eBCS Oxfordshire : May 2008

May 2008


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	May 2008
	Dear branch member, We hope you can come to our AGM next week, but if not we'd still like to hear your suggestions for next year's meeting programme. See below.
	Thursday 22 May: Education in the Internet Age and Branch AGM
	After light refreshments and the formal business of the AGM, Mark Chamberlain, RM's learning platform business manager, will discuss the challenges for schools in the internet age to embrace IT and provide services to all involved: teachers, school staff, pupils and parents. ...more
	Thursday 24 April: Branch visit to the Defence Academy, Shrivenham
	This year's branch visit was a guided tour of some of the military hardware and technology on display at the Defence Academy in Shrivenham. The tour, which took in the Gun Shed, the Tank Shed and unexpected bonus of the Small Arms Armoury, was a great success. (more photos) ...more
	Ideas for meetings?
	We always welcome ideas for meeting topics. Most sessions for next year's programme are already pencilled in, but if you have a subject you would specially like to be covered, please use the feedback form to let us know. As usual, we'll post programme cards for next year's ...more
	Thursday 5 June: Computer Whizz: The Best Is Yet to Come
	A reminder that if you know any children who are wondering whether to study Computer Science - or even if you don't - you should find this BCS-sponsored session at the Cheltenham Science Festival relevant as well as highly entertaining. Dave Cliff is reprising the lecture he has been giving to rave reviews entitled The Best is Yet to Come, as part of the BCS series of 50th Anniversary events. ...more
	Tech Stuff
	The next Oxford Geek Night is on 25 June and a date has now been set for BarCampOxford, on the weekend of 20-21 September. ...more
	BCS email management online
	BCS members can manage all their BCS email subscriptions online by logging on at https://wam.bcs.org/wam/lsm.aspx. ...more
	About this newsletter
	Want to know more about this newsletter? There's an article on the branch wiki. You can now subscribe to the text-only version of this newsletter. The BCS online interface doesn't support this option - see below for how to request it. ...more
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Coming Events etc

Oxfordshire Branch meetings are open to BCS members and non-members.
Unless otherwise stated, there is no charge and you don't have to book. For other events, check the links.

-	22 May: BCS Oxfordshire: Education in the Internet Age and Branch AGM
-	27 May: Oxford Internet Institute: Is the Future of the Internet the Future of Knowledge?
-	5 June: Cheltenham Science Festival: Computer Whizz: The Best Is Yet to Come
-	10 June: Oxford Internet Institute: Cyberspace: Its Protocols and Public International Law?
-	25 June: Oxford Geek Night #6 at the Jericho Tavern
-	20-21 September: BarCampOxford
-	Science Oxford events
-	BCS Events Calendar

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