Friday 24 October 2008
Thursday 19 June 2008
Brain drain or brain circulation?
Brain drain or brain circulation? A World Bank publication. Diaspora Networks and the International Migration of Skills: How Countries Can Draw on Their Talent Abroad.
University partnerships can play a massive role in brain circulation! Career pathways back home are the key to avoiding brain drain.
University partnerships can play a massive role in brain circulation! Career pathways back home are the key to avoiding brain drain.
Neil Turok: 2008 TED Prize wish: An African Einstein
An inspirational call for all educators everywhere!
Tuesday 22 January 2008
BarCamp Scotland 2008
BarCamp is back in Edinburgh on 2nd Febraury 2008. The first Scottish BarCamp a year back was a truly inspirational event & this years looks all round bigger, stronger & even more supported.
Some cut n’ pasted details:
BarCamp Scotland will be held on Saturday the 2nd of February 2008 from 10.00 to 21.00 GMT in the Concourse of the Appleton Tower at the School of Informatics at the University of Edinburgh in Edinburgh, Scotland.
The night before on Friday, the 1st of February, BarCampScotland will be launch with a cocktail party and presentations on "Digital Arts, Sound Design and Media" in the Alison House in the School of Architecture at the University of Edinburgh in Edinburgh, Scotland. BarCamp Scotland will start at 18.00 on Friday and end at 21.00.
Friday night will be "Digital Arts and Media"; Saturday's theme will be "Web 2.0, Social Networking (Facebook especially), The Intersection of Arts and Informatics, The Intersection of Cleantech and Information Technology, Mobile applications, Open Innnovation, Software as a Service, Consumer robotics applications, Educational Software, eLearning, Web 3.0 and Virtual Worlds and Environments".
Sign up at http://barcamp.org/BarCampScotland2008
Some cut n’ pasted details:
BarCamp Scotland will be held on Saturday the 2nd of February 2008 from 10.00 to 21.00 GMT in the Concourse of the Appleton Tower at the School of Informatics at the University of Edinburgh in Edinburgh, Scotland.
The night before on Friday, the 1st of February, BarCampScotland will be launch with a cocktail party and presentations on "Digital Arts, Sound Design and Media" in the Alison House in the School of Architecture at the University of Edinburgh in Edinburgh, Scotland. BarCamp Scotland will start at 18.00 on Friday and end at 21.00.
Friday night will be "Digital Arts and Media"; Saturday's theme will be "Web 2.0, Social Networking (Facebook especially), The Intersection of Arts and Informatics, The Intersection of Cleantech and Information Technology, Mobile applications, Open Innnovation, Software as a Service, Consumer robotics applications, Educational Software, eLearning, Web 3.0 and Virtual Worlds and Environments".
Sign up at http://barcamp.org/BarCampScotland2008
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