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The Weekly Round-Up: 03.10.08
Round-Up There has been a very good response so far," confirmed the spokesperson before throwing a smoke grenade at the feet of startled reporters and jumping off the car park balcony and releasing a Union Jack parachute. [03 Oct 2008]
Questys Solutions Case Study: Southwest Vermont Supervisory Union
White Paper The Southwest Vermont Supervisory Union (SVSU) wanted to keep records on students for seven years, creating an excess of paper. They are growing; their space is not, said systems administrator for SVSU. [18 Jul 2008]
Progressive District Uses E-rate Funds to Implement a Network for the Future
White Paper El Monte Union High School District, in El Monte, CA, enrolls approximately 10,000 students and is comprised of 6 high schools, an adult school and a district office. El Monte wanted to replace its... [18 Jul 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 25.01.08
Round-Up The wispy goatees of the National Union of Students (NUS) officers were quivering with rage as they described the revelation in the leaked National Identity Scheme Delivery Strategy document as "morally... [25 Jan 2008]
Students revolt against being ID card guinea pigs
News The National Union of Students (NUS) described the revelation in the leaked National Identity Scheme Delivery Strategy document as "morally reprehensible" and said it would bog students... [24 Jan 2008]
Top 10 government IT stories of the year
News In August, the Identity and Passport Service's (IPS) Framework Procurement was published in the Official Journal of the European Union, inviting potential suppliers to pitch for the lucrative ID card contracts. [19 Dec 2007]
Networking Academy Program Launches Singapore Shipping Coordinator Into Promising New IT Career
White Paper With the encouragement and support of his wife, he decided to follow his dream by enrolling in the Cisco Networking Academy Program through Singapore's National Trade Union Congress (NTUC). The CNAP is a comprehensive... [13 Apr 2007]
Photos: The University of Westminster's high tech bar
Photo Welcome to the Intermission Bar at the University of Westminster students' union, where academics come to while away their evenings and their student loans. The union's Rayhan Rafiq Omar... [20 Sep 2006]
Students ditch booze queues with RFID pub tables
News But now the students' union thinks it's found a way for drinkers to escape a busy bar and still get a round in - thanks to RFID tables that deliver orders remotely. Rayhan Rafiq Omar, VP of comms at the... [20 Sep 2006]
Kentucky High School Provides Certification Opportunity for Students, Community
White Paper Ryle High School in Union, Kentucky, wanted to learn more about the program. When Kentucky technical schools began requiring Microsoft Office Specialist certification of their technology students,... [16 Jun 2006]
What will your mobile look like in 2015?
News As part of the union, Nokia set the designers a brief of creating a mass market mobile - with the winner seeing their design made up by the Finnish firm and receiving an internship with the company this summer. [13 Jun 2006]
ICTs for Education and Building Human Capital
White Paper But getting the best from ICTs depends on several variables, including the appropriate design of software and hardware; the training and attitude of instructors; and the realization that different students have different... [25 May 2005]
BT tempts students with top-up kiosk
News The telco is opening mobile top-up kiosks - where users can pop in and put credit on their pay-as-you-go phones - in three locations: Milton Keynes shopping centre, Basingstoke's Festival Place shopping centre and the University of Derby... [05 Jan 2005]
'Green' workplaces: Good for your bottom line and the planet
News Environmental issues are a key concern for union workers, according to Noon and a 2002 TUC study. A case study on the Sustainable Workforce site explains how the Scottish Agricultural College in Edinburgh cut its annual... [28 Apr 2004]
Computerised exams to be in school in "next few years"
News A survey conducted last week by the National Union of Teachers found that members were having more trouble telling students' legitimate coursework from pieces downloaded and copied from the net. The... [08 Jan 2004]