Jisc Legal : e-Administration

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

This guidance document examines the Digital Economy Act 2010 and its implications for universities and colleges in the UK.

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The legal issues which arise when using e-assessment in UK FE and HE.

This overview paper describes the relevance of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) for FE and HE.

Checklist of relevant questions to be asked in accepting material for use in an e-repository.

Basic introduction to the establishment, development and administration of online repositories in FE and HE.

A point by point guide to Data Protection Law for FE and HE.

This overview explains the application of the Data Protection Act 1998 (the 'Act') to UK further and higher education institutions.

Webcast providing practical guidance on legally accessing user email accounts, computer hard drive or network storage.   

Overview of data retention practices, and implications in FE and HE following the EU data retention directive 2006/24/EC.

In certain circumstances, student work can be the subject of a valid freedom of information (FOI) request.

This paper summarises the legal issues involved in the development and use of information and communication technologies (ICT) in learning and teaching.

This paper summarises the legal issues involved in the development and use of information and communication technologies (ICT) in learning and teaching.

 S.14 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (and similarly s.14 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002) provide a exemption to release if ... (cont)

Links to further resources.

The purpose of the reforms is to ensure that defamation legislation is fit for modern times.  The Act aims to strike a balance between the right to freedom of expression and the protection of reputation.

Government commits April 2013 as the date for introducing Legal Deposit regulations for non-print materials.  The Non-Print Legal Deposit regulations enable the British Library and the UK legal deposit libraries to collect, store and preserve the nation's memory in the digital age. The content will include online articles and books, and websites.

This flowchart highlights steps to follow and relevant permissions required when seeking to release non public material in SCOOTER, an OER. 

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

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.

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

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.

UK Access Management Federation for Education and Research - Recommendations for Use of Personal Data.