JISC Legal : e-Portfolios

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

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.

Jason Miles-Campbell, our Service Manager, provides an informative video about licensing for educational resources, including what licences are available, and considerations in making the choice. 

This useful presentation is a recording of Jason Miles-Campbell on RSC TV. 

JISC Legal's support for projects and others in the areas of Institutional Innovation, Lifelong Learning and Workforce Development.

This collection of documents have been produced under the JISC Programme MLEs for Lifelong Learning: Building MLEs across HE and FE by the Legal & Records Management Study project and includes guidance on ePortfolios.

This paper assesses the potential  legal risks involved in project management.

Legal issues which may affect the development and use of particular ePortfolio systems.

This paper, written by Andrew Charlesworth and Anna Grant in 2006, provides details on Open Source Licences and discusses ... (cont)

This paper provides details on how to create an effective consortium agreement and explains why they are needed ... (cont)

A JISC study to explore the Legal and Records Management Issues relating to the concept of the Lifelong Learner record.

This paper considers what the legal issues are in relation to institutional ePortfolio systems ... (cont)

This paper considers many factors affecting data protection and institutional ePortfolio systems including compliance issues ... (cont)

A JISC study to explore the Legal and Records Management Issues relating to the concept of the Lifelong Learner record.

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

Ownership of copyright is key to the use of works created in universities and colleges, as the owner has control over their reuse.  ... (cont)

We are pleased to announce the launch of JISC Legal Plus - a new staff development service bringing JISC Legal's expertise to your institution at competitive prices...  (cont'd)

Although there are many benefits to the adoption of an open educational resource approach with regards to teaching and learning ... (cont)

 In short where the institution does not own the copyright in materials and where the copyright period has not expired, permission, a licence or ... (cont)

A further selection of IPR FAQs are availalable from JISC Inform, Issue 26 - Know Your Rights: Intellectual Property and Technology.  You can ... (cont)

The short answer is that it is possible that the Google images are infringing copies of stills and if they are then your use would ... (cont)

This paper, written by Andrew Charlesworth and Anna Grant in 2006, provides details on Open Source Licences and discusses ... (cont)

This paper provides details on how to create an effective consortium agreement and explains why they are needed ... (cont)

This paper considers what the legal issues are in relation to institutional ePortfolio systems ... (cont)

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

Vince Cable has announced that controversial plans to force ISPs to block websites that host copyright infringing material are to be dumped. 

This significant case confirms that copyright can subsist in a newspaper headline. It also confirms that a user that pays for a web monitoring service requires a licence from the newspaper or the NLA.

A recent official announcement by David Cameron states UK intellectual property laws are to be reviewed to make them “fit for the internet age”. 

Data protection law needs to provide more clarity on what actually constitutes personal data.

A consultation by the GEO seeks views on proposals for draft regulations on the new public sector equality duty.

Institutions falling to report data breaches can face financial penalties from April 2010

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

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

This useful presentation is a recording of Jason Miles-Campbell on RSC TV.