Partnerships with Palestinians
by James Everett
 James Everett discusses the achievements of the Mediterranean Virtual University project and outlines some of the issues that arose when working with Palestinian partners.
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Where is the E in L itch? Embedded or Invisible?
Leitch Review of Skills: Prosperity for all in the global economy - world class skills
by Bob Harrison
December 2006 saw the publication of Lord Leitch's final report considering the long-term skills needs of the UK until 2020. The report sets out ambitious goals for 2020 which, if achieved, would make the UK a world leader in skills.
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Leitch: another skills report
"For skills to benefit the economy, they must be economically valuable" or "don't get too excited"
by Kevin Donovan
Once in every generation, at least, the government panics about a perceived skills shortage in the UK economy. Everybody gets blamed. A report is commissioned. Reforms are proposed. Not much seems to change. Then there is another panic. … And so it is once more.
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The Quality Improvement Agency’s (QIA) response to Leitch
by Markos Tiris
The ambitious targets set out by Lord Leitch in his Review of Skills are attainable. The QIA will be offering colleges and providers with the help they need to achieve these ambitions.
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Leitch is no Occam
by Donald Clark
Does the Leitch report to adhere to Occam's Razor principle: use the minimum number of entities to achieve a given goal?
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Mobile Learning
by Stuart Smith
Stuart Smith discusses three methods by which practitioners with limited technical knowledge and time might adapt existing materials for mobile devices.
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Using Wink to create software presentations
by Athina Chatzigavriil and Julie Voce
 This review describes the functionality offered by Wink, a free, easy-to-use tutorial and presentation creation software.
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The Tribal Education Innovation Challenge
by John Simpson
Tribal has launched its first ever Education Innovation Challenge campaign: a competition to attract new business start-up ideas for services and products in all sectors of education.
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JANET Voice Service
A new Voice over IP service from UKERNA
by Arron Bowley
Users in the JANET community will be able to collaborate using voice and instant messaging, with the potential for other features in future.
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Accessibility awareness raising and continuing professional development
The use of simulations as a motivational tool
by George Papadopoulos and Elaine Pearson
 This project sets out to examine the use of simulations as a motivational tool for raising accessibility awareness in academic staff.
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