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BETT 2012
I didn’t think BETT was as manic as in previous years, but I don’t usually go on the first day, so maybe it’s always like that. And Mr Gove was there to open it, so I’m sure he had a … Continue reading
Garr Reynolds returns
Last year we were lucky to have Garr Reynolds, author of Presentation Zen, to come along and talk to members of the University. The event was very popular and well received. Well, Garr is visiting the UK again, and has … Continue reading
Campus MovieFest – You missed it!
Over 50 groups signed up to make a film through the Campus MovieFest initiative. After what must have been a very busy weekend of filming, they returned their equipment – and their films – on Tuesday. From what I saw … Continue reading
Campus MovieFest – Make a film for FREE!
Campus MovieFest is the world’s largest student film festival, and it is coming to the University of Oxford on October 19th. If you are a student – and you don’t mind a sleepless week (what’s new ) – and you … Continue reading
Post Doctoral Researchers’ IT Needs
What IT support do post doctoral researchers need? We could make some intelligent guesses – we have a lot of experience here at OUCS in helping researchers through our courses, our Help Desk and our Research Technologies Service – but … Continue reading
No more bullet points?
Oxford University has been around for over 800 years – and it has many traditions. PowerPoint has only been around for 23 years but it too has its own traditions. The ‘traditional’ PowerPoint presentation is one bulleted slide after another, … Continue reading
Skills Toolkit Part 2
So a second week of skills toolkit sessions has come to a close with another 150 or so students passing through. The sessions have been almost universally judged a success by the attendees and the tool minders, and we will … Continue reading
Skills Toolkit
140 students and counting. Over the last week, together with the University’s Libraries and Careers services, we have run 7 skills toolkit sessions. At each session we choose tools that we think post graduate students will find useful in their studies … Continue reading
Insomnia
About 30 undergraduates from all around the University might have been sleeples for 24 hours earlier in the week. The two Apple campus student reps organised an Insomnia film competiton, and the prize giving was here at OUCS last night. … Continue reading
Open Toolkit
Last week we held another successful Skills Toolkit event here in the IT Learning Programme. This is where we give research students the opportunity to try out a collection of tools that they might find useful in their research and … Continue reading →