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Barbara Janke and Martha Lane Fox talk about Bristol the Digital City

by Stephen Hilton 25/08/2009 in Bristol

Bristol City Council’s Leader Barbara Janke and Martha Lane Fox, Champion for the Governments Digital Inclusion Task Force, discussing the potential impact of Digital Inclusion across the City.

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Bristol plays host to Martha Lane Fox – the Government’s Digital Inclusion Champion

by Stephen Hilton 29/07/2009 in People

Connecting Bristol is delighted that Martha Lane Fox, Digital Inclusion Champion and co-founder of LastMinute.com,  will be visiting Bristol on Friday to find out more about the city’s work on Digital Inclusion and to help formulate ideas for the Government’s new Digital Inclusion Task Force, which Martha Chairs.
Twitter was instrumental in arranging the visit – [...]

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Knowle West Media Centre is seeking to recruit a Web Developer

by Stephen Hilton 14/07/2009 in Bristol

Knowle West Media Centre – Web Developer
6 months contract initially £20k – £25k per annum pro rata dependant on experience

Knowle West Media Centre is looking for a skilled Web Developer to work on in house, community and client websites. You will be able to come up with creative solutions to increase traffic to a number [...]

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BT Announce Faster Broadband for parts of Bristol

by Stephen Hilton 09/07/2009 in Connectivity

Bristol City Council today welcomed BT news that super-fast broadband is to be rolled-out to around 24,000 homes and businesses in and around Bristol.
Three BT exchanges in the city – covering Downend, North Bristol and West Bristol – are among the latest UK locations due to be upgraded next year with super-fast broadband [...]

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Study while you work for a MSc or Post Graduate Diploma in Digital Inclusion

by Stephen Hilton 08/07/2009 in Bristol

People who end up working in Digital Inclusion often start off somewhere completely different.  Connecting Bristol knows of influential digital inclusion practitioners who have studied politics, web usability, archeology and even Fine Art!  Many get involved in Digital Inclusion because it is something they feel passionately about, rather than as a result of [...]

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Digital Mission Bristol – Monday 29th June @ eOffice

by Stephen Hilton 23/06/2009 in Bristol

Digital Mission Bristol
Mon, 29th June, 5-7pm (networking till 8.30)
eOffice Bristol, 11-19 Wine Street, BS1 2PH
FREE REGISTRATION

As part of a series of regional workshops to publicise the Digital Mission trips to the USA in 2009/2010, the UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) and Chinwag will be visiting Bristol on Monday, 29th June.
Digital Missions are a series of [...]

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South Bristol digital mentors update …. 100+ and counting

by Bryn 11/05/2009 in Bristol

The South Bristol digital mentors pledge was started on 29th March 2009. As of today over 100 people have signed the pledge to give an hour of their time to support the project.
The pledge is open until the 30th June 2009, and I’m sure the team at the Knowle West media Centre would like to [...]

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How to make a business case for NextGen access projects

by Matt 31/03/2009 in Connectivity

Alex Roy from Adroit Economics advised delegates on how to make a business case and translate projects ‘on the ground’ into funding from the regional RDAs and the European Commission.  He stressed the need for projects to be clearly defined and for consideration of the likely impact in social and economic terms.
Following Alex’s presentation, a [...]

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Fibrespeed Wales

by Matt 31/03/2009 in Bristol

Chris Smith from Geo delivered a presentation on Fibrespeed Wales, a working model showing open access in practice, and considered the role of public private partnerships in next generation networks and the commercial lessons that can be drawn from it.

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