Category: General Interest

Talent Pool: take the plunge back into work – 28 February

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Oxfordshire parents returning to work and other people wanting to explore flexible working are being offered the chance to network with prospective employers at Talent Pool, a one off event organised by Oxfam’s IT department with support from BCS. Three inspirational speakers, including Oxfam’s CIO, will start the event, explaining the motivations behind Talent Pool… Read more »

General Interest: XML Summer School 2013

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The XML Summer School is running again this year at St Edmund Hall, Oxford University, between 15th and 20th September. It’s for every­one using, design­ing or imple­ment­ing solu­tions in XML and related tech­no­lo­gies. The innov­at­ive cur­riculum com­bines formal lec­tures, prac­tical hands-on exer­cises, inter­act­ive tutori­als and panel dis­cus­sions. There is a choice of courses on offer;… Read more »

Oxford Brookes Student Prizes 2012

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From left to right: Mr Frampton, Peter Marshall, Undergraduate Programme Lead for the under-graduate programmes of the Department of Computing and Communication Technologies, Paul Oliver, Sheila Lloyd Lyons, Ian Peter Frampton, Nigel Crook, Head of Department, Department of Computing and Communication Technologies, and Mrs Frampton. Each year the British Computer Society recognises the efforts of… Read more »

Virus Bulletin: Securing Your Organization in the Age of Cybercrime

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Virus Bulletin’s 3rd ‘Securing Your Organization in the Age of Cybercrime’ Seminar held in association with the MCT faculty of The Open University Date: 19th April’12 Venue: OU Campus in Milton Keynes, UK   Cybercrime poses serious threats to businesses of all sizes, including loss of vital data, security breaches, downtime, damage to reputation and… Read more »