On 1st August 2010 JISC Regional Support Centres (RSCs), which guide and support the deployment of technologies for learning providers, became part of JISC Advance.JISC Advance is a not-for-profit company which delivers ICT support services for the Further Education, Skills and Higher Education sector on behalf of funding councils. The advent of the RSCs into JISC Advance creates a broad and resourceful national service combined with the regional strengths and local relationships of the RSCs.JISC Advance Director, Guy Lambert says, “We are pleased to welcome the RSCs, with which we have been working closely over the last year, into JISC Advance. They are a vital element in both helping our customers interpret and make best use of our resource, and as a feedback channel to help our services develop resources that address customers’ priorities.”Through joining JISC Advance, the resources and advice of the Regional Support Centres are now complemented by a range of specialist services within the same organisation. These are: JISC Digital Media, JISC infoNet, JISC Legal, JISCMail, JISC Netskills, JISC Procureweb and JISC TechDis.The Regional Support Centres were launched in August 2000 and have been offering support to the post-16 education and training sector for the last ten years during which time there has been significant change in the use of technology.
The JISC Regional Support Centre for the Eastern region is one of 13 RSCs covering the UK. It's our job to support the development of e- learning and Information Learning Technology in FE, Sixth Form Colleges, Adult and Community Learning, Work Based Learning and aspects of Higher Education. We cover teaching and learning, management, staff development, technical IT and business support.