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Thousands of children will benefit from Heritage Schools Programme
The Department for Education has announced a £1.6 million investment into Historic England’s award-winning Heritage Schools programme. The money will allow the scheme to continue for the next two years and is believed to benefit up to 120,000 children across the UK
The programme by Heritage Schools has encouraged more than...
No more paywalls: Open Access as of 2020
President of the National Research Council of the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), Matthias Egger reveals the organisation’s exciting new open access policy in this interview
PFU (EMEA) ltd – Jumping the paper hurdle
Fujitsu PFU discuss the reduction in paper-based processes and the potential for solutions to benefit citizens – many of whom prefer paper documents.
By 2019, the UK will be home to over 17 million Millennials and they, along with their compatriots across Europe, will expect to have speedy, personalised public service...
New government action to create stronger, more integrated Britain
Communities Secretary Sajid Javid today (14 March) set out an ambitious long-term plan of action create a stronger, more integrated Britain
Mont-Blanc project: preparing for next-generation supercomputing
Etienne Walter, Mont-Blanc 3 coordinator at Atos shares an expert perspective on how the Mont-Blanc project is preparing for next-generation supercomputing
Arm low-power processors dominate the mobile world of smartphones, tablets and embedded IoT devices. With data centres consuming ever more power, the idea of using highly energy-efficient Arm chips...
Supporting better health for all
The Wellcome Trust backs ideas from all over the world to improve health for everyone, as Open Access Government learns
The Wellcome Trust traces its roots back to the entrepreneur and philanthropist Sir Henry Wellcome, a man born on the American frontier who, with his partner Silas Burroughs, built a...
Mont-Blanc project: preparing for next generation supercomputing through ARM chips
Low-power ARM chips dominate the mobile world of smartphones, tablets, and embedded IoT devices, here, Mont-blanc investigates how they could power supercomputers
Understanding the rich history of life in America
Deborah Thomas from Library of Congress reveals the astonishing resource created by The National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP) and what it reveals about everyday life in America
Shared solution enables library systems management savings
Black Country Libraries in Partnership sets innovative plans in motion to improve customers’ experience, by signing a joint deal with Capita Libraries to supply and host their library management system (LMS), in a recent announcement.
The deal encompasses four local authorities in the Midlands – Wolverhampton, Sandwell, Dudley and Walsall
The...
Government announces £500,000 investment in public parks
The Ministry of Parks and Green Spaces has announced a new action group dedicated to improving green spaces and investment in public parks
Is cryptocurrency the new digital phenomenon?
Open Access Government looks at new digital technologies such as blockchain and bitcoin and highlights cryptocurrency and where it may go in the future
Cryptocurrency a current hot topic, but one which has many people confused - it’s perplexing and unprecedented, and it can go one of two ways. It...
The customs X-Ray simulator
Alexander Flisch, Project Coordinator, Empa – Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology outlines a new platform for cargo X-ray image interpretation training.
European towns to benefit from WiFi as EU agrees to funding
€120m funding will be used to provide free WiFi internet connections across 8,000 EU municipalities without coverage
The internet is something most of us take for granted and yet there are areas across Europe with no connection. In a bid to provide universal coverage three European Union institutes have come...
The Erasmus+ review: More than a European funding programme
Michael Gaebel, Director of Higher Education Policy at the European University Association, highlights the upcoming European Commission Erasmus+ review
The European Commission’s Erasmus+ Programme is of major importance for European higher education institutions. Like its predecessors, it provides funding for international staff and student mobility, inter-university cooperation, and wider engagement...
Council tax rises won’t fix local government funding crisis: LGA
The Local Government Association warns that cuts to other services are inevitable as council tax rises will fail to plug the adult social care funding gap
Council tax rises from this April will not raise enough to avoid more deep cuts to local services next year, the Local Government Association...
New review looks at the efficiency of EFSI and Horizon 2020
A new review examining the effectiveness of EFSI and Horizon 2020 has been published by the European Universities Association
Local councils’ flood preparedness: How technology can help
Used proactively, technology can help local councils' flood preparedness and resilience in a number of ways, as Intermedix’s Ian Carr describes
It is no secret that flooding has been a challenge that communities in the UK have faced time and again over the last few years. Ensuring their communities are...
The importance of Open Science for Europe’s universities
The European University Association (EUA) and its Expert Group on ‘Science 2.0/Open Science’ are supporting universities in Europe in the transition to Open Science. Here, Lidia Borrell-Damián, Director of Research and Innovation explains to AG how.
Open Science is critically changing the way scientific research is being conducted, accessed and utilised...
Exploring computational scientific methods
Effectiveness and efficiency of computational scientific methods are not enough, says Sandra Gesing, Research Assistant Professor at the University of Notre Dame...
Computational scientific methods tackle an increasing breadth and diversity of topics – analysing data on a large scale and accessing high-performance computing infrastructures, cutting-edge hardware and/or instruments. In the last decade...
Amsterdam – the innovation capital of Europe
The City of Amsterdam highlights how the Dutch capital won the title of innovation capital of Europe how innovation plays a key role in the city...
Amsterdam has become Europe’s Capital of Innovation. The city earned the ‘iCapital’ title, which comes with a €950,000 investment in the city’s continuing innovation,...
