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EYES ON THE PRIZE


“Aurora will ultimately safeguard our network, whilst improving the user experience”


on its network, to drive dependable 24/7 connectivity for staff and students and extend their physical boundaries. Comtact met the needs of the


University with a flexible managed service option. By implementing Aurora, Comtact’s Proactive Monitoring and remediation service, Plymouth University has secured its IT infrastructure and can benefit from optimal network performance and reliability. “As Plymouth continues to grow and


support a plethora of edgeless initiatives the demands on our network and all of the components that reside within our IT environment increase. “Aurora will ultimately safeguard


our network, whilst improving the user experience,” said Adrian Hollister, head of strategy and architecture at Plymouth University.


an education launch partner. Dr Simon Ofield-Kerr,


Desperately seeking online funding


An undergraduate student entrepreneur is seeking crowdfunding to expand a successful online language learning business. Papora, an online and


mobile language course provider, has launched a Kickstarter campaign to crowd fund the development of its service. This award-winning


concept allows language- learners to develop conversational fluency in a mater of weeks. The project is inviting


backers to support its expansion. Papora currently


offers courses in English and Spanish via iPad, iPhone and iPod. If the Kickstarter campaign reaches its goal, Papora will also provide courses in French, German, Portuguese and Italian and they will be available on a wider range of operating systems


and devices, starting with Android. The project’s stretch


goals also include increasing the number of levels available, developing community modules and incorporating voice recognition software so that users can receive feedback on their pronunciation. “Papora is pioneering


a new concept of language learning,” commented managing director Jake Stainer.


“Our service is suitable


for a wide range of language-learners. Travellers, ambitious professionals, students and language enthusiasts have all taken our courses. “Recognising that busy


people need a flexible language course, we have developed a service that can be accessed anywhere on a mobile device, so that users can learn while commuting, while on lunch breaks, or from home.”


UCA’s Vice-Chancellor, said: “As one of Europe’s top creative arts institutions we’re always looking for exciting ways through which our students can promote their work and gain exposure to collaboration and commissioning opportunities.” At Eye the Prize, members


can discover everything they need to support them on their creative journeys: competitions, awards, commissions, funding, professional training, residencies and paid internships and apprenticeships – now all entirely searchable according to individual requirements. Members can put


themselves and their creative endeavours in front of leading organisations searching for outstanding work and the brightest talents. Eye the Prize is the brainchild


of entrepreneurs Casey and Thaddeus Parsons, who discovered through their own careers in the arts that there was no single platform to help them realise their ambitions in the fields they love.


Eye the Prize, a new website for the creative community, is set to help develop skills and advance careers through the world of creative opportunity. Eye the Prize is the


first platform to give students, recent graduates, professionals and complete outsiders the chance to engage with opportunities in-depth, across the arts. The University for the


Creative Arts has signed up as


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