This month’s blog is taken from the introduction to a technical briefing on the Intelligent Campus in China, written by Li Yuan, a Learning Technology Advisor at Cetis. “Compared with the UK HE ad hoc approach to the implementation of the Intelligent Campus, ”one-stop-shop” solutions have been developed to take advantage of the latest data-enabled … Read more
A team from Jisc recently took a visit to one of our Intelligent Campus pilot sites recently, Morley College main campus, situated in central London where Lambeth meets Newington. With technical expertise, user experience expertise and project management there were quite a number of us! Also joining us were our two SafeHouse Technology Ltd colleagues … Read more
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
Jisc in partnership with GSA have published a new report by Esmat Mirzamany (Jisc) and Joe Barrett (GSA) on how universities and cities could work together to build a smart city taking advantage of the connectivity and computing capacity unleashed by the next generation (5G) mobile networks. “Smart City” has become a hot topic in … Read more
I was recently invited to give a ten minute keynote in trends in the intelligent campus space across higher education. There has been plenty of hype over artificial intelligence and the internet of things. Is it time to put aside the cynicism that this kind of hype generates and look seriously at how we can … Read more
Use case: Capturing Feedback on the Intelligent Campus What’s the Issue? As universities and colleges feel the pressure to provide an enhanced student experience the intelligent campus will play an increasingly important role. An acknowledged “great campus” will be a major asset. Students and staff can all help in developing a better campus, identifying issues … Read more
Use Case: Building analytics What’s the issue? Universities have large numbers of buildings of varying ages and conditions, spread over a wide geographic area, sometimes multiple campuses. Managing energy, waste and resources efficiently is important for a number of reasons, including financial pressures, environmental principles and regulations, and improved working conditions for campus users. What … Read more
Use Case: There’s no room! This use case builds on two previous blog posts I’m sorry that’s my seat! and Is there any space in the library? What’s the issue? Demand for library space from students varies over time, not just over the day, but over the week and over the year. It can be … Read more
Use Case: Student Wellbeing on an Intelligent Campus What’s the issue? As well as enabling a student to achieve their academic goals, colleges and universities have a responsibility for a student’s wellbeing. Their health, both physical and mental, security and safety, are all important to institutions. The development of intelligent campuses can offer considerable support … Read more
Use Case: Intelligent Campus, Smart City What’s the issue? The Wikipedia definition of a smart city is “an urban development vision to integrate information and communication technology (ICT) and Internet of things (IoT) technology in a secure fashion to manage a city’s assets.” These developments are also directly applicable to college and university campuses. Additionally, … Read more