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Launching the world’s first 3D virtual fossil collection 22 Aug 2013 | 07:57 pm
22 August 2013 The British Geological Survey (BGS) is today launching the world’s first 3D virtual fossil collection to the public. Thousands of 3D digital fossil models, plus several thousand quali...
Dr Phil Richards to be the next chief innovation officer at Jisc 12 Aug 2013 | 06:12 pm
12 August 2013 Dr Phil Richards, director of IT at Loughborough University has been appointed chief innovation officer at Jisc. Prior to his role at Loughborough University Phil undertook IT roles w...
Partnership brings new approach to sharing mobile content 1 Aug 2013 | 06:13 pm
1 August 2013 Lecturers, learners and researchers across the UK now have access to over 14,000 additional full text e-books and thousands of pages of primary source material on their tablets and mobi...
Statement in response to the Department for Business Innovation and Skills’ publication of the UK’s international education strategy 29 Jul 2013 | 01:55 pm
29 July 2013 Jisc welcomes the publication today of the Department for Business Innovation and Skills’ international education strategy outlining the UK’s role in contributing to worldwide innovation...
Students in earth and life sciences to benefit from new virtual microscopes 24 Jul 2013 | 04:26 pm
25 July 2013 Two new virtual microscopes are giving undergraduates and anyone interested in earth or life sciences the opportunity to learn microscope skills just as they would in a laboratory, thank...
Royal birth sparks interest in Connected Histories resource 16 Jul 2013 | 01:40 pm
23 July 2013 With the birth yesterday of the Prince of Cambridge, an important free resource can show you how royal births and their reception have changed throughout history. Connected Histories br...
The longitude problem: 300-year-old archive opened to the world 15 Jul 2013 | 07:52 pm
18 July 2013 It was the conundrum that baffled some of the greatest and most eccentric experts of the 18th century - and captivated the British public during an era of unprecedented scientific and te...
BT digital archives to celebrate UK's telecoms heritage 15 Jul 2013 | 04:42 pm
18 July 2013 A £1 million project to digitise BT’s historical collection of photos and documents has brought 165 years of UK telecoms heritage to the public’s fingertips today, with the launch of an ...
Janet helps medical research take a step forward 3 Jul 2013 | 08:50 pm
19 April 2013 Today researchers at UK universities will carry out 3D demonstrations on a ‘virtual patient’, showing how groundbreaking ultra high definition (UHD) technology is making a real differen...
Bridging the gap between academia and Wikipedia 27 Jun 2013 | 05:06 pm
27 June 2013 Jisc and Wikimedia UK are collaborating on a project to bring the academic world and Wikipedia closer together. This will create opportunities for researchers, educators, and the general...
