Black Country news and blogs Wednesday 22 March 2017
Computing
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Keeping eyewear on trend with Perfect Glasses 
Life according to Mrs Shilts 26 Feb 17
*Post written by Shilts If you are a family who depend upon digital devices like we do, it is no great surprise when one or more members of that family require a pair of perfect glasses to function.
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A message of thanks from the Shed
BrownhillsBob 19 Feb 17
Just a quick note to than friends of the blog Steve Hames from SJH Computing and Ray Johnson who helped Aldridge Shed project with donated computer hardware following their recent request for help, which I publicised here on the blog.
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£3.2m funding for Midlands-based high performance computing centre
Warwick University 2 Feb 17
The Midlands Innovation group of universities, which includes the University of Warwick, have been awarded 3.2million from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) to establish HPC Midlands Plus a centre of excellence in high …
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Charities ‘Can Help More People’ If They Use Tech to Change How They Work
SCVO: Sandwell Council of Voluntary Organisations 9 Jan 17
Charities could help more people if they embraced new technology such as cloud computing and machine learning, an event at Microsoft has heard.
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Cloud strategy in the Public Sector
FOI request: Wolverhampton CC 21 Dec 16
Request sent to Wolverhampton City Council by Sarah Russell on 21 December 2016 .
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Cloud strategy in the Public Sector
FOI request: Solihull MBC 21 Dec 16
Request sent to Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council by Brian Jones on 21 December 2016 .
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University of Warwick computing technology spin out company sold in £18m deal
Warwick University 20 Dec 16
ARM Ltd, the worlds leading semiconductor IP company, has just purchased a company developed out of high performance computing research at the University of Warwick in an 18 million pound deal…
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Horizon 2020: apply for European funds for business innovation
Birmingham Science City 20 Dec 16
Businesses can apply for funds for business projects in areas from satellite technologies to cloud computing and personalised medicine A European funding programme is to invest more than €400 millon across 14 initiatives launched this month.
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Cloud strategy in the Public Sector
FOI request: Dudley MBC 14 Dec 16
Request sent to Dudley Council by Sarah Russell on 14 December 2016 .
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Cloud strategy in the Public Sector
FOI request: Coventry CC 14 Dec 16
Request sent to Coventry City Council by Sarah Russell on 14 December 2016 .
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Cloud strategy in the Public Sector
FOI request: Birmingham CC 14 Dec 16
Request sent to Birmingham City Council by Brian Jones on 14 December 2016 .
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Warwick researcher one of first women to receive Suffrage Science award in maths and computing on Ada Lovelace Day 2016
Warwick University 10 Oct 16
On Tuesday 11 October 2016 at Bletchley Park, Professor Jane Hutton from the University of Warwicks Department of Statistics, will become be one of the first women to receive a new Suffrage Science in maths and computing award.
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Warwick researcher one of first women to receive Suffrage Science award in maths and computing on Ada Lovelace Day 2016
Warwick University 10 Oct 16
On Tuesday 11 October 2016 at Bletchley Park, Professor Jane Hutton from the University of Warwicks Department of Statistics, will become be one of the first women to receive a new Suffrage Science in maths and computing award.
News
’Digital pioneer’ from Walsall selected for exclusive networking…
Walsall Advertiser 6 Jul 16
A WALSALL teacher is set to fly out to America for an exclusive event after being recognised for her work as a ‘digital pioneer’ in the classroom.
Business
BCU selected to implement West Midlands’ computer skills development programme
TheBusinessDesk 5 Apr 16
BIRMINGHAM City University has been chosen to provide a £70,000 scheme aiming to create a new generation of computer programmers in the West Midlands.
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Anatomy for journalists? Skeletons we should all be able to find
Paul Bradshaw's Online Journalism Blog 29 Mar 16
Image by Tony Hirst A couple weeks ago Tony Hirst published a rather wonderful post about what he calls ‘tech anatomy’: in other words the workings “of the computing related stuff that populates our daily lives”.
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NASDAQ group buys out private equity firms from Warwickshire business
TheBusinessDesk 21 Mar 16
AN AMERICAN cloud computing giant J2 Global has bought out the shareholdings of two private equity firms in a Warwickshire cloud-based call management business.
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Cloud collaboration within the Council
FOI request: Birmingham CC 26 Nov 15
Response by Birmingham City Council to Ryan Bennett on 26 November 2015 .
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The Alan Turing Institute and Intel to form Strategic Partnership
Warwick University 16 Nov 15
The Alan Turing Institute and Intel have agreed to form a long term strategic partnership to deliver a research programme focussed on high-performance computing and data analytics.
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The Alan Turing Institute and Intel to form Strategic Partnership
Warwick University 16 Nov 15
The Alan Turing Institute and Intel have agreed to form a long term strategic partnership to deliver a research programme focussed on high-performance computing and data analytics.
FOI
Cloud collaboration within the Council
FOI request: Dudley MBC 9 Nov 15
Response by Dudley Council to Tony Cheung on 9 November 2015 .
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Cloud collaboration within the Council
FOI request: Wolverhampton CC 9 Nov 15
Request sent to Wolverhampton City Council by Tony Cheung on 9 November 2015 .
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Cloud collaboration within the Council
FOI request: Walsall MBC 9 Nov 15
Request sent to Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council by Tony Cheung on 9 November 2015 .
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Cloud collaboration within the Council
FOI request: Solihull MBC 9 Nov 15
Request sent to Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council by Tony Cheung on 9 November 2015 .
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Cloud collaboration within the Council
FOI request: Dudley MBC 9 Nov 15
Request sent to Dudley Council by Tony Cheung on 9 November 2015 .
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Cloud collaboration within the Council
FOI request: Coventry CC 9 Nov 15
Request sent to Coventry City Council by Ryan Bennett on 9 November 2015 .
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Cloud collaboration within the Council
FOI request: Birmingham CC 9 Nov 15
Request sent to Birmingham City Council by Ryan Bennett on 9 November 2015 .
Local news
Macmillan Coffee Morning at CG Computing Wylde Green
Sutton Coldfield Local 11 Sep 15
What: World’s Biggest Coffee Morning Where: CG Computing, 68 Florence Road, Wylde Green, Sutton Coldfield, B73 5NG When: Saturday 26th September 10am – 2pm Wylde Green computer-specialist company CG Computing is holding a coffee…
Business
Solihull company directors disqualified for ‘downloading’ company funds to their personal accounts
TheBusinessDesk 10 Sep 15
THE two directors of Solihull-registered IT consultancy Insight Computing have been disqualified as company directors having left a large tax bill unpaid despite transferring nearly £1m out of the com…
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Student gets switched on to a career in IT
Birmingham Metropolitan College 5 Jun 15
A Stourbridge College mature student got switched on to a career in IT after completing a Higher National Diploma in Computing and he’s now working for local award-winning creative communications agency, drp.
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Student lays foundations for a computing career
Birmingham Metropolitan College 29 May 15
Kidderminster Academy student, Jordan Cleavely, bagged himself some vital hands-on experience when he clinched a work placement at local flooring company, Carpet Factory Outlets, where he’s helping them to get to grips with improving their online …
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Students experiment with Raspberry Pi computers
St Thomas More School 1 May 15
We are currently loaning students who are studying GCSE Computing a Raspberry Pi computer kit as a trial for the future.
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Bournville College is a lead college in computing
Bournville College 20 Apr 15
Bournville College has been recognised for its IT specialism, as the only Birmingham College to become a lead school in the Network of Teaching Excellence in Computer Science.
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MP attends first national computing festival event in the Midlands
Margot James MP: Conservative - Stourbridge 3 Feb 15
Margot James, MP for Stourbridge, joined Pedmore Technology College last weekend for ‘Jam Packed’, part of a national computing festival.
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Various new courses on offer at South Staffordshire College
Lichfield Mercury 8 Jan 15
SOUTH Staffordshire College has launched a set of new community courses providing people across the district with opportunities to try something new in 2015.
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BBC Learning calls for expression of interest from partners for Make It Digital initiative
Birmingham Science City 4 Dec 14
In 2015, the BBC’s Make it Digital initiative will shine a light on the world of digital creativity and coding.
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Welcome to The New Barr Beacon Website
Barr Beacon School 17 Nov 14
We are pleased to launch our brand new website, we have worked hard to make it easier for you to find everything you need in a much more convenient manner.
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Using Remote Access
Barr Beacon School 17 Nov 14
We are pleased to announce a new online feature available to Barr Beacon students and staff.
News
Know more about computers than your child? Take our test and find…
Lichfield Mercury 5 Sep 14
Do you know more about computers than your child? As the school term starts again, children from five and upwards will be taught the new computing curriculum.
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Know more about computers than your child? Take our test and find…
Walsall Advertiser 5 Sep 14
Do you know more about computers than your child? As the school term starts again, children from five and upwards will be taught the new computing curriculum.
Local news
Know more about computers than your child? Take our test and find…
Sutton Coldfield Observer 5 Sep 14
Do you know more about computers than your child? As the school term starts again, children from five and upwards will be taught the new computing curriculum.
Local news
Designing future careers
B31 Voices 30 May 14
A group of Year 10 pupils from King’s Heath Boys’ Mathematics & Computing College indulged in some ‘blue sky thinking’ about their future… more »…
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‘Low-level’ courses will see Birmingham students miss out on jobs – report
Birmingham Mail 29 May 14
Skills shortages predicted in social services, health, education, manufacturing design, engineering and computing, according to new report.
Local news
School Kids Design & Programme Computer Game’s
B14 News 13 Apr 14
Children from Yardley Wood Community Primary School were among the first in the country to take part in the Programming for Primaries Awareness Week.
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Business
Coventry University uses MACH to highlight services to manufacturers
TheBusinessDesk 7 Apr 14
COVENTRY University is showcasing how its Faculty of Engineering and Computing can be of use to the UKs manufacturing sector.
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Free computer coding taster session on offer at Lichfield Library
Lichfield Live 11 Mar 14
A free taster session is being offered for people who want to learn how to code.
Westminster
Defence and Cyber-security | Estimates 2013-14 – Ministry of Defence | Commons debates
TWFY: Gisela Stuart MP (Labour) Edgbaston 4 Mar 14
Given the logic of Government, did my hon.
Business
Glimpses of the future
Birmingham Post 17 Feb 14
Computing is as vital to the work of a Physicist as the equipment used in laboratories.
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Science Minister David Willetts announces £8.5 million funding for medical microbial bioinformatic research led by Warwick
Warwick University 6 Feb 14
The Minister for Science and Universities, the Rt Hon David Willetts, will announce today at the High Performance Computing and Big Data Conference in London that the Medical Research Council (MRC) has made an investment of 32 million across five …
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Event: Wolverhampton College Open Day
Connect Cannock 24 Jan 14
Saturday, 25th January 2014 10am – 2pm All subjects will be at the Wolverhampton College Paget Road campus during this Open Day.