JISC Legal : External Engagement

This guidance is designed to help institutions deal with consent management when sharing personal data across and between institutions and external service providers.

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.

Fifth part of JISC Legal series on Business and Community Engagement (BCE). We discuss marketing of products or services that are produced from a BCE arrangement. We consider compliance with the Data Protection Act and the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations.  

Fourth part in JISC Legal series on Business and Community Engagement (BCE). This video provides an introduction to the handling of confidential information and the potential impact of Freedom of Information legislation on disclosure of external information held by an institution. Guidance is provided on how confidential agreements can be reached by institutions through specific clauses. We conclude with a summary of recommendations.

Third part in JISC Legal series on Business and Community Engagement (BCE). In this video we explore the implications and possible limitations of using existing licenced materials. We provide guidance on setting licence terms for works created. We conclude with a recap of relevant considerations and best practices. 

Second part of JISC Legal series on Business and Community Engagement (BCE). We focus on ownership of works created, provide guidance on employee, student and third party generation of works, consider issues related to joint ownership of intellectual property. Finally we highlight the importance of negotiating agreements early in the collaboration process. 

The first part of our series on Business and Community Engagement (BCE). This video covers the legal implications of data sharing and research, the application of the Data Protection Act and the application of Freedom of Information legislation. 

This document will assist those dealing with State Aid issues in the context of BCE activities.

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

This guidance document is intended to provide relevant personnel within further and higher education institutions with an introduction to State Aid law and clarify some of the issues which such institutions may face when collaborating with, or providing services to, the private sector.

Report on the use of Publicly-funded Infrastructure, Services and Intellectual Property.

This publication is aimed at UK further and higher education staff working in areas related to knowledge transfer, work based learning, community links, outreach, CPD, employer engagement, wider participation, and lifelong learning.

This case study considers some of the copyright issues which can arise when a college or university uses the software which it holds under licence to provide a commercial training course.

One of the benefits of being a college or university is that you can generally obtain software at reduced rates on an academic licence. This however may have implications when carrying out your Business and Community Engagement ("BCE") activities.

If a college or university delivers any Business and Community Engagement activities online, the institution must make sure that its website and processes comply with the e-commerce rules. This guide gives an overview of these rules.

This case study considers some of the copyright issues which can arise when a college or university is engaged to design software or a website for a company.

This publication is aimed at UK further and higher education staff working in areas related to knowledge transfer, work based learning, community links, outreach, CPD, employer engagement, wider participation, and lifelong learning.

This overview paper briefly clarifies the current situation with regard to retention of communications traffic data by certain UK organisations.

This briefing gives an overview of some of the legal issues which may arise in relation to the use of technology by UK further and higher education establishments in their Business and Community Engagement ("BCE") activities.