The newly published report of the Councillors Commission makes recommendations regarding the following,
Encouraging people who are able, qualified and representative to be candidates to serve as councillors.
Retaining and developing them once they are elected (or appointed under the Local Government Act 2000).
Enabling them to secure public interest and recognition for the work they carry out [...]
DepicT! short film competition, part of the renowned Encounters International Short Film Festival (Wed 21 – Sun 25 Nov ‘07), once again challenges filmmakers from across the globe to come up with a compelling, imaginative idea and distil it into 90 seconds of cinematic originality.Not only will shortlisted films gain priceless industry exposure at Encounters, [...]
Today is Safer Internet Day, which almost 40 countries will participate in. Taking place for the fourth year running, the event is organised by European Schoolnet, coordinator of Insafe, the European safer internet network (www.saferinternet.org).
The highlight of the day will once again be a worldwide blogathon, publishing the voices of hundreds of youngsters from across [...]
Connecting Bristol’s final bid was submitted today to the Digital Challenge team in London.
Hand-made in Bristol, the bid was submitted in a specially designed box which also featured a poster of the city’s vision, an audio summary and a ten minute film.
An electronic version of the full bid and all of the enclosures can be [...]
Community at Heart’s Arts & Media Project are currently programming the second Barton Hill Animation Festival for March 2007 and are looking for submissions from both professionals or amateurs for this celebration of animation. If you would like to submit an animation, send it as either an AVI or MOV file on DVD to:
Tracy [...]
Congratulations to the team behind Brunel’s Britain, a key stage two e-learning site produced by Bristol-based Available Light for GridClub and Teachers’ TV, which has been nominated for a BAFTA Interactive Award at this years Children’s Awards.
This radio debate happens tonight on BBC Radio 3 (90-93FM) from 9:30pm to 10:30pm GMT as part of the BBC’s Freethinking festival. Featuring Adam Montandon from the HMC MediaLab in Plymouth, Dr Fiona Coyle, former Bristol academic and Philosopher Dylan Evans and Nick Bostrom, leading spokesman for “transhumanism”.
You can also listen online for up to [...]
Futurelab today launch the Create-A-Scape website, with the support of the DfES and HP Labs, to enable teachers and students to create mediascapes as easily as possible and to find all the resources they need to make them in one place.
A mediascape is composed of sounds and images placed virtually outside. The images and sounds [...]
Bristol-based education innovator Futurelab have invented what it hopes could become a revolutionary toy which keeps children healthy as well as entertained. A Fizzee is like a watch in that it straps to a child’s wrist and inside it lives a small digital creature, or pet, which is powered by the child’s movement.