This January I was fortunate enough to be able to attend the BETT show again, keeping up my consecutive run of visits for the fourth year. I stopped by on Friday for around four hours to get an idea of what sort of technologies are making headway in education this year and to generally keep… Read More »
I have been attending the NHS-HE forum since 2005 and have found it a really useful event where I can meet with members from a wide variety of National Health Service and Higher Education institutions. The presentations are always varied and stimulating, covering topics relating to research data and systems, NHS governance issues, JANET networking… Read More »
About 10 years ago I asked my son (now aged 27) if he had to choose between either the family Internet connection or the television, which would he choose? For him it was a no-brainer, Internet every time. Now he has his own home with no TV but a large computer monitor in the lounge… Read More »
“Using mobile technologies in Undergraduate Medical Education: The Manchester Experience” Dr. Colin Lumsden speaking at the University of Bristol Education Excellence Seminar, January 2014. Yesterday we were very glad to welcome Dr. Colin Lumsden (Manchester Medical School, Paediatric Consultant and Academic e-Learning Lead) to our first Education Excellence Seminar of 2014. Colin has pioneered the use… Read More »
The wi-fi service Eduroam is now available for staff and students to use at Weston General Hospital and Academy. A one year pilot has been launched by IT Services and the Medical Education e-Learning team at the University of Bristol, and IT staff at Weston General Hospital. If successful, the pilot will become a University… Read More »