This article from CNET discusses the representation of British innovation in the Olympic opening Ceremony, including that Tim Berners-Lee made an appearance. -
Olympic opening ceremony made tech history for me - By Rich Trenholm on 30 July 2012 - http://crave.cnet.co.uk/gadgets/olympic-opening-ceremony-made-tech-history-for-me-50008746/
Monday, July 30, 2012
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
UK science to be freely available
This post summarizes a BBC article about funding of journal publishing -
"Under new proposals the government will pay publishers a fee each time a paper is published."
UK science to be freely available - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18860276 -
"The government is to develop plans to make publicly funded research results freely available to all.
Currently, scientists and members of the public have to pay the leading scientific journals to see research that has already been paid for from the public purse.
Under new proposals the government will pay publishers a fee each time a paper is published.
In return the research will be available to those who wish to see it.
The total cost of the subsidy is estimated to be £50m a year which will be taken from funds that would otherwise have been spent on research."
Related article - Berkeley signs up online with Harvard and MIT - By Sean Coughlan BBC News education correspondent - 24 July 2012 - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-18972376.
"Under new proposals the government will pay publishers a fee each time a paper is published."
UK science to be freely available - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18860276 -
"The government is to develop plans to make publicly funded research results freely available to all.
Currently, scientists and members of the public have to pay the leading scientific journals to see research that has already been paid for from the public purse.
Under new proposals the government will pay publishers a fee each time a paper is published.
In return the research will be available to those who wish to see it.
The total cost of the subsidy is estimated to be £50m a year which will be taken from funds that would otherwise have been spent on research."
Related article - Berkeley signs up online with Harvard and MIT - By Sean Coughlan BBC News education correspondent - 24 July 2012 - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-18972376.
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
UK university joins US online partnership
I studied one of these courses, this was from Stanford University -
This is an interesting article about the first British university to join the online university project.
"Edinburgh University is to be the first UK institution to join an influential US-based online university project. Edinburgh is part of a major expansion in the Coursera project - which is going to see 12 more universities providing online courses. The online platform was set up this year with content from US institutions including Stanford and Princeton."
UK university joins US online partnership - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-18857999 - By Sean Coughlan BBC News education correspondent - 17 July 2012.
"An important part of this online development is its global reach - and the Coursera project is announcing three partners outside the US - Toronto in Canada and the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne in Switzerland, as well as Edinburgh."
"In terms of profile-raising, it means that Edinburgh's online courses will be available alongside some of the biggest names in US higher education."
This is an interesting article about the first British university to join the online university project.
"Edinburgh University is to be the first UK institution to join an influential US-based online university project. Edinburgh is part of a major expansion in the Coursera project - which is going to see 12 more universities providing online courses. The online platform was set up this year with content from US institutions including Stanford and Princeton."
UK university joins US online partnership - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-18857999 - By Sean Coughlan BBC News education correspondent - 17 July 2012.
"An important part of this online development is its global reach - and the Coursera project is announcing three partners outside the US - Toronto in Canada and the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne in Switzerland, as well as Edinburgh."
"In terms of profile-raising, it means that Edinburgh's online courses will be available alongside some of the biggest names in US higher education."
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