EDUROAM wireless internet access at other universities.... now gone global!

Eduroam seems to have massively expanded and is now not just operating in the UK. It looks to have gone global:  https://www.eduroam.org/index.php?p=where
The google map makes it very easy to see participating institutions not just in the UK but also now further afield.  
Happy Eduroaming! 

ECO build 2013.....

With sustaintable engineering and green building so high on the agenda and the Ecobuild expo just down the road in the Excel centre... you would be mad to not to register for FREE entry: http://www.ecobuild.co.uk/register.html 

Research at Google

Do you want to know more about research opportunities at Google? http://research.google.com/university/  This link will tell you more about the work that is happening and ways that you could possibly get involved.

Female engineers- Talent 2030

Are you a young female engineer and want to help encourage more young women into the field? Then may be you would like to go to this free event, on the 10th September 2012, organised by the Higher Education Academy: http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/events/detail/2012/10_Sept_HEA_STEM_Talent_2030_Aston

Journal of Cloud computing

Springer has launched a new Open Access journal on Cloud Computing: http://www.journalofcloudcomputing.com/
There are some useful articles in here take a look and subscribe to the e-mail list to be updated on new articles.

Cloud computing and the law

Hi,
There is an interesting webcast happening on the 20th May at 2pm which is being run by JISC Legal (Joint Information Systems Committee)
The webcast will mainly concentrate on legal issues to the field education
Areas that the webcast will cover include -

• Outsourcing – getting the contract right
• Responsibility for ‘personal data’ in the cloud
• Privacy of individuals
• Security – what standards must be applied?
• Lawful transfer of data outside the EEA
• Janet Brokerage – working with leading cloud suppliers to shape the cloud computing marketplace and meet the needs of the Janet community

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