BBC Coverage here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-24154504
On 19 September 2013 10:39, Martin Poulter <[email protected]> wrote: > Good news from Wales, forwarded from the OER-Discuss list. There was also > this follow-up statement: "Higher Education Wales (the Welsh branch of > UniversitesUK) have agreed to a common statement of principles which was > signed by the last of the [university Vice Chancellors] yesterday. It > should appear on their website shortly." > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Haydn Blackey <[email protected]> > Date: 19 September 2013 08:05 > Subject: Doing OER in HE nationally > To: [email protected] > > > Hi all, > > I’m glad to be able to announce the work we have been engaged with in > Wales for the last few months. > > Today Wales is able to confirm the commitment of all Welsh Higher > Education institutions to the adoption of Open Educational principles to > support Open Education Resources and Open Education Practice: > > * > http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/news/welsh-universities-commit-to-sharing-course-material-online/2007451.article > *<http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/news/welsh-universities-commit-to-sharing-course-material-online/2007451.article> > As you can imagine getting all the nation’s VCs to commit to this has been > a time consuming, but we hope valuable exercise. Now to deliver on the > promise of this collaberation. > Cheers, > Haydn > *Haydn Blackey > **Head of the Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching* │*Pennaeth > Canolfan Rhagoriaeth Dysgu ac Addysgu > **Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching* │*Canolfan Rhagoriaeth > Dysgu ac Addysgu** > **University of South Wales* │*Prifysgol De Cymru > **Pontypridd *│*Pontypridd > **Wales*│*Cymru > **CF37 1DL* > Tel │Ffôn: *+44 (0)1443 654331* > *[email protected]* <[email protected]> > *http://www.southwales.ac.uk* <http://www.southwales.ac.uk> > > > > > -- > Dr Martin L Poulter > Jisc Wikimedia Ambassador, July 2013 - March 2014 > Wikipedia contributor http://enwp.org/User:MartinPoulter > Volunteer, Wikimedia UK > http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:MartinPoulter<http://uk.wikimedia.org/> > Musician http://soundcloud.com/martin-poulter > http://myspace.com/comapilot > Person http://infobomb.org/ > -- Dr Martin L Poulter Jisc Wikimedia Ambassador, July 2013 - March 2014 Wikipedia contributor http://enwp.org/User:MartinPoulter Volunteer, Wikimedia UK http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:MartinPoulter<http://uk.wikimedia.org/> Musician http://soundcloud.com/martin-poulter http://myspace.com/comapilot Person http://infobomb.org/
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