Independent Specialist Colleges

Independent Specialist Colleges offer quality inclusive further education for the widest range of learners with learning difficulties and or disabilities. They are diverse, having markedly different ethos and organisations. They are often small and focus on particular types of student intake. Almost all colleges offer extended curricula and have a high proportion of residential students some of whom require very high levels of care.

JISC TechDis facilitate programmes of funding for Independent Specialist Colleges provided by other agencies, notably the Learning and Skills Council. This funding is designed to improve their experience and use of information and learning technologies and to encourage the sharing of the expertise with students built up in the sector.

New Resources Released

In-Folio
In-Folio is the new name for the Independent Specialist College e-Folio which has been produced for Colleges by the Rix Centre, with funding from the Learning & Skills Council (LSC) working with JISC TechDis.

Assistive Technology and Assistive and Augmentative Communication in the UK
JISC TechDis, in collaboration with E.A. Draffan, have produced a report on the provision and support of Assistive Technology in the UK. The report covers the assessment, funding and support of AT across an individual's lifetime from birth, throughout education and into adult life and includes links to relevant research, funding bodies and other and useful contacts.

The Specialist College Pages

What JISC TechDis does for Independent Specialist Colleges
The Independent Specialist Colleges Advisory Group
The LSC Funding Programme for Independent Specialist Colleges
The Innovation Fund
Kickstart
The Part-Funded Technicians Scheme
JANET Connections for Independent Specialist Colleges
The Independent Specialist Colleges Newsletter
NATSPEC