UK federation - Schools
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Benefits to Schools participating in the UK Federation
The UK federation provides a number of benefits to the schools sector. Schools can also enjoy additional benefits through aggregated service provision, via the Local Authorities or Regional Broadband Consortia in England, Learning and Teaching Scotland and Classroom 2000 in Northern Ireland..
UK Access Management Federation Review Meeting
The UK federation held a review meeting for organizations within the schools sector on
10 October at the Church House Conference Centre, Westminster.
To view a summary of the event
To take a look at the full notes from the meeting.
Aims/Objectives of the UK federation
JANET(UK) are working with Becta in promoting the benefits of federated access management to the schools sector by running a programme of information and support to schools sector organisations. Our aim is to encourage schools organisations and online service providers to the schools sector to join the UK federation and implement the necessary open source software that will provide them with a framework for authentication and authorisation capable of granting individual learners with secure ‘anywhere, anytime’ access to educational resources that does not rely on the release of personal data.
Useful Documents
News
Colleges invited to participate in call
Useful Links
UK federation service development
Authorisation, Authentication and Identity projects
Events
Shaping the future of Access Management for Schools - Event
The UK federation and Becta invited key individuals from identity providers and service providers, to attend a meeting on 1 October 2008 to discuss specific issues facing organisations within this sector. To see what was covered in this meeting, please click on the above link.
Schools sector organisations should contact Frances Burton with any queries concerning their participation in the UK Access Management Federation.