Entries Tagged as ‘technology’

5 November, 2009

Artistic Merit?

Peter Mandelson has announced a new Higher Education blueprint, Higher Ambitions.

Among many measures, one thing Mandelson wants is greater funding and more priority given to science and technology subjects.
So…is it worth studying subjects in Arts and Humanities any more?
The Chronicle says “Just Don’t Go”.
Savvy Student says it “Isn’t Such a Bad Idea”.
What say you?

3 September, 2009

Creative talent…help me choose!

I’ve been asked to help find a student with a great creative talent.  That student could win big.
Next Generation Talent is a competition sponsored by Panasonic that will award one person a 42-inch High Definition TV, HD Camcorder, digital camera and Blu-ray player.  On top of that, they’ll get a 2-week placement at [...]

23 June, 2009

Online learning fund to benefit both online and off?

Universities are being asked today to work together to bid for money to develop new e-learning projects.  David Lammy (Minister for Higher Education) is hoping to help ensure UK universities are at the forefront of online distance learning.  Lammy announced a £20million learning innovation fund to allow better access to online learning.
Among other things, a [...]

29 January, 2008

Recruiting in Other Worlds: Are You Prepared For Virtual Interviews?

Earlier today, I received a comment on a previous post about jobs and CVs.  LJ asked an interesting question:
“I wonder what advice you would give someone facing a virtual interview?”
Virtual interviews are a recent development to recruitment.  They’ve been used more as a taste of the future, but the results have resulted in possible job offers.  Some people [...]

21 November, 2007

E-Book Readers – The Future or a Damp Squib?

There’s been a lot of hype about Amazon’s new e-book reader, the Kindle.

There are already many sites talking about the device (and that’s just a random selection), so I’ll let you read up on it elsewhere if you don’t know about it already.  But I was wondering just how practical something like this would be for [...]