You can find below information and resources on responding to the technological challenges of supporting students and staff during this time. We also have a page outlining sector offers from ucisa corporate members.
Recent ucisa news items (older news items that have been superseded have been archived to the bottom of the page)
- Attendance monitoring and Tier 4 (Further guidance issued 21 April)
- Broadband limitations - text for your staff
- ICO guidance on responding to FOI and data requests
- ICO guidance on temperature checks
- Free access to education websites - joint call to government from ucisa, Jisc, Universities UK and the Association of Colleges
- Microsoft Teams - how to implement at your institution
- Microsoft Teams - LMS/VLE integration
- National Cyber Security Council guidance and advice - including advice for video conferencing
- On site attendance/equipment issue during this period
- Remote learning: advice for students, by students
- Remote working: information and key risks
- REF 2021 on hold
- School exam cancellations -statement from UUK
- ucisa members' community hub for infrastructure and key systems
- Unconditional offers - moratorium extended until 4 May
Resources
- Sector offers from ucisa corporate members
- ucisa publication Approaches to Business Continuity
- ucisa members' community hub for infrastructure and key systems
- ucisa Corporate Information Systems survey showing business systems in use across the HE sector
- ucisa webinar on implementing Microsoft Teams
- ucisa resource Data protection and working from home FAQs
- ucisa resource On site attendance and equipment issue during this period
Useful links
- REF2021 on hold
- UUK response to latest government measures- 18 March 2020
- Sponsorship Duties document of the Tier 4 guidance
- WONKHE article Using technology to cope … on (or off) campus
- The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales interpretation of the Job Retention Scheme
UCAS advice
- UCAS information for international students
- UCAS update for teachers
- UCAS update for admissions teams
- Changes to the International English Language Testing System (IELTS)
- Changes to Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL)
- Changes to the Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education (HKDSE)
Jisc advice
- Online briefing webinar recording
-
Jisc landing page pulling together all of its support activity in response to the current situation including the ‘Ensuring continuity of learning during enforced absence’ guide
AWS advice
- A blog from the AWS Education Team.
- From research sharing to collaborative communications: Addressing the needs of our public sector customers during unprecedented times
- Live enquiry service for Public Sector organisations
AWS offers can be found on sector offers from ucisa corporate members
Microsoft advice
- Video Webinar, 6th April 2020
- Microsoft's School Data Sync
- Set up the Standard or Targeted release options in Office 365
- Microsoft Teams - LMS/VLE integration
- Microsoft Teams - how to implement at your institution
Advice from ucisa' equivalent membership bodies
Health advice
Older ucisa news items (from the beginning of March)
- ANNOUNCEMENT ucisa 20 Leadership Conference
- Early advice from ucisa: Fake alerts on campus or of site closures
- Early advice from ucisa: preparedness question set for ucisa members
- Early advice from ucisa: recommendations from ucisa
- Janet capacity statement for ucisa members
- UCAS update including business continuity arrangements
- UUK working party
