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  ** NISS Advisor **          Contents  *  Research Councils' Graduate 
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      Issue 152                         *  DfEE School and College 
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   17th November 2000                   *  Offer from ComputerWire   
             
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** Research Councils' Graduate Schools Programme website
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NISS provides a hosting and website development service that is already 
utilised by a number of organisations and bodies. The UK Research 
Councils' Graduate Schools Programme (RCGSP) website has recently been 
added to this portfolio of sites and services and is now available at 
http://www.gradschools.ac.uk/

As explained on the website, "The Graduate Schools Programme began in 1968 
and is now the main provider of personal skills training to postgraduate 
students. 

Its mission is to be the outstanding, innovative and cost effective 
provider of personal and career skills training for postgraduate students 
and to make a significant contribution to transferable skills training in 
postgraduate education as a whole."

The work of the Graduate Schools Programme falls into six main areas:

* Programme of National Courses
* National Workshops
* Materials Development
* Prime Skills for Engineers
* Collaborative Programmes
* Facilitation Training

The website provides information about the RCGSP and its activities, 
including details of its courses throughout the UK and an online 
application form. 


** DfEE School and College Performance Tables
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NISS also works with the UK Government's Department for Education and 
Employment (DfEE) to make its Schools and College Performance Tables 
available online. The Tables can be accessed via the page at  
http://www.dfee.gov.uk/perform.shtml and data for 2000 will include:

* 2000 Primary School Performance Tables 
* 2000 Secondary School Performance Tables 
* 2000 School and College (16-18) Performance Tables 
* 2000 National Pupil Absence Tables 
* 2000 Post-16 Value Added Pilot 

With the exception of the Primary Schools Performance Tables all the other 
2000 material is now available. The Primary Tables are expected to become 
available shortly. The page also provides access to data for 1997, 1998 
and 1999.

You can link to the Performance Tables pages as well as other 
education-related Governmental sites and information from the NISS page at 
http://www.niss.ac.uk/world/ukgovernment.html


** Offer from ComputerWire
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Users suffering withdrawal symptoms following the closure of the NISS 
Computergram Service and the absence of daily IT-related news headlines 
may be interested in a recent notification from CHEST about an offer for 
alternative products from ComputerWire:

"CHEST Data Contacts at all UK Universities should by now have received a 
letter from ComputerWire with details of a site licence scheme for access 
to various databases; £300 + VAT is the annual cost of a site licence for 
ComputerGram International and Network Briefing Daily; £1,000 (+ VAT) is 
the annual cost of a site licence for IT Knowledge Centre and Technology 
Decision Matrix (this package includes ComputerGram International and 
Network Briefing Daily).  Full details of ordering and for evaluating 
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http://www.computerwire.com/chest/  The offer is open to all CHEST Sites, 
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The ComputerWire products will enable you to keep up to date with latest 
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They are aslo useful for students in Computing and Business Studies, and 
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