Geek Fun Fair Review
Here is a post about the Geek Fun Fair http://madlab.org.uk/content/geek-fun-fair-review/ and some photos from the event. http://www.flickr.com/photos/madlabuk/sets/72157632919826315/
The iPad in education
Summary of Branch event on 24th January 2013, the slides from which are available here. Dr Colin Lumsden is the academic lead for e-learning at the Manchester Medical School (MMS). He delivered a fascinating talk around the initial iPad pilot project, and the resulting full roll-out to Medical Students at the University of Manchester [...]
Archaeology of Communications conference
Archaeology of Communications – from Canals and Telegraphy to the Digital Age. This Branch supported event can now be viewed here.
Cloud Provider Assurance
The slides from Mike Small’s talk on Cloud Provider Assurance are now available.
Computers in Broadcasting event
On Thursday 27th March 2012 the Manchester branch invited the Head of Operations at Manchester United Television (MUTV) to the John Dalton Building, MMU, to talk about computers in broadcasting. Tony Baldwin-Lewis chatted to attendees over refreshments prior to the lecture and must have taken at least 15 questions before the event officially started [...]
And there’s more
Attendees at previous events have posted the following blog entries: Windows 8: What it Really Means Introduction to Kanban If you know of anymore please let us know.
Archaeology of Communications
How communications technology has changed our lives from the Industrial Revolution to the present day. Saturday 3rd March 2012, 9:15am to 5:00pm, MediaCityUK, University of Salford Building. Organised by the Computer Networking and Telecommunications Research Centre and the Centre for Applied Archaeology at the University of Salford. Part of the Manchester Histories Festival, 24th [...]
Family Telecommunications Exhibition
As part of the National Science and Engineering Week 2012, the Museum of Science and Industry was host to the Family Telecommunications Exhibition which was organised by a team from the University of Salford and supported by BCS Manchester Branch on Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th March, 2012. During this event the public and [...]
Windows 8: What it really means
On Thursday 26th January, 2012 Microsoft MVP and author of Troubleshooting Windows 7 Inside Out (Microsoft Press) Mike Halsey gave a free talk to the attendees of the event at the John Dalton Building of Manchester Metropolitan University. The free event was jointly organised between the BCS Manchester Branch and MMU’s School of Computing, [...]