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News While the US has ready-made communities of developers working together with leading universities to secure investment, British software developers often struggle much more to gain access to venture capital funding. [23 Oct 2009]
Naked CIO: Put more business in IT education
Comment After reading a recent CIO Jury on whether universities are preparing youth properly for IT challenges, I began to think about why higher education is not effective. What can be done to better train students for the IT... [12 Oct 2009]
iPhones unshackled, IT wages revealed and outsourcing explained
News But how good are the UK's universities at turning out the skilled professionals that the tech industry needs? Once again, September saw another fresh crop of students head off to university for the first time, on their... [06 Oct 2009]
Cyber Liability & Higher Education Aon Professional Risk Solutions
White Paper Due to the nature and complexity of operations and the academic culture of open access, educational institutions, and in particular, large research-oriented universities, face unique exposures related to the internet and... [05 Oct 2009]
Safe Campus Solutions: Going Beyond Emergency Notification - Alcatel-Lucent Dynamic Communications Solutions for Education
White Paper Many have implemented standardized school lockdown procedures, however, universities with open, expansive campuses, more transient populations, and a student body of legally adult citizens need more advanced emergency... [02 Oct 2009]
Tech skills: UK Plc told to get its hands dirty and help students
News Additional help the CBI would like to see businesses offer includes more opportunities for students to do internships, placements, work experience and projects; and developing closer working relationships with universities. [21 Sep 2009]
Follett Protects Customer Data and Complies With PCI DSS With Thales
White Paper The Follett Higher Education Group (FHEG) sells more than 20 million textbooks annually in stores and online, and it operates more than 700 campus book stores for colleges and universities. Since it began operating... [19 Sep 2009]
Collaboratively Leading Institutional Effectiveness Efforts in Higher Education Institutions: How Can We Cohesively Build All Four Legs of the Chair to Support the Strongest Institutional
White Paper Institutional effectiveness has become so important to colleges and universities that the language is embedded in accreditation and strategic efforts; institutional cultures are being transformed as human, fiscal and... [16 Sep 2009]
Academic Competition Leads the Way to a New Electric Car
White Paper The University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT) is one of 17 North American Universities participating in EcoCAR: The NeXt Challenge, a three-year engineering competition established by the United States... [12 Sep 2009]
Google Apps: Five million students getting a cloud education
News A map created by Google to show universities using Google Apps(Screenshot: silicon.com) As students get ready to head back to university this autumn, five million of them will be using Google Apps. The number of students... [09 Sep 2009]
Photos: Game over for boring business training
Photo An earlier version of INNOV8 has been offered to universities since 2007. Today, the game is being used to teach business students in about 1,000 different universities worldwide. The player plays a... [08 Sep 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 04.09.09
Round-Up IT graduates are leaving UK universities without the business and technical competencies that employers need to survive or even appear vaguely attractive to prospective employers, according to silicon.com's CIO Jury. [04 Sep 2009]
IT graduates failing to make the business grade, say UK tech chiefs
News IT graduates are leaving UK universities without the business and technical competencies that employers need, according to silicon.com's CIO Jury. The majority of the jury said they believe universities... [02 Sep 2009]
Georgia Institute of Technology Increases Efficiencies and Improves Business Intelligence With Campus Recreation Software
White Paper Located in Atlanta, Georgia Tech is consistently ranked among the top ten public universities in U.S. News & World Report and stands as one of the oldest and most respected technological research... [01 Sep 2009]
University Moves to Head of the Class With Microsoft Full-Decision Support System
White Paper A leading modern university, Northumbria is one of the largest universities in the UK, offering almost 500 courses on either a full-time, part-time or distance learning basis. With increasing governances and fiscal... [01 Sep 2009]
