Portal combat

Article Abstract:

An analysis of how data protection constraints are causing problems for a revolutionary project which will enable every student in the United Kingdom to update and transfer a record of achievement or e-portfolio as they progressed through education and moved into work. The UKPd10 mil project, which is being piloted by the Joint Information Sytems Committee (Jisc), faces legal, rather than technical problems, according to Sarah Porter, programme director for e-learning at Jisc, who notes that the difficulties with the pilot schemes have stemmed from legal difficulties in relation to the movement of learner data between agencies, rather than from technical issues.

Services development, Information management, Company service development, Service development, Student records, Information accessibility

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Cheats playing institutions against each other on appeal

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The student complaints ombudsman and registrars are backing calls for national guidance on cheating and how cheats should be punished. The Academic Registrars Council has been urged to consider the creating of guidelines for a sector-wide approach to penalise students who cheat in an effort to cut the risk of inconsistent punishments used as the basis for appeals.

Reports, Cheating (Education)

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Slave trade sees no let-up 200 years on

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The article highlights the research conducted by the Wilberforce Institute for the Study of Slavery and Emancipation (WISE) at the Hull University, U.K, to study the status of the modern slave trade.

International aspects, Slavery, Slave trade

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