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A report on a programme which aims to facilitate the development and embedding of inclusive policies and practices to enhance widening participation and disability equality to improve the learning experience of students from under represented groups.

Get SMART!\nWhat is SMART?\nSMART (Skills Mapping and Reflection Tool) relates to the HE Academy's professional standards framework and the University's professional development framework that all staff involved in teaching and student support should satisfy.\nIt offers a series of statements based on the frameworks and gives you the opportunity to reflect on your teaching practice and judge your level of confidence. Having identified your strengths and areas for improvement, you can then use SMART to focus, plan and record your development.

Twitoaster threads and archives your twitter conversations, bringing you all the background, context and statistics you need. It's all about improving & optimizing the way you communicate with your followers. Conversation threading Twitoaster groups replies and retweets with the tweets that inspired them, displaying threaded discussions. Analytics charts and statistics Twitoaster provides analytics and statistics, helping you to tweet at the right time. Conversational search engine Twitoaster archives and indexes all your conversations in a conversational search engine.

Learning Without Frontiers is a disruptive think tank that brings together global thought leaders, innovators and practitioners from the education, entertainment and technology sectors to explore new ways of improving learning at a transformational level. As part of this activity we host online communities, publish unique and valuable content, host rapidly expanding international conferences and develop programmes to identify exceptional new talent.

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The focus of iPad Academy is the iPad in higher education. The primary audience is the professionals who work there, the faculty and staff who want to know more about using the iPad in teaching, learning and professional development. This site is for educators and trainers who want to improve their own iPad knowledge and skills, and in doing so, help colleagues, coworkers and students do the same.

Abstract Blogs, mailing lists and networking sites are much in the news, but how effective are they for business users? David Thew is Joint MD of an executive search and recruitment consultancy with an active need to identify and contact people on a targeted basis. In this article he profiles LinkedIn, the business networking membership site that has become a key channel for him and his staff. David looks at key features and benefits and also discusses areas where he feels there is room for improvement