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class="article-full__body">  <figure class="media field field-type-image"> <div class="media__inner"> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20230315160143im_/https://www.jisc.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/710px-wide/public/shaking-hands-during-meeting-banner.jpg?itok=PylpjffJ" alt="Defocused shot of people shaking hands during a meeting in an office"/> <div class="media__attribution"> <div class="media__attribution__title"> <span class="ico ico-i">Creative Commons attribution information</span> </div> <div about="https://www.jisc.ac.uk/sites/default/files/shaking-hands-during-meeting-banner.jpg" class="media__attribution__info"> <div xmlns:cc="http://creativecommons.org/ns#" xmlns:dct="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" class="last-child"> <div property="cc:title" class="cc__title"><a property="dct:title" rel="cc:attributionURL" 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respond to the most important consultations. We also collaborate with major stakeholder bodies on issues of mutual interest from data poverty to reform of the further education sector.</p><h2>Advocacy</h2><p>As part of our policy partnership and commissions work, we support:</p><ul><li><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230315160143/http://www.policyconnect.org.uk/hec/home">The Higher Education Commission</a></li><li><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230315160143/http://www.policyconnect.org.uk/sc/home">The Skills Commission</a></li><li><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230315160143/http://www.policyconnect.org.uk/appgat/home">The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Assistive Technology</a></li><li><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230315160143/http://www.policyconnect.org.uk/appgda/home">The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Data Analytics</a></li></ul><aside class="article-full__callout article-full__callout--right"><div class="article-full__body" style="margin-top: 0px;"><h3>Digital poverty campaign</h3><p>When universities and colleges had to close their sites during coronavirus lockdowns, many students couldn’t access reliable connectivity, and so couldn’t access education. Learners struggled to cover the costs of the mobile phone data they needed to complete their coursework remotely, faced unreliable wifi, or had to battle housemates and family members over bandwidth. Our <a href="/web/20230315160143/https://www.jisc.ac.uk/digital-experience-insights">latest student digital insights survey</a> found that 62% of students in higher education (<span class="lexicon-term has-tooltip" title="higher education"><abbr title="higher education">HE</abbr></span>) and 36% in further education (<span class="lexicon-term has-tooltip" title="further education"><abbr title="further education">FE</abbr></span>) experience poor wifi connection, and 22% in <span class="lexicon-term has-tooltip" title="higher education"><abbr title="higher education">HE</abbr></span> and 15% in <span class="lexicon-term has-tooltip" title="further education"><abbr title="further education">FE</abbr></span> struggle with mobile data costs when learning online.</p><p>Working with our sector partners, we’ve spent the last year campaigning to raise awareness and find a solution. It’s our bread and butter in the public affairs team and we led the way. We’ve had some real success since our initial call to government in April 2020.</p><ul><li>23 April 2020 - we came together with the <span class="lexicon-term has-tooltip" title="Association of Colleges"><abbr title="Association of Colleges">AoC</abbr></span>, <span class="lexicon-term has-tooltip" title="Universities UK"><abbr title="Universities UK">UUK</abbr></span>, and Ucisa to ask DCMS and OFCOM to <a href="/web/20230315160143/https://www.jisc.ac.uk/news/sector-leaders-call-on-government-to-make-education-websites-free-for-uk-students-24-apr-2020">zero-rate educational websites</a></li><li>27 May 2020 - Scottish government minister Richard Lochhead MSP wrote in TES in support of Jisc’s call to make education websites free to access for students. Shortly after this, the Scottish Funding Council announced a new £5m fund to tackle digital exclusion among disadvantaged students</li><li>19 January 2021 - Jisc (with <span class="lexicon-term has-tooltip" title="Universities UK"><abbr title="Universities UK">UUK</abbr></span>, Ucisa and Guild <span class="lexicon-term has-tooltip" title="higher education"><abbr title="higher education">HE</abbr></span>) wrote to the education secretary to highlight that <a href="/web/20230315160143/https://www.jisc.ac.uk/news/government-action-called-for-to-lift-he-students-out-of-digital-poverty-18-jan-2021">HE learners were still lacking in quality/cost effective connectivity</a> despite government interventions and the efforts of members</li><li>19 May 2021- Jisc’s public affairs team collaborated with the Department of Education on an engagement plan that saw the <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230315160143/https://repository.jisc.ac.uk/8375/1/minister-donelan-letter-on-eduroam-18-may-2021.pdf">universities minister write to 71 English local authorities</a> asking them to enable eduroam on their govroam network. <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230315160143/https://www.jisc.ac.uk/news/call-for-local-authorities-to-support-students-with-free-wifi-in-public-spaces-19-may-2021">Jisc’s CEO wrote to the Local Government Association’s CEO </a>to back the minister's efforts</li></ul><p>We have provided help with connectivity issues by providing students and learning providers with edubox. Find out more in the <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230315160143/https://repository.jisc.ac.uk/8565/1/Edubox-information-paper.pdf">edubox information paper (pdf)</a></p></div></aside><h2>Position papers</h2><ul><li><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230315160143/https://repository.jisc.ac.uk/8327/1/accessibility-position-paper.pdf">Accessibility policy position paper - levelling up digital equality (pdf)</a> - February 2021</li><li><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230315160143/https://repository.jisc.ac.uk/8298/1/apprenticeships-public-affairs-position-paper.pdf">Apprenticeships - public affairs position paper (pdf)</a> - February 2021 </li></ul><h2>Consultations and submissions</h2><p>Written evidence submitted recently by Jisc includes:</p><ul><li><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230315160143/https://repository.jisc.ac.uk/8756/1/jisc-response-to-lifelong-loan-consultation-may-2022.dotx">Jisc’s response to the Department of Education's consultation on lifelong loan entitlement (.docx)</a>, May 2022</li><li><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230315160143/https://repository.jisc.ac.uk/8450/1/UPPF-student-futures-foundation.pdf">UPP Foundation’s Student Futures Commission (pdf)</a>, July 2021</li><li><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230315160143/https://repository.jisc.ac.uk/8418/1/jisc-written-submission-university-research-regional-levelling-up-inquiry.pdf">Jisc’s response to Higher Education Commission’s Inquiry into Research funding and alleviating regional economic inequality (pdf)</a>, July 2021</li><li><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230315160143/https://repository.jisc.ac.uk/8285/1/house-of-lords-eu-services-committee-feb-2021.pdf">Inquiry into UK-EU Trade and Cooperation agreement, future UK-EU relations: trade in services (pdf)</a>, February 2021</li></ul><section class="is-collapsible is-collapsible--blue user-created "><h3 class="cx_collapsibles__trigger">2020 - written evidence submitted by Jisc</h3><div class="cx_collapsibles__target"><ul><li><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230315160143/https://repository.jisc.ac.uk/8194/1/jiscs-national-data-strategy-consultation-response.pdf">Jisc's National Data Strategy consultation response (pdf)</a>, December 2020</li><li><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230315160143/http://committees.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/12498/html/">The impact of COVID-19 on education and children's services</a>, September 2020</li></ul></div></section><section class="is-collapsible is-collapsible--blue user-created "><h3 class="cx_collapsibles__trigger">2019 - written evidence submitted by Jisc</h3><div class="cx_collapsibles__target"><ul><li><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230315160143/http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/education-committee/adult-skills-and-lifelong-learning/written/104450.html">Education Select Committee’s adult skills and lifelong learning (ASALL) inquiry</a>, August 2019</li></ul></div></section><section class="is-collapsible is-collapsible--blue user-created "><h3 class="cx_collapsibles__trigger">2018 - written evidence submitted by Jisc</h3><div class="cx_collapsibles__target"><ul><li><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230315160143/http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/education-committee/fourth-industrial-revolution/written/85776.html">Education Select Committee’s fourth industrial revolution inquiry</a>, June 2018</li><li><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230315160143/http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/education-committee/school-and-college-funding/written/83865.html">Education Select Committee’s School and college funding inquiry</a>, June 2018</li><li><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230315160143/http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/education-committee/quality-of-apprenticeships-and-skills-training/written/76692.html">Education Select Committee’s Quality of apprenticeships and skills training inquiry</a>, January 2018</li><li><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230315160143/http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/work-and-pensions-committee/assistive-technology/written/77163.html">Work and Pensions Select Committee’s assistive technology inquiry</a>, January 2018</li></ul></div></section><h2>Government contributions</h2><p>Our work with government includes contributions to:</p><ul><li><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230315160143/http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/realising-the-potential-of-technology-in-education">Department for Education's EdTech Strategy - Realising the potential of technology in education</a></li><li><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230315160143/https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-maintaining-further-education-provision/what-fe-colleges-and-providers-will-need-to-do-from-the-start-of-the-2020-autumn-term">National government guidance for further education (FE) colleges on COVID-19</a></li></ul><div class="signpost--highlight article-full__body" style="background: #EEE5EE; border: 2px solid #737;"><h2 style="margin-top: 0px;">Helping drive thought leadership</h2><h3>Research 4.0</h3><p><span style="font-weight: 300;">Jisc supported thinktank Demos in the production of the report, <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230315160143/https://www.jisc.ac.uk/reports/research-4-0-research-in-the-age-of-automation">Research 4.0: Research in the Age of Automation</a>, to enable an independent view of the impact of advanced technologies on the researcher and the research environment.</span> <span style="font-weight: 300;"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230315160143/https://www.jisc.ac.uk/news/jisc-response-to-demos-report-15-sep-2020">Read Jisc's response to the report</a>.</span></p><h3>Education 4.0</h3><p><span style="font-weight: 300;">Education 4.0 is Jisc’s flagship thought leadership initiative, launched at UUK’s vice chancellor conference in 2018. It encompasses Jisc’s vision for the education sector up until 2030 to enable colleges and universities to prepare students for the demands of Industry 4.0, by harnessing advanced technologies to modernise <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230315160143/https://www.jisc.ac.uk/blog/lets-build-back-better-on-post-covid-digital-transformation-25-nov-2020">teaching, learning and even exam-free assessment</a>.</span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 300;">This project has established a framework for the public affairs team’s policy and spending review work to position investment in the required technology and infrastructure needed to support the innovation education 4.0 delivers across artificial intelligence, mixed reality and data analytics. 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