New JISC resource showcases improved access to services

Posted on Wednesday, 22 December 2010

With the increasing pressure on budgets and performance in UK colleges and universities, now is a good time to really think about improving access to your organisation's internal services through effective access and identity management.

JISC's new online publication Access Unlimited. Access Protected http://www.jisc.ac.uk/improvingservices includes a range of institutional case studies which illustrate how federated access management technology can provide innovative solutions to a range of day-to-day problems.

Nicole Harris at JISC Advance says:

"If you are seriously thinking about how to improve the user experience on a low budget, I definitely recommend you take a look."

The case studies demonstrate how federated access management can enhance the student experience and improve online careers services, eliminate inefficiencies and reduce costs through better business process such as e-recruitment, and create opportunities for partnership and collaborative working in research and the wider community.

David Harrison, Assistant Director Strategy & Engagement at Cardiff University said:

"Both the technology and the UK Access Management Federation have been around for some time, but now we¹re seeing imaginative examples of how the approach and technology can be used by institutions to bring real business benefit as well as improve the user experience."

http://www.jisc.ac.uk/improvingservices Edited by SteveGlover on 02 February 2011, at 03:05 PM