Benefits to Schools

Learners and teachers:

• log-in once per session to access resources from all service providers that are members of the federation, and that the user is authorised to access
• can be confident that the user's privacy is preserved as no personal information need be disclosed to third parties.
• are able to access licensed resources from outside the school environment, such as at home or in a public library

Schools:

• are freed from the burdens of managing numerous licenses to allow users access to on-line resources and can enjoy the benefits of aggregated service provision through their Regional Broadband Consortium or Local Authority
• no longer need to assign multiple usernames and passwords to allow them to access members’ resources.
• can more easily comply with regulatory requirements, such as those of the Data Protection Act 1998
• have the potential to use the same access management system for all resources, both internal and external