From the monthly archives:

September 2010

UWE Student Consultancy Projects offer free ICT support

by Kevin 23/09/2010 in Bristol

Applications for the University of the West of England’s 2010/11 round of popular Student Consultancy Projects are now invited from prospective client organisations in and around the Bristol area. Participating organisations benefit from free consultancy on systems analysis, information management and strategy, web design or other ICT-related matters, in exchange for hosting a project team.
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B-Open Commissions Announced

by sarah 14/09/2010 in Bristol

Many thanks to all those who submitted a proposal for B-Open strand of  Media Sandbox 2010. We are delighted to announce the commissioned projects:
1. Overlay Media will develop a digital map to help people with restricted mobility, such as wheelchair users, older people and people with pushchairs, find the best and easiest route between two [...]

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Live Webcast: Roundtable Discussion about the Council’s Future Web Platform

by Kevin 09/09/2010 in Bristol

Earlier in the year, Bristol City Council invited a wide range of people from the local digital community to come along to an event to discuss the Councils web presence.  At the time, BCC were part way through a procurement exercise to buy a new web platform – an all in one [...]

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Bristol City Council launches Green ICT Strategy

by Kevin 09/09/2010 in Bristol

The Council has recently launched it’s Green ICT Strategy which is intended to help reduced fuel bills, lower carbon emissions, cut carbon bills (under the Carbon Reduction Commitment) and encourage more sustainable outcomes from its spending.
Some of the benefits to Bristol outlined in the strategy go beyond purely environmental issues. One of the initiatives will [...]

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Free Training session “Create You Own Community Web-Site Using Wordpress”

by Kevin 06/09/2010 in Bristol

Knowle West Media Centre are holding a series of workshops aimed at teaching the skills required to develop a community website using Wordpress. Wordpress is a quick and free way of creating a web-site. By the end of the session all attendees will have created their own basic site.
There will be three identical 2.5 [...]

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International Telecommunications Union Global ICT Statistics

by Kevin 03/09/2010 in Bristol

The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) is the leading United Nations agency for information and communication technology issues. It publishes a huge rage of statistics about ICT and its impact across the world, as well as promoting international good practice in areas such as Accessibility, Next Generation Broadband and  ICT and climate change.
Some of the more [...]

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