UPlaCe is a JISC funded Repositories Start-up and Enhancement project
The University of Plymouth Colleges (UPC) Faculty at the University of Plymouth has a requirement to develop a repository which will meet the needs of a regional partnership and is capable of storing a range of materials including:
- teaching materials that can be used with a range of VLEs in use across the partnership
- research outputs that can be used in a research informed teaching context
- administrative documentation used to support a range of programmes
- documentation to assist with Integrated Quality and Enhancement Reviews (IQERs)
The UPlaCe project will investigate methodologies and technologies to support:
* academic staff involved in HE in FE to search, access, use and repackage Learning Objects
* the storage and access to suitable research outputs for use in a research informed teaching context
* the storage and access to administrative documentation used to support a range of programmes
* the storage and access documentation to assist with Integrated Quality and Enhancement Reviews (IQERs)
UPlaCe aims to support the needs of lifelong learners, academic and administrative staff via the sharing of resources and by providing suitable support in the use and embedding of the Repository.
Additionally UPlaCe will use existing and newly formed Communities of Practice to allow participants across the region to interact, communicate and the share of ideas, experiences and knowledge.
The UPlaCe repository can be accessed at http://www.uplace.org.uk
