Oxford Brookes Student Prizes 2014

From left to right.  Dr Tom Shannon, keynote speaker at the graduation ceremony, and our speaker on 12 February 2015, Paul Oliver, Sheila Lloyd Lyons vice chair BCS Oxfordshire Branch, Dr Nigel Crook, Head of the Department of Computing and Communication Technologies  The best final Year Project in a computing subject (£150 prize plus certificate)… Read more »

[Event Summary] Artie the Robothespian

More information to follow but there is information about the related courses being awarded initial accreditation by British Computer Society (BCS) at http://cct.brookes.ac.uk/news/items/161014-cct-courses-bcs-accreditation.html. There is a short description of our BCS visit as well.

[Event Summary] Social Media: The good, the bad, and the ugly

Josh Cowls, a researcher from the Oxford Internet Institute looked at the pros and cons of social media, and some of the challenges associated with the technology, from a non-technical perspective. If you believe the hype, it has brought down dictators, rescued thousands in natural disasters, and even solved crimes. However although there have been… Read more »

BCS Oxfordshire Branch–AGM Report 2012/2013

Venue:            e-Research Centre, Oxford University, Keble Road Date:               14 November 2013 Time:              19:44  Apologies for Absence Tim Lambertstock Minutes of Last Year’s AGM The notes of last years meeting had been published on the Branch web site. No comments had been received, and there were no comments at the AGM. The minutes… Read more »