Durham University PV21 project
October 24th, 2009 | written by Simon
The UK SUPERGEN programme for advanced thin film PV materials and device concepts The PV21 Renewal project is focusing attention on thin film photovoltaics (PV) which is the fastest growing PV production technology and one which has the opportunity for disruptive R&D over the period of the Renewal programme. For this project I was aked [...]
Category : Blog &Education &Joomla &Public Sector &e-Learning
Hugh Baird 360 degree feedback
October 24th, 2009 | written by Simon
Hugh Baird college are the latest organisation to take part in the Moodle-based 360 degree feedback assessment that I have developed on behalf of Oakridge Training and Consulting.
Category : 360 degree feedback &Blog &Education &Moodle &Public Sector &Web development &e-Learning
Manchester Adult Education Service
August 10th, 2009 | written by Simon
The Manchester Adult Education Service, a department of Manchester City Council, recently commissioned Loquela to migrate, upgrade and host their Manchester Adult Education Service Learning Platform based on Moodle. This involved the cloning of the current installation sat on servers in the USA and copying it to our own UK-based servers. The final task was [...]
Category : Blog &Moodle &Projects &Public Sector &Recent work &Web hosting
Latest Joomla! Website – CSER
January 24th, 2009 | written by Simon
The Centre for Solar Energy Research is working on a Feasibility Study sponsored by the Welsh Assembly Government and hosted by Glyndŵr University. I was commissioned to develop a Joomla! theme based on the designs of Lucy Martin of Aristone Studio. I also manage the domain name cser.org.uk and provide Joomla! support and training through [...]
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UK online centres
November 13th, 2008 | written by Simon
UK online centres is part of UFI Limited, the company behind Learn Direct in the UK. UK online centres is a government-funded initiative whose role it is to support local libraries, community centres and learning centres who provide free access to computer and internet to the most digitally excluded members of our society. For two [...]
Category : Joomla &Projects &Public Sector &Recent work &e-Learning
Get online day 2008
October 24th, 2008 | written by Simon
 I of course believe that the internet provides enormous life-improving opportunities in our modern world. For me it is my livelyhood. But for everyone else too the internet can make life much easier and save lots of money. I was surprised to learn the findings of new research* that about 17 million people in [...]
Category : Accessibility &Events &News &Public Sector &Technology
Health and Safety Executive
October 16th, 2008 | written by Simon
http://www.hse.gov.uk I worked for the HSE as a contract Web Designer for nine months. It was great to have the opportunity to work on one of the UK’s largest pubic sector websites that constantly ranks higher than all other UK government websites in the Site Morse league table for quality and accessibility. This work required [...]
Category : Accessibility &Projects &Public Sector &Web design
