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Reflections on the Personal Learning Environment (PLE) Conference #PLE_SOU

Last week Hugh Davis, Su White and I hosted the 2nd International PLE Conference in the brand new Life Sciences Building at the University of Southampton. The event provided a space for researchers and practitioners to exchange ideas and experiences around the development and implementation of PLEs, including the design of such environments and the sociological and educational issues that they raise. There were around 90 visitors from all over Europe and as far away as New Zealand and Pakistan. Continue reading →

Southampton Mathematics wins almost £1m in grants for underpinning research in Digital Economy and Energy

Two teams led by mathematicians from Southampton's School of Mathematics have been successful in the recent EPSRC call 'Mathematics underpinning digital economy and energy' with grant awards close to £1m. Ranking first in the Mathematics and Digital Economy section, the project 'Coarse geometry and cohomology of large data sets' received just under £700,000 and Professor Jacek Brodzki from the School is the Principal Investigator. Continue reading →

£1.7m for Multi-disciplinary Design of Effective Research Spaces

University of Southampton researchers from Electronics and Computer Science and Archaeology form part of a multi-disciplinary team from six institutions awarded a grant of £1.7m. The project aiming to revolutionise the design of technologies for supporting research has been awarded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) through the RCUK Digital Economy programme. Continue reading →