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RSS fundingScooter simulator set to make Europe's roads safer
News Called Ecotecna, the project has already been awarded 50 per cent of its potential 100,000 euro EC funding. Europe's roads could become a safer place thanks to a virtual reality simulator for scooters. [27 Jul 1998]
Oxford University to run online courses
News Money was raised from the Higher Education Funding Council and from Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft, now at the Virtual Education Foundation, who donated $500,000 for research into the immunology course. [21 Jul 1998]
IT infrastructure gets low billing from UK government
News He has been given enough funding to increase education spending by 5 per cent each year from 1999 to 2002. Investing in the IT infrastructure of the UK health service is not a priority, despite the cash boost of £21bn... [17 Jul 1998]
Health managers could waste telemedicine money
News Horswell was referring to a recent dearth of private sector projects and public funding devoted to telemedicine and telecare. The UK Prime Minster's recent pledge to fund IT innovation in the NHS has met with criticism... [15 Jul 1998]
Computer software could hold the key to Cancer diagnosis
News Cancer Research, which is funding Griffiths' research, began the work on brain cancers because their scans are clearer than any others. The Cancer Research Campaign charity today published details of a computer program... [14 Jul 1998]
Network set up to fight back against biological warfare
News The US government is funding an international network that could eventually be used to spot biological warfare. Defence research group, Sandia Laboratories, has set up pilot trials between rural hospitals in Russia and... [03 Jul 1998]
Health expert warns against cutting IT costs
News Ross Langford, a spokesman for the NHS Executive, acknowledged Maynard's comments but said that IT is just one in a long list of requirements in the health service crying out for funding. A leading health economist has... [01 Jul 1998]
European banks back SME sector
News The scheme is intended to improve the quality of funding decisions, and bring technology-based SMEs in line with those in the US and Japan. A spokesman for the Federation for Small Businesses agreed: "One factor that... [01 Jul 1998]
In brief: DfEE launches plans to boost IT in schools
News A £75m cash injection made up of public and private sector funding will be distributed to local education authorities, allowing them to modernise school resources. The Department for Education and Employment (DfEE) has... [29 Jun 1998]
In brief: Axil suffers funding crisis
News Axil Computer is to have its funding removed by parent company Hyundai. The firm may be forced to close as a result, unless replacement funding can be found. Axil recently signed a deal with Data General... [26 Jun 1998]
UK creator buys back software
News Schroder has raised $3.5bn of funding to develop Dispatcher. Dispatcher-CS, a data warehousing software package that was sold to a US firm, has been bought back by its UK creator. Ian Shepherd set up a new company,... [26 Jun 1998]
Pre-Millennium tension afflicts the NHS
Comment In-fighting doesn't help either: the NHS Executive uses the sheer complexity of the organisation as an excuse, while the health authorities blame their inactivity on a lack of funding and insufficient central planning. [26 Jun 1998]
