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The Support Centre for Open Resources in Education (SCORE) is inviting applications for the OER Residential Course to be held from 18 to 23 March 2012...

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A serious case review found that a school had failed ‘on every level’ to prevent sexual abuse of pupils by a teacher.

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Under the Freedom of information Act 2000 (FOIA) at s.1(1) any person making a request for information held by a public authority is entitled to have it provided to him.  Most colleges and universities are public authorities under the FOIA and student coursework held by a university or college would be ‘information held’.

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A juror who researched a defendant's history on the internet and forwarded details of what she found to fellow members was sentenced to a six month prison term. 

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The increased use of Twitter, Facebook and email within institutions has led to a rise in unacceptable professional conduct.

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Social networking sites are changing privacy settings by default which means users' information could be passed on to third party sites.

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JISC Legal is working in partnership with JISC Advance and RSC Wales to offer a free online seminar on Cloud Computing and the Law.

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A new special report to the Scottish Parliament discusses the current state of FOI in Scotland.

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The EU Commission will clarify how ISPs and website hosts should deal with removing and blocking access to illegal content.

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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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Following discussions with the BBC and Channel 4, the ERA Licensing Scheme recently confirmed that changes have been made in order to support access to some BBC and Channel 4 on-line services, for educational purposes.   

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The ICO describes its approach to security compliance, information rights outcomes sought and current fields of action.

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The Law Society has published a practice note that examines the use of LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook. 

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FE and HE institutions have an opportunity to contribute their views on copyright licensing in the UK as Richard Hooper issues a call for evidence as part of the independent feasibility study into the development of a Digital Copyright Exchange for the UK (DCE).

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The Office of the Irish Data Protection Commissioner this week published its report of an audit of Facebook Ireland Ltd.  

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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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 In short this use will be considered as a public performance for entertainment purposes and therefore s.34 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 ... (cont)

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In terms of copyright law, screenings by a university or college film club will be considered as showing a work in public and as such will be one of the restricted acts which the copyright owner is able to control under the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 (CDPA).

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The Motion Picture Licensing Company (MPLC) Umbrella licence (available at http://www.mplcuk.com/ is not required when showing DVDs or pre-recorded films for educational purposes, for the following reasons:

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This one-day seminar, "The future of copyright in the digital age and what it means for you", will bring attendees up to date on recent developments in UK copyright law.

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To stream a feature film there are two issues involved, and two possible sets of permission required .... (cont)

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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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Emails deceived students on government loans into providing financial details.

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The High Court has ruled that search giant Google does not have to pay damages for defamation suffered to a UK intelligence adviser via a blogging platform which Google owns.

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New advice and guidance on making and using clinical healthcare recordings funded by the Strategic Content Alliance for learning and teaching launches today.

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Facebook's tighter rules on consent and privacy should help colleges and universities in the UK.

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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 OER IPR Support Team will be holding two JISC / HEA funded half day workshops at the Kimberlin Library, De Montfort University, Leicester.

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 The EU Directive which extends the copyright protection for sound recordings to 70 years has completed its legal process and is now in force.

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The Government today announced the appointment of Richard Hooper, former Deputy Chairman of Ofcom, to lead a feasibility study into the development of a Digital Copyright Exchange for the UK (DCE).

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JISC's online conference Innovating e-Learning 2011 is being held from 22 - 25 November, and as part of the pre-conference activity week JISC Legal have recorded a short webcast entitled Mobile Learning - Identifying and Reducing the Legal Risks at your College.

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 The workshop takes place at the The Intellectual Property, Internet Media Research Centre at Brunel University and the focus is on the parameters of introducing the Hargreaves proposed exceptions into UK copyright law and the conditions under which they should apply.

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As part of out commitment to expand the ways by which you can keep in touch with JISC Legal, there's now another way to follow us via our new profile on LinkedIn.

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The OER IPR Support Team will be holding two free half day workshops on Tuesday 6th December  2011 at the Kimberlin Library, De Montfort University, Leicester . 

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Embedding information rights in education project to be led by Edinburgh's Centre for Research on Families and Relationships.

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PRS and PPL licensing are two independent schemes that represent the interests of different rights holders for the use recorded and live music ... (cont)

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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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Recent case law has highlighted the risks of posting inappropriate comments to social networking sites and the importance of institutions having in place a robust internet use policy for both staff and learners, including a policy on the use of social media, to manage such risks.

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Mobile Learning – Identifying and Reducing the Legal Risks at your College.

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The Protection of Freedoms Bill was read for the third time and passed by the House of Commons on 11 October 2011.  The Bill will now be considered by the House of Lords.

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Proposals in the Protection of Freedoms Bill include amending the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to create a new ‘right to data’ so that government-held datasets can be requested and used by the public.

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 This case concerned the distribution and use of Greek satellite decoders in the UK and exclusive territorial licences granted by the FA Premier League (FAPL) of the rights to broadcast Premier League matches.

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In this case Ms Murphy did not break any law by receiving the transmission of the football match via a Greek decoder.

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The ICO has produced guidance to aid understanding and application of FOI legislation for higher education institutions with a particular focus on research information.

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