March update

The most visible activity in March has been the submission and discussion of ideas in the Spring Challenge. 26 ideas were shared and these were viewed nearly 4,000 times. 233 people interacted with them, for example by adding comments and … Continue reading

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Crowdfunding platform : IT Innovation project in use

You may have seen news about the LIFE crowdfunding campaign to save newborns in Africa (see screenshot). The LIFE project is looking to develop a mobile application to teach healthcare workers to identify and manage medical emergencies. To generate funding … Continue reading

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Autumn 2015 – successful projects

We are pleased to announce that the following projects have been awarded funding through the IT Innovation Challenges Autumn 2015 round. Further information about the individual projects can be found in the project abstracts (click on a project name. Oxford access only). … Continue reading

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New Project: Oxford Artistic and Practice Based Research Platform (OAR)

By Anita Paz, Jessyca Hutchens, Naomi Vogt and Nina Wakeford Our project will create a new online publishing platform for practice based researchers at Oxford University and beyond. The aim of the Oxford Artistic and Practice Based Research Platform (OAR) … Continue reading

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Oxford Alternative Prospectus – completed project

The Oxford Alternative Prospectus is an IT Innovation project run by student Greg Auger. It was successfully completed in February 2016 when the online Prospectus was launched. The Oxford Alternative Prospectus The Alternative Prospectus offers potential applicants information from the … Continue reading

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February update

This year February has not only been longer than usual (leap year) but has also seen a lot of IT Innovation activity. A new round of Challenges was launched on the 10th and within a couple of hours the first … Continue reading

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Pitch events

As the new Spring round of IT Innovation Challenges is launched, work on the previous round has just reached a crucial stage; the Pitch Events. At the events, shortlisted ideas get to present their project proposals to the Innovation Panel … Continue reading

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Briefing session

On February 16, we held a short briefing session about the IT Innovation scheme and the current challenges. Stuart Lee, Deputy CIO and initiator of the scheme, talked about why the scheme was introduced gave some examples of successful projects … Continue reading

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Spring into IT Innovation

A new round of  IT Innovation Challenges has been launched. It welcomes ideas from University staff for digital projects that: target inclusivity (see https://www.learning.ox.ac.uk/supervision/dphil/diversity/) facilitate the capturing and/or recording of research data and processes Ideas in other areas can also … Continue reading

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Sign in with Single Sign-on

Users of the Oxford Ideas platform can now log in to share ideas and contribute to discussions using the Oxford Single Sign-on details (SSO). This has been made possible through collaboration between Wazuko, creators of the platform we use, and … Continue reading

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