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We’ve been getting quite a few questions from partners asking what our plans are for BETT, so here’s an update. We’ll have two stands again this year in the same location. The first stand will be exclusively for Theatre Presentations. The exact schedule
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Minimize costs, Maximize value It is more important than ever to help customers save money during this economic uncertainty. In support of the “Get back to budget” plans, we are releasing the first customer offer that is available now until the 31 st
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Learn Microsoft Office or Windows and prove your skills with a Microsoft qualification Prodigy Learning has teamed up with Microsoft Press to create Self-Start Learning Kits designed to help you learn Office or Windows and then prove your skills by achieving
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January 12 2009 Microsoft has today announced its ‘Home Learning Package’, a comprehensive, high-spec software suite to support educational and social use of computers and the internet as part of the Government’s £300m Home Access initiative being managed
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What is Home Access? Launched by Gordon Brown in Sept 08 Managed by Becta: http://collaboration.becta.org.uk/community/homeaccess/industry £300 m govt funding for PCs for students at home To ensure that: “all learners in England have access to learning
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Microsoft Office Live Workspace beta is a free Web-based extension of Microsoft Office that enables students and educators to access their documents online and easily share their work with others. Virtually Anywhere Access Store more than 1,000 Office
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Following the success of the deployment workshop in June we are repeating this comprehensive deployment workshop which is a MUST for all Education partners! The feedback from the June workshop was fantastic …… no technical question unanswered. It will
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Below is the BECTA Press Statement hot off the press as of 9:00 today 16 Sept; but what does it all mean and for partners in particular? Firstly, there will be a new licensing pilot that will be introduced in approximately 6 months time. The details have
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This summer, I know that there are lots of schools planning to upgrade to Office 2007 – and some have been asking for posters to go up in the ICT and Business Studies rooms. Up until now, I’ve not been able to help them, but I’ve just splashed out on
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A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about the latest news from Becta , when they were reported as saying that pupils’ learning would be harmed if Office didn’t support Open Document Format (ODF). So hopefully they’ll be smiling this morning, now that we’ve
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With the summer deployment peak only a few week away, this comprehensive deployment workshop is a MUST for all Education partners. This will be a technical day packed with deployment information – toolkits, resources, demos and experts to answer all your
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Becta have recently provided an update on where they have got to with their negotiations with us on licensing etc. (You may recall, they referred some of their complaints to the OFT late last year). Their latest update, in the form of a press release,
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A while ago I wrote about the announcement of the work that Microsoft were doing to develop a DAISY XML translator. The DAISY Consortium was set up to help those with visual impairment (or ‘print disabilities’) to access digital content easily, and enhance
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We are delighted to announce the availability of a great new resource designed to aid desktop deployment. The UK Desktop Deployment Centres for our Education and Public Sector customers are now live on the Microsoft website, and can be viewed below. UK
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Microsoft Office Groove 2007 Fundamentals Technical Training for Partners Microsoft Partners are invited to attend Groove Fundamentals & Technical Training. Participating in this training will help prepare you for the Microsoft Certified Technical
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