Author Archives: Sue Attewell

Green Gown awards – campus of the future category

As sponsors of the Campus of the Future category at the annual Green Gown awards we’re pleased to share details of the finalists as they offer some great examples of innovation and emerging technologies on the university estate.  University College London (UCL), University of Northumbria, University of the West of England (UWE), University of the West of Scotland … Read more

Internet of things competition

We started a new IoT programme to raise awareness about potentials of this technology among  our community.  We wanted to hear new ideas and existing challenges that can be addressed by LoRaWAN technology and through our Jisc and Digital Catapult initiatives, 9 colleges and univerisities will be receiving LoRaWAN Gateways on a long-term loan to test ideas as … Read more

Update on the Intelligent Campus hackathon

Following the hackathon, we have published a blog post (on the main Jisc website) on the completed hackathon. Student ideas become a reality following two app development challenges – We only asked for prototypes – but two student teams in our development competition gave us app store-ready solutions to tackle common campus annoyances. Read more

Get involved with our intelligent campus hackathon

As part of our edtech launchpad programme we are looking for student teams from universities and colleges across the UK to join us in building the campus of the future. The aim of the hackathon is for student teams to design, develop and build “something” that would benefit students in the world that is the … Read more