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Feedback please! [2009-11-18T14:10:46+00:00] OUCS is constantly looking to improve its services or to focus on new areas in line with the needs of its users. This is an open call to remind you of our online suggestion box on the OUCS home page which allows you to give direct feedback about the services we are currently running, and those you would like to see us provide.
Sophos personal editions need updating [2009-11-18T13:01:55+00:00] If you installed Sophos on a personal machine last academic year you need to install the new versions of Sophos Anti Virus to ensure that continue receiving regular updates from Sophos. Last year's versions will have stopped auto-updating from 18 November and will show a red-cross on the little shield icon. It is extremely important to update as you will not be properly protected if you fail to do so. Click the title of this item to go to self-service software download.
30,000 users migrated to Nexus [2009-11-17T12:52:33+00:00] Sunday 15th November saw the 30,000th user migrate to Nexus, now giving 38,565 active mailboxes. Many users are now taking the opportunity to organise meetings through the new Calendaring functionality.
New Podcast lectures [2009-11-12T17:50:34+00:00] Oxford's iTunes U site frontpage has been updated with talks from the 2009 Alumni Weekend; "Not Shakespeare" - a great new series on Elizabethan and Jacobean theatre; an address by Peter Mandelson on Enterprise-led Recovery; and an engaging Introduction to Old English by Stuart Lee. Climate Change is also on the agenda with the first of over 30 talks from the recent 4degrees Conference in Oxford, which examines the implications of a global climate change of 4+ degrees.
War Poets Exhibition in Second Life [2009-11-02T10:59:46+00:00] This immersive experience attempts to demonstrate how effective it can be to expose items from a research project in their context. This is the result of a collaboration between the JISC-funded First World War Poetry Digital Archive and the OUCS Learning Technologies Group (LTG). In the three-dimensional virtual world Second Life you can see items from the collection, hear interviews with veterans, and watch contemporary film footage as you explore the area - a training camp, communication trench, a dressing-station, a front-line trench - as well as listen to readings of the poetry.
OUCS can carry out Apple Warranty Repairs [2009-10-29T15:24:59+00:00] after an agreement was signed with Apple Sales International authorizing our Hardware Repair Service to carry out warranty repairs on Apple Mac computers owned by the University or its members. For more details, click the title of this news item.
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