Spring 2016 – successful projects

Following the IT Innovation pitch event on June 1st, these projects have been offered and accepted funding: Diversifying the University Voice – researcher/student mobile trails. Based at TORCH in collaboration with the Pitt Rivers Museum (abstract) Effective Computing for Research Reproducibility. … Continue reading

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go_girl Symposium

(by Anne Geniets) go_girl: code + create is an interdisciplinary project at the Department of Education. In line with Oxford’s targets in its Access Agreement with the Office for Fair Access, the project set out to complement existing programmes aimed … Continue reading

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Project presentation: Bibliotech

— By David Sherwood, project manager of the 2015 Bibliotech IT Innovation student project — Bibliotech is the Spotify for Textbooks. Undergraduates find textbooks awkward and overly expensive. We make the entire reading list affordable and provide an advanced search … Continue reading

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IT Innovation Challenges 2016/17 to be suspended for staff

Following a meeting of IT Committee on Monday 18 April where the financial challenges faced by the University and particular the IT Capital Plan were discussed, it was decided that for 16/17 the IT Innovation Challenges for staff will be … Continue reading

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May update

In the lovely month of Maying, activities for IT Innovation Challenges have centred on new projects. Some of the student projects have started and are making good progress. Others are not due to run until the summer, but even there … Continue reading

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