Category Archives: Initiatives

Enhancing employability for STEM students through improved understanding of the industrial-commercial context

Posted on March 15, 2012 by helenw

The Biopharma Skills Consortium (comprising the Universities of Reading, Surrey, Brighton, Kent, Portsmouth, the Open University and the Royal Veterinary College) recently made a successful bid for HE STEM funding to develop resources to improve STEM students’ awareness of the … Continue reading →

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Building a social network for scientists

Posted on February 10, 2012 by Nadja Guggi

Post from Bethan Harris, Department of Meteorology. www.afclix.org is the web-portal of the African Climate Exchange project at the UoR Meteorology Department.  Afclix is a social networking site, where each member has a profile, can create collaborative projects with other … Continue reading →

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What should we be teaching our students?

Posted on January 31, 2012 by silchesterdig

Archaeology and Digital Technology: The Old and the New Archaeology then….. In 2006 Oxford Archaeology, one of the largest independent archaeology practices in Europe, was the 2nd biggest employer of ALL University of Reading students – and a sizeable percentage … Continue reading →

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IT Support as bite-sized learning opportunities

Posted on January 16, 2012 by patparslow

In the dim and distant past, I used to work for a large utility company as Information Systems Support Coordinator for their Engineering department.  My job functions included 1st, 2nd and 3rd level support, IT training, a bit of development … Continue reading →

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Try something new today…

Posted on January 12, 2012 by patparslow

Yesterday I was at a SNOW meeting.  That’s Social Networking and Other Web2.0 Technologies group, for those who haven’t run across the (semi) acronym before.  It is a good opportunity to find out more about the range of engagement with … Continue reading →

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