information Commissioner has published an updated edition of the guide for Scottish Public Authorities on Investigations detailing the procedure followed in an investigation and what information will be required from a public authority.

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This infoKit from JISC infoNet examines the use of collaborative online tools to support the interactions between further and higher education and its business and community partners.

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The University of Glasgow's 'Easy Access IP' and 'Commercial Deals' aim to transfer University-generated IP to the private sector.  For more information, please see: http://www.gla.ac.uk/businessandindustry/technology/.

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This publication by JISC infoNet, the Association for Learning Technology and the Higher Education Academy explores whether e-Learning is delivering tangible benefits for learners, teachers and institutions.

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This presentation 'IPR, Licences, and What Do I Have to Do?' was developed for the OER IPR support project.

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This collection of materials written by Web2Rights, provides briefings, guides, templates, models and sources of further information in order to assist open educational resource (OER) projects get to grips with intellectual property issues at the outset.

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This project will provide IPR and licensing support for JISC/HEA funded OER Phase 2 projects with particular emphasis on the use of Creative Commons Licences.

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Interface connects Scottish businesses with universities and research institutions in Scotland, encouraging companies to use academic support in solving their business challenges.  More information can be found at: http://www.interface-online.org.uk/3.

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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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Acumen is a resource developed by the JISC BCE project and JISC Techdis, which provides raccessible and easy to use free tools and information sources on the use of ICT in business, designed to enhance existing and new projects and partnerships. Acumen also showcases the potential for Higher/Further Education and business interaction using web technologies.

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JISC Legal contributed to this factsheet, which provides guidance to universities on how to manage opening up computer systems to children and vulnerable adults in situations such as open days, school visits or summer school.  The factsheet is available at: http://www.ja.net/documents/publications/factsheets/080-children-and-vulnerable-guests.pdf.

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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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This website, which is maintained by the Intellectual Property Office provides guidance on intangible assets and how to manage these assets and create value from them - http://www.ipo.gov.uk/ian.htm.

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Guidance for public sector organisationsaims to make current equality law more consistent, clearer and easier to follow in order to make society fairer.

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This IP Workbook, from Eversheds LLP solicitors, contains practical examples, questions and scenarios on a range of commercially related topics with an intellectual property (IP) dimension.

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A course designed to introduce tutors and managers to the issues involved in making information technology safe for learners.

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Guidance for organisations and employers on the implications of the Equality Act 2010 available at: http://www.equalities.gov.uk/equality_act_2010/equality_act_2010_what_do_i_n.aspx. 

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JISC Techdis, a JISC Advance service, works with the HE and FE sector in the UK in the field of accessibility and inclusion. http://www.jisctechdis.ac.uk/

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An aspect report by HM Inspectors on behalf of the Scottish Funding Council to identify approaches and best practice and to make recommendations for improvement.

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Creative Commons licences ("CC licences") permit the copying, reuse, distribution, and in some cases, modification of creative work without having to obtain permission every single time from the rights holder.
The briefing paper referred to below provides JISC-funded projects, as well as content creators and others within higher (HE) and further education (FE) institutions, with information that can be used to make judgements as to when the use of open content licences, particularly Creative Commons licences, may be appropriate - http://www.jisc.ac.uk/publications/briefingpapers/2009/bpcreativecommons.aspx.

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The Strategic Content Alliance has produced a useful IPR toolkit covering the IPR background, practical tools, template policy statements, case studies and links to further reading.

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A report published following the introduction of new vetting and barring legislation affecting college staff, support workers and volunteers.

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Revised code of practice relating to disabled students in UK higher education institutions.

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Checklists to help you review your e-safety approach and provision.

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JISC Digital Media has produced a guide to font licensing entitled 'Fonts: Basic Guide to Font Licensing.'  This guide provides detailed information on using End User License Agreements and provides details specific to Adobe, Microsoft Office and Apple.

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Specific e-safety policy template available.

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e-Safety resources, including a sample audit and core policy.

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To assist further education to analyse and review their use of technology in learning.

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