June update

Posted on July 3, 2016 by Ylva Berglund Prytz

June started with the pitch event for the Spring 2016 challenge. The panel was impressed by the ideas and presentations, and offered funding to five projects, four of which have now signed the official award agreement (the fifth project has … Continue reading →

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Spring 2016 – successful projects

Posted on June 24, 2016 by Ylva Berglund Prytz

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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Project presentation: Bibliotech

Posted on June 12, 2016 by Ylva Berglund Prytz

— 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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May update

Posted on June 5, 2016 by Ylva Berglund Prytz

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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New project : MYSH – work on the App is starting!

Posted on May 20, 2016 by Ylva Berglund Prytz

(By Hadassah Buechner) MYSH stands for ‘manage your self-harm’. This student-led project is designing an App to help any member of the University, in an accessible, informal format. The App aims to be “a tool for people who self-harm to … Continue reading →

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CabiNET

Posted on May 12, 2016 by Ylva Berglund Prytz

The CabiNET project (also known as Between Text and Object), funded by the IT Innovation Challenges in the Trinity term round 2015,  recently presented their work in a talk for the Research Uncovered series, organised by the Centre for Digital … Continue reading →

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April update

Posted on May 5, 2016 by Ylva Berglund Prytz

April has been and and gone with plenty of showers, not always so sweet. For IT Innovation, April was a busy month. Work has continued on getting the successful projects from the Autumn round set up and ready to start, … Continue reading →

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Kick-off meeting

Posted on May 3, 2016 by Ylva Berglund Prytz

Since the announcements of the successful projects funded in the autumn round of the IT Innovation Challenges much work has been going on to get the projects set up and started. It is not only a question of getting the account … Continue reading →

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ORLiMS – completed project

Posted on April 28, 2016 by Ylva Berglund Prytz

— By Craig Finlay — In 2015, the Social Science Library embarked on the ORLiMS (Online Reading List Management System) project, with funding from the IT Innovation Fund. Following development work on the tool by the WebLearn Team, library staff … Continue reading →

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At the UAS conference

Posted on April 13, 2016 by Ylva Berglund Prytz

This week, IT Innovation Challenges appeared on the programme for the UAS Conference. Despite an early start, some 20 people found their way to Room 11 at the Examination Schools to hear Stuart Lee talk about the scheme. Stuart started … Continue reading →

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