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News in brief
One IT
Work on the One IT Programme is
progressing, and IT staff from across
the University have been invited to
help shape the direction of One IT
through a series of workshops. The
workshops are taking place from May
to July, and outputs from them will
feed into the One IT workstreams.
Summer internship
This summer the University of Leeds
Careers Centre is delivering the
Leeds Internship Programme, which
offers a range of internships in
professional services across the
University and in local businesses.
The scheme is open to all first,
second and penultimate year
undergraduate students. The posts in
professional services are supported
though a central university fund
which provides two thirds of the
salary costs, the individual
departments provide the rest. ISS
are offering one of the 12 week
internships, with the successful
candidate spending six weeks on
Help Desk working on the FixIT and
LoanIT services, and six weeks with
the Desktop Support Team looking at
management information and
reporting.
And finally...
‘Faulty’, but efficient
Researchers have created an
“inexact” computer chip that’s super
efficient, challenging the industry’s
50-year pursuit of accuracy. The
prototype, developed by
researchers from the US,
Singapore and Switzerland was
unveiled at the ACM International
Conference on Computing Frontiers
in Cagliari, Italy.
http://tinyurl.com/6p8syoq
Around the
University
Hands on the Future
Presentations from the ‘Hands on
the Future’ event are now available
online. The event, organised by the
SDDU, is an annual event providing
an opportunity to experiment with
some of the latest technologies
being used in student education at
the University of Leeds, talk to staff
using the technology in their
teaching and to view some of the
technology that we are likely to be
using in the future.
The keynote speaker at this year’s
event, held on 26 March, was Dr Neil
Morris - ‘Using technology to
enhance the quality of the student
experience’ and presentations
included:
w Leeds for Life;
w Mobile learning - there’s an app
for that!;
w Virtual resources to support
laboratory work;
w The use of social media for
students’ career development;
w Screencasts in Anatomy
teaching;
w CMALT;
w From e-learning to e-teaching.
www.sddu.leeds.ac.uk/
sddu-hands-on-the-future-
2012.html
A biological hard drive
A team at the University of Leeds,
led by Sarah Staniland, are using a
protein found in certain strains of
bacteria to create magnetic patterns
that store data. The bacteria use the
proteins to let them navigate using
the Earth’s magnetic field. Eventually
the work may lead to hard drives that
can store as much as 1 terabyte of
data per square inch.
http://tinyurl.com/7rqm2gz
Contact us
ISS Help Desk
Level 10, Edward Boyle Library
Tel: 33333 (int)
0113 343 3333 (ext)
Email: helpdesk@leeds.ac.uk
URL: iss.leeds.ac.uk
IT/IS Training
Level 6, EC Stoner Building
Tel: 35417 (int)
0113 343 5417 (ext)
Email: itistraining@leeds.ac.uk
URL: iss.leeds.ac.uk/training
For free online training courses in
Microsoft Office see
http://iss.leeds.ac.uk/elearning
For all the latest training news and
tips and tricks see
http://iss.leeds.ac.uk/trainingblog
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