JISC Legal : Management

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 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.

A simplified step-by-step guide to intellectual property law for UK colleges and universities.

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

The law has changed that applies to how institutions must use cookies.

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)

The Data Protection Act 1988 (DPA) limits the transfer of personal data to countries within the European Economic Area (EEA) (the eighth data protection principle).

The UK Intellectual Property Office has released for consultation detailed legislative proposals designed to implement the adopted parts of the Gowers Review.

On the 24 April 2009 the Equality Bill was introduced in the House of Commons and was published on 27 April with a view to achieving Royal Assent in the spring 2010.

The European Parliament has voted in favour of new and updated legislation governing Europe's telecoms industry. 

A new notification fee of £500 was introduced for some larger institutions on 1 October 2009.

The Ministry of Justice seeks views on updating defamation law so it is fit for the modern age.

European Court of Human Rights maintains a new defamation action can be brought for every access to online defamatory material.

Two researchers should receive compensation for a patent that was of 'outstanding benefit' to their employer the High Court has ruled.

The House of Lords, in the case of London Borough of Lewisham v Malcolm [2008] UKHL 43, clarifies the meaning of "less favourable treatment" in relation to disability discrimination.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

This JANET factsheet on providing email accounts for alumni is intended to assist in considering all the potential issues involved, with JISC Legal contribution from a legal perspective.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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. 

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/

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.

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.